Explores the essential skills beyond JavaScript for frontend developers, focusing on empathy, code, design, and communication to create great user experiences.
Practical tips for writing clear, readable technical documentation and notes, focusing on structure, formatting, and user psychology.
A talk on using Angular Animations to add meaningful motion and context to user interactions, not just visual polish.
A summary of key talks from Day 2 of the Delta V Conference, focusing on web performance metrics and Progressive Web Apps (PWAs).
The article argues that the quality of error messages directly reflects a product's internal quality and the development team's care for users.
A review of 'Technically Wrong', a book critiquing tech industry biases and the human impact of algorithmic decisions.
The article explores the impact of input latency on user experience in tablets, VR, and computers, debunking the myth of instant response.
A critical review of Spotify's web, desktop, and mobile apps, highlighting numerous bugs, localization errors, and usability issues.
Key takeaways from Velocity Europe on web performance measurement, focusing on flawed KPIs, user perception, and the pitfalls of gaming metrics.
Explores the mindset shift from writing code to designing systems, focusing on user impact and strategic technology choices.
A guide to building great software products by absorbing complexity for users, focusing on core features, dogfooding, and optimizing for ideal use cases.
Discusses the philosophy that removing unnecessary features improves software by reducing complexity and cognitive load for users.
A tutorial on implementing real-time form validation using JavaScript and the Constraint Validation API, with a live demo and code examples.
Explores CSS and JavaScript techniques for improving user experience in web form validation, including pseudo-classes and custom error handling.
A developer argues against forcing external links to open in new tabs, advocating for user control and confidence in website content.
Argues that product design should focus on the core 80% of users, not power users or edge cases, to avoid feature creep and improve the out-of-box experience.
A developer reflects on the complexity of seemingly simple browser feature requests, using image alt-text display as an example.
The article discusses the AMP Project, an open-source framework for building fast mobile web pages, using a story about misaligned incentives as an analogy.
A practical guide on shipping functional software, covering human-centered design, mastering core languages, avoiding hype, and maintaining consistent coding styles.
A developer creates a Tumblr blog called 'Accessibility Wins' to showcase positive examples of web accessibility and encourage its adoption.
