A colleague recently came to me with a question about an existing web project that he had “inherited”. His question was about heading levels. HTML only has six, and this project had way more than six. If you removed the headings, there would be very little content left. Due to various constraints, he had limited […]
Reality is messy
We like to believe that the right framework, method, approach, or conventions will allow us to create perfect projects. Our code will be beautiful, pure, performant, and maintainable. Outside of some developer blogs however, this is often not the case. Reality is messy. Some people are fortunate enough not to have to deal with this […]
Choosing between min-width and max-width media queries
I’m often asked a variation of the following question: Should I use min-width or max-width media queries? The obvious answer is, of course, “yes”. But you know what they’re asking: which of the two is better? Those for whom responsive design has become second nature might find it an odd question, and will know that […]