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Ice clings to the window of my car after an ice storm.
Source: John Williams

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Uptake of the new CSS seems slow. Why?

There’s so much great new stuff in CSS, some of it with extraordinary support. Why aren’t people leaping on it?

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Adventures in VIM part 1

Some thoughts on the first view days using neovim

 A sunny day at Pandapas pond, with the bright blue sky and scattered clouds reflected perfectly in the water.

Adventures in VIM part 2

The continuing story of migrating my brain from VSCode to vim

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Seeking a new editor

Some thoughts about changing up my typical toolset

Popovers and Dialogs, a (kinda) case study

The differences (and similarities) of the new Popover API and the Dialog element.

Some rules about making rules

My first one is “never call them rules.”

Is CSS a programming language?

And why does it seem to matter to so many people?

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AI, computers, and looms

We seem to be very selective about whose jobs deserve to be automated.