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Curious Fixes to Web Development Woes

Investigations into solutions and workarounds I've seen in the wild

2020-07-27 // 9 min read // #css #react #webdev

A while back, I wrote about the inner workings of a neat CSS trick I spotted in use on a website. The world of software development is rife with these kinds of tricks, so why not look at more of them in another blog post?

I’ve gathered a few interesting fixes here to problems I’ve either encountered myself in web development, or seen others grapple with. So without further ado, let’s jump into it!

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Poco a Poco Diminuendo, Mellophone

An opportunity to write about the cool components of a hobby project

2020-04-20 // 10 min read // #django #docker #gitlab #react #reflections

Just shy of two years ago (judging by the initial commit on a private repo), I started a little project called Mellophone.

It was a pet project to consolidate what I’d learned from working as a developer.

The domain registration for mellophone.pink expires tomorrow, and I won’t be renewing it.

As a little farewell, I figured this would be a good opportunity to delve into some of the workings behind it.

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