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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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Hiding Secret Links With CSS

There's beauty all around, even in the inlined styles of a webpage

2020-06-08 // 4 min read // #css #webdev

Every now and then I like to browse the hiring pages of companies I like and admire.

Last week, I noticed an opening that didn’t feature the usual prominent call-to-action prompt to apply.

Instead of a button or a link, there was only a message with instructions for applicants.

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I Moved My Website

A small change, an hour of debugging

2019-01-31 // 4 min read // #gitlab #webdev

I may not have been on the #movingtogitlab train, but recently I decided to try moving my website from GitHub Pages to GitLab pages. Trouble ensued, but helpful documentation saved the way!

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Simple Static Sites

My setup for building and deploying a personal website

2017-05-29 // 6 min read // #webdev #hugo

Personal websites! Everyone wants to have one, but nobody wants to go through the bother of maintaining, updating them, and fixing them. I thought I’d go through my personal setup, and show how I build and deploy my own site.

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