So I’ve been thinking, when was the last time I’ve experienced some sort of burnout from a community. And I had forgotten that tech was not my only interest, or the only thing I’ve been deeply enthralled with. While I started making websites when I was 13, I wasn’t always stuck on only thinking about web development...

I am deeply frustrated with my inability to stick to the plan and do this post once a month. But I will really make an effort from now on because the more I delay the more links (and tabs) pile on and I end up not being able to share everything. Bookmarks related to tech and web development Webmentions by Joe...

The last time I wrote a year in review was in 2019. I ended it with “have a healthy 2020” and we all know how that went. Since it does feel like we’ve been living in hell since 2020 I somehow stopped writing yearly reviews. But I have been itching to capture more of my life and I did have an okay 2025 so here it is....

I am back from Berlin after spending a few days last week at Beyond Tellerrand where I was a speaker! It was my first time attending as well. Before that, in September, I did the same talk in Freiburg at Smashing Conference. In both events I gave the talk that I worked on the first half of this year about...

I've never participated in a book club so I don't know if I am doing this right. I don't know how the conversation would go in a group setting and I normally lean to sharing my experiences as a way to connect. I've recently learned it isn't something people are keen on. But since this is my personal blog I guess I...

Slowly catching up on my RSS feed and I just read Dave's post “Why would anybody start a website?”. Obviously, Dave's post is right up my street but it reminded me of a random notes post on my phone that I wrote a while back. Why build a website? Why knit a jumper with your bare hands? Why cook a homemade meal from...

The State of CSS Survey results recently came out and I was asked what I was my pick of the year in the CSS world and turns out I had an opinion. I told Sacha, My pick of the year is all the font clamp generators that people have been creating and sharing. What’s great about them is that they are all so different so...

I am currently regretting the posts I didn't make. Yes, as someone who bangs on and on about posting things on your blog first and then elsewhere, I too fail many times. And, it's been like that when it comes to Jessie. Since we adopted Jessie in 2017, I've been celebrating her adoption aniversary on social media...

Last year I spoke at Open UK about my IndieWeb journey. I've posted the slides on Notist but I finally sat down to pick up the transcription and tidy it up on my blog. The base of this post was a transcript of my presentation but some editing is now present for added clarity and correction of grammatical mistakes....

Exactly two months I shared that I was about to do a little "summer tour" of my a talk about refactoring CSS. And I did! I spoke at CSS Day, Middlesbrough Front End and Pixel Pioneers in three weeks and it was scary and wonderful, very similar to Brecht's experience! I had great conversations with people afterwards...

Some weeks ago Oliver from Pixel Pioneers asked me: "How did you come up with the idea for your upcoming Pixel Pioneers talk, and what can we expect to take away from it?". This is my answer: Around two years ago I realised that I was feeling a lot of decision paralysis when building brand new shiny projects from...

Last week, I spent a few days in Leeds attending All Day Hey again, a brilliant conference for developers, designers and tech leads. This conference is part of my holy-grail of community-led conferences that I purchase tickets for regardless of the schedule. This is because I want to support these events that bring...