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Max Glenister

Raw-dogging websites
Raw-dogging websites: index.html, styles.css, script.js. No frameworks, no CMSes, no build steps, no nuthin'. Sure, you can call it a static site, but even those tend to be compiled by sophisticated tooling behind the scenes. And also, c'mon, gotta get with the parlance of the times. I started m

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Annoyed by tons of bugs? Everything takes too long to build? No time for small usability improvements? Hire. HTML. And. CSS. People.

Hire HTML and CSS people
Every problem is a front-end development problem.

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Departure Mono is a monospaced pixel font inspired by the constraints of early command-line and graphical user interfaces, the tiny pixel fonts of the late 90s/early 00s, and sci-fi concepts from film and television.

Departure Mono
A monospaced pixel font with a lo-fi, techy vibe.

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The meaning behind Shigeru Miyamoto's 'Miniature Garden' phrase

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The Pattern Library Playbook: Get set up for success

Pattern Library Playbook: A comprehensive guide for Design Systems by Futurice
Discover the Pattern Library Playbook, a comprehensive guide for creating and implementing effective Design Systems. Learn how to streamline your design process, increase collaboration, and build connected user experiences.

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Sanding UI: Sand it, feel the grain, get a splinter, sand again, and repeat until smooth.

Sanding UI
Writing about the big beautiful mess that is making things for the world wide web.

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Mario Adventure is a ROM hack of Super Mario Bros. 3. It was developed back in 2001 and released roughly in January of 2002. At the time, Mario Adventure was one of the most extensive hacks of not just Super Mario Bros. 3, but any NES hack. It's been highly regarded as one of the best ROM hacks of all time.

Official Mario Adventure 3 Strategy Guide
Official Strategy Guide for Mario Adventure 3

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Open Source Icon Sets - Iconify
Open source vector icons from all popular icon sets

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A legible monospace font… the very typeface you’ve been trained to recognize since childhood.

Comic Mono
A legible monospace font… the very typeface you’ve been trained to recognize since childhood

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Patterns.dev
Learn JavaScript design and performance patterns for building more powerful web applications.

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CSS @property and the New Style
An exploration of the newly supported at-rule for explicitly defining and animating custom properties in CSS.

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Quick guide to web typography for developers · OlegWock
80/20 guide on how to make your blog posts look pretty, for free.

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Your boundary is at hue 174, just like the population median. You're a true neutral.

Is my blue your blue?
Test your color perception with this interactive test.

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The web's clipboard, and how it stores data of different types

The web's clipboard, and how it stores data of different types
Exploring the web's clipboard APIs, their limitations, and their history.

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⁂ is a typographical character, not an icon that needs to be inserted as an image. Unique-looking, but standardised.

A symbol for the fediverse ⁂
We propose the symbol ⁂ to represent the fediverse.

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Being on The Semantic Web is easy, and, frankly, well worth the bother

Being on The Semantic Web is easy, and, frankly, well worth the bother
Web 3.0 was not about the blockchain, thank god

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This is a pretty spectacular overview and explanation of how CSS named grid areas work and can be used effectively

CSS Grid Areas
A fresh look at the CSS grid template areas and how to take advantage of its full potential today.

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I've a lot of nostalgia for these books. It's great reading about others' collections and experience too!

Fighting Fantasy Collection
Read my article about the ups and downs regarding my Fighting Fantasy collection, original series, by Puffin Books, and beyond.

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The Effect of CRTs on Pixel Art

On Cathode Ray Tubes, nostalgia and anachronisms.

[...] there's a lot more going on with both pixel art and old gaming hardware than mere CRT fuzziness

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This repository contains the instructions for building a Faux TRS-80. The model is meant to evoke the feel of a TRS-80 Model 3 or Model 4 computer, but is not an exact replica of either. It has mounting spots for a Raspberry Pi, display, and associated hardware that allow you to run a TRS-80 emulator and get the true Tandy experience.

GitHub - jpasqua/FauxTRS: Emulate a TRS-80 in a scale replica case
Emulate a TRS-80 in a scale replica case. Contribute to jpasqua/FauxTRS development by creating an account on GitHub.

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Copying is the way design works
What exists in the space between riffing and ripping

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