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<code>mastodon.social</code>.https://nolanlawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/screenshot-from-2024-09-17-07-51-16.pngScreenshot from 2024-09-17 07-51-16Custom emoji on <code>mastodon.social</code>.https://nolanlawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/screenshot-from-2024-09-16-19-23-41-cropped.pngScreenshot from 2024-09-16 19-23-41 croppedhttps://nolanlawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/00c8ca7e485fd88b.png00c8ca7e485fd88bhttps://nolanlawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/screenshot-from-2024-09-16-19-23-41.pngScreenshot from 2024-09-16 19-23-41https://nolanlawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/screenshot-emoji-1.pngscreenshot-emojihttps://nolanlawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/screenshot-from-2024-09-16-19-38-49.pngScreenshot from 2024-09-16 19-38-49https://nolanlawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/screenshot-emoji.pngscreenshot-emoji2024-10-13T00:35:12+00:00monthlyhttps://nolanlawson.com/2024/09/28/web-components-are-okay/2024-10-09T23:08:32+00:00monthlyhttps://nolanlawson.com/2024/09/17/the-continuing-tragedy-of-emoji-on-the-web/https://nolanlawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/martinique-flags-featured-image.pngmartinique-flags-featured-imagehttps://nolanlawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/martinique-flags.pngmartinique-flagsFrom left to right: Safari on iOS 17, Firefox 130 on Windows 11, and Chrome 128 on Windows 11.2024-09-23T14:51:30+00:00monthlyhttps://nolanlawson.com/2022/04/08/the-struggle-of-using-native-emoji-on-the-web/https://nolanlawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/screenshot-2022-04-08-113806.pngScreenshot 2022-04-08 113806Flag emoji in Chrome on Windows. You can have the pirate flag, you can have the rainbow flag, but you can't root for Argentina or Brazil in a soccer match.https://nolanlawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/screenshot-2022-04-08-112741.pngScreenshot 2022-04-08 112741https://nolanlawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/screenshot-2022-04-08-105913.pngScreenshot 2022-04-08 105913I build an emoji picker called emoji-picker-element. This is what it would look like if I didn't jump through a bunch of hoops to fix emoji.https://nolanlawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/screenshot-from-2022-04-03-14-56-40.pngScreenshot from 2022-04-03 14-56-40https://nolanlawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/screenshot-from-2022-04-03-14-15-35.pngScreenshot from 2022-04-03 14-15-35https://nolanlawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/screenshot-from-2022-04-03-13-15-06.pngScreenshot from 2022-04-03 13-15-06This could also colorfully be described as "robot barf."2024-09-18T00:03:44+00:00monthlyhttps://nolanlawson.com/2019/02/10/building-a-modern-carousel-with-css-scroll-snap-smooth-scrolling-and-pinch-zoom/https://nolanlawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/screenshot-from-2019-02-09-14-15-43.pngScreenshot of carousel with indicator buttons2025-10-21T05:44:09+00:00monthlyhttps://nolanlawson.com/2024/08/05/reliable-javascript-benchmarking-with-tachometer/2024-08-05T14:40:07+00:00monthlyhttps://nolanlawson.com/2024/07/28/is-it-okay-to-make-connectedcallback-async/2024-10-04T11:15:11+00:00monthlyhttps://nolanlawson.com/2024/03/03/bugs-ive-filed-on-browsers/2024-03-04T07:53:56+00:00monthlyhttps://nolanlawson.com/2023/08/25/catching-errors-thrown-from-connectedcallback/2024-02-24T16:42:36+00:00monthlyhttps://nolanlawson.com/2024/01/13/web-component-gotcha-constructor-vs-connectedcallback/2024-01-14T19:38:33+00:00monthlyhttps://nolanlawson.com/2023/12/31/2023-book-review/https://nolanlawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/books-2023.jpegbooks-20232024-06-21T08:15:32+00:00monthlyhttps://nolanlawson.com/2023/12/30/shadow-dom-and-the-problem-of-encapsulation/https://nolanlawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/screenshot-from-2023-12-30-09-51-39.pngScreenshot from 2023-12-30 09-51-39https://nolanlawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/2023122815392001_s-1.jpg2023122815392001_sIn <em>Tears of the Kingdom</em>, you can glue together just about anything, and it will kind of work.https://nolanlawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/out2.pngout2https://nolanlawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/2023122815392001_s.jpg2023122815392001_sIn <em>Tears of the Kingdom</em>, you can glue together just about anything, and it will kind of work.https://nolanlawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/localhost_9030_index.html-2.pnglocalhost_9030_index.html (2)https://nolanlawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/localhost_9030_index.html-1.pnglocalhost_9030_index.html (1)2024-01-18T16:18:48+00:00monthlyhttps://nolanlawson.com/2023/12/17/rebuilding-emoji-picker-element-on-a-custom-framework/https://nolanlawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/screen-shot-2023-12-16-at-14.27.47.pngScreen Shot 2023-12-16 at 14.27.472023-12-22T22:19:56+00:00monthlyhttps://nolanlawson.com/2023/12/02/lets-learn-how-modern-javascript-frameworks-work-by-building-one/https://nolanlawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/js-diy.pngjs-diy2024-05-06T03:18:43+00:00monthlyhttps://nolanlawson.com/2022/06/14/dialogs-and-shadow-dom-can-we-make-it-accessible/https://nolanlawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/lisa.jpglisaI credit <a href="https://bkardell.com/">Brian Kardell</a> for this description of open shadow DOM, which is maybe the most perfect distillation of how it actually works.2023-11-19T15:42:18+00:00monthlyhttps://nolanlawson.com/2023/08/23/use-web-components-for-what-theyre-good-at/https://nolanlawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/logo.pnglogohttps://nolanlawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/logo_optimized.pnglogo_optimizedhttps://nolanlawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/vlcsnap-2023-08-20-10h52m39s412.pngvlcsnap-2023-08-20-10h52m39s412https://nolanlawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/vlcsnap-2023-08-20-10h09m26s907.pngvlcsnap-2023-08-20-10h09m26s907If this isn't enough, you could also look at <a 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09-22-10https://nolanlawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/screenshot-from-2022-10-22-08-53-46.pngScreenshot from 2022-10-22 08-53-462026-01-07T13:43:16+00:00monthlyhttps://nolanlawson.com/2018/09/25/accurately-measuring-layout-on-the-web/https://nolanlawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/screenshot-2018-09-23-08-57-14.pngScreenshot 2018-09-23 08.57.14https://nolanlawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/screenshot-2018-09-22-13-06-15.pngScreenshot 2018-09-22 13.06.15https://nolanlawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/screenshot-2018-09-22-13-04-13.pngScreenshot 2018-09-22 13.04.13https://nolanlawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/virtualbox_msedge-win10_22_09_2018_12_51_17.pngVirtualBox_MSEdge - Win10_22_09_2018_12_51_17https://nolanlawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/screenshot-2018-09-22-12-22-38.pngScreenshot 2018-09-22 12.22.38https://nolanlawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/screenshot-2018-09-22-12-15-07.pngScreenshot 2018-09-22 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09-18-47https://nolanlawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/screenshot-from-2022-10-08-09-18-42.pngScreenshot from 2022-10-08 09-18-42https://nolanlawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/screenshot-from-2022-06-25-13-13-55.pngScreenshot from 2022-06-25 13-13-55https://nolanlawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/screenshot-from-2022-06-23-19-30-39.pngScreenshot from 2022-06-23 19-30-39https://nolanlawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/screenshot-from-2022-06-23-19-19-56.pngScreenshot from 2022-06-23 19-19-56https://nolanlawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/screenshot-from-2022-06-19-22-22-03-2.pngScreenshot from 2022-06-19 22-22-03https://nolanlawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/screenshot-from-2022-06-19-22-21-56-1.pngScreenshot from 2022-06-19 22-21-56https://nolanlawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/screenshot-from-2022-06-19-22-21-52-1.pngScreenshot from 2022-06-19 22-21-522024-02-12T03:43:46+00:00monthlyhttps://nolanlawson.com/2022/05/29/state-is-hard-why-spas-will-persist/2022-06-29T14:36:07+00:00monthlyhttps://nolanlawson.com/2022/06/27/spas-theory-versus-practice/https://nolanlawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/vlcsnap-2022-06-25-16h42m28s925.pngvlcsnap-2022-06-25-16h42m28s925Screenshot from Anthony Ricaud's talk. Note that the SPA site (on top) takes 3.2s, whereas the MPA site (on bottom) takes 2.2s.https://nolanlawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/screenshot-from-2022-06-25-13-13-55-2.pngScreenshot from 2022-06-25 13-13-55https://nolanlawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/screenshot-from-2022-06-25-13-13-55-1.pngScreenshot from 2022-06-25 13-13-55https://nolanlawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/vlcsnap-2022-06-25-16h27m34s714-small.pngvlcsnap-2022-06-25-16h27m34s714-smallhttps://nolanlawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/vlcsnap-2022-06-25-16h27m34s714.pngvlcsnap-2022-06-25-16h27m34s714Screenshot from Anthony Ricaud's talk. Note that the SPA version is on the top (5.5s) and the MPA version is on bottom (2.5s).2023-08-18T04:38:48+00:00monthlyhttps://nolanlawson.com/2021/08/15/does-shadow-dom-improve-style-performance/https://nolanlawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/screenshot-from-2021-08-15-13-05-36.pngScreenshot from 2021-08-15 13-05-36A performance trace in Chrome DevTools, showing the basic JavaScript → Style → Layout → Paint pipeline.https://nolanlawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/screenshot-from-2021-08-15-10-14-46.pngScreenshot from 2021-08-15 10-14-46https://nolanlawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/screenshot-from-2021-08-15-10-14-39-1.pngScreenshot from 2021-08-15 10-14-39https://nolanlawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/screenshot-from-2021-08-15-10-14-32.pngScreenshot from 2021-08-15 10-14-32https://nolanlawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/screenshot-from-2021-08-15-10-14-26.pngScreenshot from 2021-08-15 10-14-26https://nolanlawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/screenshot-from-2021-08-15-10-14-10.pngScreenshot from 2021-08-15 10-14-10https://nolanlawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/screenshot-from-2021-08-15-10-14-01.pngScreenshot from 2021-08-15 10-14-01https://nolanlawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/screenshot-from-2021-08-15-10-14-39.pngScreenshot from 2021-08-15 10-14-39https://nolanlawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/screenshot-from-2021-08-14-15-34-23.pngScreenshot from 2021-08-14 15-34-232024-11-28T17:06:05+00:00monthlyhttps://nolanlawson.com/2021/02/13/managing-focus-in-the-shadow-dom/https://nolanlawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/screenshot-from-2021-01-31-15-20-55.pngScreenshot from 2021-01-31 15-20-55WebKit's developer tools helpfully shows the video controls as "shadow content (user agent)." You can look, but you can't touch!2022-06-14T15:10:21+00:00monthlyhttps://nolanlawson.com/2022/06/09/the-collapse-of-complex-software/https://nolanlawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/vlcsnap-2022-06-04-14h56m05s218.pngvlcsnap-2022-06-04-14h56m05s218https://nolanlawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/vlcsnap-2022-06-04-11h31m52s707-1.jpgvlcsnap-2022-06-04-11h31m52s707"EKS is being deprecated at the end of the month for Omega Star, but Omega Star still doesn't support ISO timestamps." We've all been there. (Via <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y8OnoxKotPQ">Krazam</a>)https://nolanlawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/vlcsnap-2022-06-04-11h31m52s707.jpgvlcsnap-2022-06-04-11h31m52s707"EKS is being deprecated at the end of the month for Omega Star, but Omega Star still doesn't support ISO timestamps." We've all been there.2022-07-20T09:49:45+00:00monthlyhttps://nolanlawson.com/2022/05/25/more-thoughts-on-spas/2022-06-15T06:07:36+00:00monthlyhttps://nolanlawson.com/2021/01/03/options-for-styling-web-components/https://nolanlawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/screenshot-from-2021-01-02-10-27-11.pngScreenshot from 2021-01-02 10-27-112022-12-06T20:15:32+00:00monthlyhttps://nolanlawson.com/apps/https://nolanlawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/ultimate_crossword_screenshot.pngultimate_crossword_screenshothttps://nolanlawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/ultimate-crossword-icon-72.pngultimate-crossword-icon-72https://nolanlawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/screen-shot-2013-05-09-at-6-10-44-pm.pngJapanese Name Converter screenshothttps://nolanlawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/screen-shot-2013-04-21-at-11-35-10-pm.pngimperial calculator screenshothttps://nolanlawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/swiss_bank_72x72.pngswiss_bank_72x72https://nolanlawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/catlog_36_x_36.pngcatlog_36_x_36https://nolanlawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/pokedroid_jb_screenshot_2.pngpokedroid_jb_screenshot_2Pokédroidhttps://nolanlawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/pokedroid_jb_screenshot_1.pngpokedroid_jb_screenshot_1https://nolanlawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/keepscore_jb_screenshot_2.pngkeepscore_jb_screenshot_2https://nolanlawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/keepscore_jb_screenshot_1.pngkeepscore_jb_screenshot_12022-02-20T19:27:44+00:00weekly0.6https://nolanlawson.com/2022/02/02/five-years-of-quitting-twitter/2022-09-29T02:58:10+00:00monthlyhttps://nolanlawson.com/2022/01/05/memory-leaks-the-forgotten-side-of-web-performance/https://nolanlawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/screenshot-from-2022-01-04-18-32-24.pngScreenshot from 2022-01-04 18-32-24fuite stacktraceshttps://nolanlawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/screenshot-from-2022-01-04-18-06-48.pngScreenshot from 2022-01-04 18-06-48fuite showing the stacktraces for leaking collections.https://nolanlawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/screenshot-from-2022-01-04-18-15-05.pngScreenshot from 2022-01-04 18-15-05Chrome's Out Of Memory error page. If you see this, something has gone very wrong.2022-10-28T14:08:33+00:00monthlyhttps://nolanlawson.com/2021/12/31/2021-book-review/2022-06-10T19:35:53+00:00monthlyhttps://nolanlawson.com/2020/02/19/fixing-memory-leaks-in-web-applications/https://nolanlawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/leak-scenario.pngleak-scenariohttps://nolanlawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/screenshot-from-2020-02-16-10-56-12-3.pngScreenshot from 2020-02-16 10-56-12-3The retainer chain shows you which object is referencing the leaked object. The way to read it is that each object is referenced by the object below it.https://nolanlawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/screenshot-from-2020-02-16-10-56-12-2.pngScreenshot from 2020-02-16 10-56-12-2A heap snapshot diff. Note that we're comparing snapshot #6 to snapshot #3, because I take three captures in a row to allow more garbage collection to occur. Also note that several objects are leaking 7 times.https://nolanlawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/gorilla_eating_optimized.jpgKromerGorillas - 20050804 - Gorilla Eating - Philip Kromer (248)Via [Wikipedia](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gorilla_Eating.jpg)https://nolanlawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/screenshot-from-2020-02-16-10-56-12.pngScreenshot from 2020-02-16 10-56-12A heap snapshot diff. Note that we're comparing snapshot #6 to snapshot #3, because I take three capture in order to allow more garbage collection to occur. Also note that several objects are leaking 7 times, and we have a retainer chain for one of those objects.https://nolanlawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/screenshot-from-2020-02-16-11-03-49.pngScreenshot from 2020-02-16 11-03-49The Heap Snapshot tool allows you to take a memory capture of the main thread or web workers or iframes.https://nolanlawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/awsnap.pngawsnap2021-12-30T16:15:45+00:00monthlyhttps://nolanlawson.com/2021/12/17/introducing-fuite-a-tool-for-finding-memory-leaks-in-web-apps/https://nolanlawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/screenshot-memory.pngscreenshot-memoryOn this particular site, memory grows by about 5-6MB every time you click a link and go back.https://nolanlawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/screenshot-from-2021-12-14-23-08-16.pngScreenshot from 2021-12-14 23-08-16https://nolanlawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/screenshot-from-2021-12-14-20-07-16.pngScreenshot from 2021-12-14 20-07-16https://nolanlawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/faucet.jpgfaucetA leaking faucet (via <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dropping_faucet.jpg">Wikimedia Commons</a>)2022-04-01T15:10:55+00:00monthlyhttps://nolanlawson.com/2021/12/05/one-weird-trick-to-improve-your-websites-performance/2022-01-12T04:12:14+00:00monthlyhttps://nolanlawson.com/2021/09/12/how-to-write-about-web-performance/https://nolanlawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/screenshot-from-2021-08-14-15-34-23.pngscreenshot-from-2021-08-14-15-34-232021-09-13T19:30:33+00:00monthlyhttps://nolanlawson.com/2021/08/26/my-love-hate-affair-with-technology/2021-09-08T21:07:35+00:00monthlyhttps://nolanlawson.com/2021/08/08/improving-responsiveness-in-text-inputs/https://nolanlawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/screenshot-from-2021-08-07-18-32-54-1.pngScreenshot from 2021-08-07 18-32-54https://nolanlawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/screenshot-from-2021-08-07-18-32-54.pngScreenshot from 2021-08-07 18-32-542021-08-22T23:36:10+00:00monthlyhttps://nolanlawson.com/2021/08/01/why-its-okay-for-web-components-to-use-frameworks/2021-08-02T06:06:48+00:00monthlyhttps://nolanlawson.com/2021/02/23/javascript-performance-beyond-bundle-size/https://nolanlawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/screenshot-from-2021-02-22-22-02-23.pngScreenshot from 2021-02-22 22-02-23Loading Moment, Three.js, and React in production mode. Without the User Timings, would you be able to figure out where the time is being spent?https://nolanlawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/screenshot-from-2021-02-22-21-02-33.pngScreenshot from 2021-02-22 21-02-33Compilation and execution in Chrome DevTools. Note that Chrome does some <a href="https://v8.dev/blog/cost-of-javascript-2019">parsing and compilation off-main-thread</a>.https://nolanlawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/screenshot-from-2021-02-20-16-07-19.pngScreenshot from 2021-02-20 16-07-19https://nolanlawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/screenshot-from-2021-02-20-15-25-10.pngScreenshot from 2021-02-20 15-25-10The same poorly-behaved JavaScript code in Performance Monitor. Note the constant low hum of CPU usage, as well as the sawtooth pattern in the memory usage, indicating memory constantly being allocated and de-allocated.https://nolanlawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/screenshot-from-2021-02-20-15-19-13.pngScreenshot from 2021-02-20 15-19-13A poorly-behaved JavaScript widget. Notice the little peaks of JavaScript usage, showing constant CPU usage even while the page is idle.https://nolanlawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/screenshot-from-2021-02-20-14-58-18.pngScreenshot from 2021-02-20 14-58-18https://nolanlawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/screenshot-from-2021-02-20-09-45-39.pngScreenshot from 2021-02-20 09-45-39https://nolanlawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/screenshot-from-2021-02-20-09-26-49.pngScreenshot from 2021-02-20 09-26-49Loading React, Moment, and Three.js in production mode. Without the User Timings, would you be able to figure out where the time is being spent?2021-02-26T17:57:30+00:00monthlyhttps://nolanlawson.com/2021/01/01/2020-book-review/2021-01-01T23:07:48+00:00monthlyhttps://nolanlawson.com/2020/12/29/programmers-are-bad-at-managing-state/2021-04-21T16:11:32+00:00monthlyhttps://nolanlawson.com/2020/06/28/introducing-emoji-picker-element-a-memory-efficient-emoji-picker-for-the-web/https://nolanlawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/screenshot-from-2020-06-23-08-36-54-2.pngScreenshot from 2020-06-23 08-36-54https://nolanlawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/emojos.pngemojosThe built-in emoji pickers on macOS and Windows. Ask a non-techie if they've ever even seen these.https://nolanlawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/screenshot-from-2020-06-23-08-36-54-1.pngScreenshot from 2020-06-23 08-36-54https://nolanlawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/screenshot-from-2020-06-23-08-36-54.pngScreenshot from 2020-06-23 08-36-54https://nolanlawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/screenshot-from-2020-06-23-08-49-30.pngScreenshot from 2020-06-23 08-49-30https://nolanlawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/screenshot-from-2020-06-23-08-44-58.pngScreenshot from 2020-06-23 08-44-58https://nolanlawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/screenshot-from-2020-06-23-08-36-54-annotated.pngScreenshot from 2020-06-23 08-36-54-annotatedhttps://nolanlawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/screenshot-from-2020-06-22-23-25-20.pngScreenshot from 2020-06-22 23-25-20Example of "person with red hair" when rendered incorrectly.https://nolanlawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/out.pngout2022-11-17T16:38:24+00:00monthlyhttps://nolanlawson.com/2020/07/01/building-an-accessible-emoji-picker/https://nolanlawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/out-1.pngouthttps://nolanlawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/screenshot-from-2020-06-30-23-05-19.pngScreenshot from 2020-06-30 23-05-19https://nolanlawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/screenshot-from-2020-06-30-09-57-54.pngScreenshot from 2020-06-30 09-57-54Removing this blur listener may make debugging a bit easier.https://nolanlawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/screenshot-from-2020-06-30-09-32-27.pngScreenshot from 2020-06-30 09-32-272020-09-06T04:28:54+00:00monthlyhttps://nolanlawson.com/2020/05/10/linux-on-the-desktop-as-a-web-developer/https://nolanlawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/img_20200509_113755-1.jpgimg_20200509_113755My basic setup. Dell XPS 13, Kensington trackball mouse (yes I'm a weirdo who likes trackballs), Apple magic keyboard (I still prefer the feel), and a BenQ monitor (because I play some games where <a href="http://www.meleeitonme.com/this-tv-lags-a-guide-on-input-and-display-lag/">display lag matters</a>)https://nolanlawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/screenshot-from-2020-05-09-15-43-46.pngScreenshot from 2020-05-09 15-43-46GNOME Web on HTML5Test. Safari it is not.https://nolanlawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/screenshot-from-2020-05-09-11-26-08-1.pngScreenshot from 2020-05-09 11-26-08Tmux with a few panes openhttps://nolanlawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/screenshot-from-2020-05-09-11-26-08.pngScreenshot from 2020-05-09 11-26-08Ah, the command line on Linux. So good.https://nolanlawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/screenshot-from-2020-05-08-17-59-39.pngScreenshot from 2020-05-08 17-59-39Believe it or not, you can actually debug iOS Safari from Linux.2020-11-03T19:58:52+00:00monthlyhttps://nolanlawson.com/2020/05/02/customizing-fonts-in-firefox-on-linux/https://nolanlawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/out-2.pngouthttps://nolanlawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/screenshot-from-2020-04-30-08-23-51.pngScreenshot from 2020-04-30 08-23-51https://nolanlawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/screenshot-from-2020-04-30-08-18-38.pngScreenshot from 2020-04-30 08-18-38https://nolanlawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/out-1.pngLiberation Sanshttps://nolanlawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/screenshot-from-2020-04-30-08-03-11.pngScreenshot from 2020-04-30 08-03-11https://nolanlawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/out.pngNimbus Sans font2023-12-16T18:29:29+00:00monthlyhttps://nolanlawson.com/2019/12/31/2019-end-year-book-review/2020-01-15T11:17:15+00:00monthlyhttps://nolanlawson.com/2019/11/05/what-ive-learned-about-accessibility-in-spas/https://nolanlawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/out.gifChanging focus on a post in PinaforeAnimated screenshot of a Mastodon post in Pinafore showing focus moving from the entire post to the user name, then the timestamp, then the four buttons at the botto in orderhttps://nolanlawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/screenshot-from-2019-11-03-11-55-25.pngScreenshot from 2019-11-03 11-55-25https://nolanlawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/screen-shot-2019-11-03-at-9.00.38-am.pngScreen Shot 2019-11-03 at 9.00.38 AMhttps://nolanlawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/2019-11-03-08_56_18-greenshot.png2019-11-03 08_56_18-Greenshothttps://nolanlawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/screenshot-from-2019-11-03-08-37-50.pngScreenshot from 2019-11-03 08-37-50https://nolanlawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/screenshot-from-2019-11-02-13-38-01-1.pngScreenshot from 2019-11-02 13-38-01https://nolanlawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/screenshot-from-2019-11-02-13-52-05.pngScreenshot from 2019-11-02 13-52-05https://nolanlawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/screenshot-from-2019-11-02-13-38-01.pngScreenshot from 2019-11-02 13-38-01https://nolanlawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/screenshot_2019-11-02-toot-cafe-c2b7-profile2.pngScreenshot_2019-11-02 toot cafe · Profile(2)https://nolanlawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/screenshot_2019-11-02-toot-cafe-c2b7-profile.pngScreenshot_2019-11-02 toot cafe · Profile2022-07-06T13:58:01+00:00monthlyhttps://nolanlawson.com/2019/09/22/the-joy-and-challenge-of-developing-for-kaios/https://nolanlawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/out.pngoutThe iPhone 4 is already pretty small, but it's a giant compared to the Nokia 8110 4G.https://nolanlawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/kai2.pngkai2https://nolanlawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/vlcsnap-2019-09-21-19h22m03s808.pngvlcsnap-2019-09-21-19h22m03s808https://nolanlawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/screenshot-from-2019-09-21-12-58-42.pngScreenshot from 2019-09-21 12-58-42https://nolanlawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/screenshot-from-2019-09-21-12-57-51.pngScreenshot from 2019-09-21 12-57-51https://nolanlawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/screenshot-from-2019-09-21-12-49-41.pngScreenshot from 2019-09-21 12-49-412023-05-04T00:08:07+00:00monthlyhttps://nolanlawson.com/2019/08/14/browsers-input-events-and-frame-throttling/2024-06-15T07:36:06+00:00monthlyhttps://nolanlawson.com/2019/08/11/high-performance-input-handling-on-the-web/https://nolanlawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/screenshot-from-2019-08-10-13-39-22.pngScreenshot from 2019-08-10 13-39-22https://nolanlawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/screenshot-from-2019-08-10-13-33-18.pngScreenshot from 2019-08-10 13-33-18In the Chrome Dev Tools, you can tell the difference between a forced layout (or "reflow") and a normal one because of the red triangle (and warning) on the purple style/layout blocks. Note that above, there are no warnings.https://nolanlawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/screenshot-from-2019-08-10-13-25-20.pngScreenshot from 2019-08-10 13-25-20Note the style and layout recalculations in the purple blocks, which Chrome marks with a red triangle and warning about "forced reflow."https://nolanlawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/screenshot-from-2019-08-10-13-08-55.pngScreenshot from 2019-08-10 13-08-55https://nolanlawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/screenshot-from-2019-08-10-12-52-15-1.pngScreenshot from 2019-08-10 12-52-15https://nolanlawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/screenshot-from-2019-08-10-12-52-15.pngScreenshot from 2019-08-10 12-52-152021-02-17T17:43:01+00:00monthlyhttps://nolanlawson.com/2019/06/17/advice-for-new-bicycle-commuters/https://nolanlawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/img_20190616_095611-e1560709074713.jpgIMG_20190616_095611https://nolanlawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/img_20190514_084616-1-e1560707660277.jpgIMG_20190514_084616https://nolanlawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/img_20190514_084616-e1560707521309.jpgIMG_20190514_084616https://nolanlawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/img_20190616_095613.jpgIMG_20190616_0956132019-08-12T14:31:38+00:00monthlyhttps://nolanlawson.com/2019/06/15/mid-2019-book-review/https://nolanlawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/img_20190611_191804-1.jpgPhoto of books on a deskhttps://nolanlawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/img_20190611_191804-e1560306548128.jpgPhoto of books on my desk2019-06-16T16:38:28+00:00monthlyhttps://nolanlawson.com/2019/06/13/how-to-de-google-your-android-phone/2021-05-01T13:08:47+00:00monthlyhttps://nolanlawson.com/2015/09/29/indexeddb-websql-localstorage-what-blocks-the-dom/2023-06-17T00:44:54+00:00monthlyhttps://nolanlawson.com/2019/06/02/one-year-of-pinafore/https://nolanlawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/screenshot_2019-06-02-lighthouse-report-e1559495547485.pngScreenshot of Lighthouse showing perfect 100 score in all categories, including Performance, Accessibility, Best Practices, and SEOIf you didn't think I was going to brag about web perf vanity metrics, then you don't know me very well.https://nolanlawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/screenshot_2019-06-01-toot-cafe-c2b7-home.pngScreenshot of Pinafore showing a compose inputhttps://nolanlawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/screenshot_2019-06-01-malfunctioning-technology-c2b7-home1.pngScreenshot of Pinafore showing a compose input and a pollhttps://nolanlawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/screenshot_2019-06-01-malfunctioning-technology-c2b7-home.pngScreenshot of Pinafore showing a compose input and a poll2019-06-11T07:17:42+00:00monthlyhttps://nolanlawson.com/2019/05/31/tech-veganism/https://nolanlawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/tech-veganism.pngHand draw picture of a computer with vegetables on the screen2021-11-15T14:22:50+00:00monthlyhttps://nolanlawson.com/2019/05/28/in-defense-of-the-right-thing/2019-05-31T13:07:11+00:00monthlyhttps://nolanlawson.com/2019/05/29/get-off-of-twitter/https://nolanlawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/twitter-2.pngTwitter logo with a red "no" sign over ithttps://nolanlawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/twitter-1.pngTwitter logo with a red "no" sign over ithttps://nolanlawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/twitter.pngTwitter logo with a red "no" sign over it2021-08-18T15:46:06+00:00monthlyhttps://nolanlawson.com/2019/02/14/2018-book-review/https://nolanlawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/books.jpgBooks on bookshelfA completely unstaged photo of my remarkably tidy bookshelfhttps://nolanlawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/img_20190212_154507-1.jpgIMG_20190212_154507A completelyhttps://nolanlawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/img_20190212_154507.jpgA photo of books on my bookshelf2019-09-23T15:47:08+00:00monthlyhttps://nolanlawson.com/2019/01/01/things-ive-been-wrong-about-things-ive-been-right-about/2019-01-06T13:29:11+00:00monthlyhttps://nolanlawson.com/2018/11/18/scrolling-the-main-document-is-better-for-performance-accessibility-and-usability/https://nolanlawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/screenshot-2018-11-17-23-46-25.pngScrolling Performance issuesThe "repaints on scroll" warning. This is gone now that the scrollable element is the document body.https://nolanlawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/screenshot_2018-11-17-malfunctioning-technology-c2b7-local1.pngScreenshot of Pinafore2022-12-21T00:44:02+00:00monthlyhttps://nolanlawson.com/2018/09/15/yubikeys-are-neat/https://nolanlawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/img_20180915_092612.jpgYubiKey on a keychain2020-02-20T15:06:42+00:00monthlyhttps://nolanlawson.com/2018/09/09/moving-on-from-microsoft/https://nolanlawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/djpuejvxgaadr5e.jpgSlide from a talk I gave at the Edge Web Summit 2017A slide from a talk I gave at the Edge Web Summit https://channel9.msdn.com/Events/WebPlatformSummit/Microsoft-Edge-Web-Summit-2017/ES15https://nolanlawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/screenshot-2018-09-08-14-08-05.png"Solving the web performance crisis", a talk I gave on web performance"Solving the web performance crisis," a talk I gave on JavaScript performance for a Microsoft audience (https://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/msedgedev/nolanlaw-web-perf-crisis)https://nolanlawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/everyone.jpg"This is for everyone", dedicated to Tim Berners-Lee"This is for everyone", a tribute to the web and Tim Berners-Lee2019-02-18T06:50:28+00:00monthlyhttps://nolanlawson.com/2016/02/29/high-performance-web-worker-messages/https://nolanlawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/ccb0vnww4ae7vr4.jpgEdge 13 resultshttps://nolanlawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/screenshot-2016-02-28-14-32-40.pngResults with the best time for each browserhttps://nolanlawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/screenshot-2016-02-28-14-23-44.pngNexus 5 Chrome test resultshttps://nolanlawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/screenshot-2016-02-28-14-15-11.pngStringification results for all browsershttps://nolanlawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/screenshot-2016-02-28-14-15-02.pngSafari test resultshttps://nolanlawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/screenshot-2016-02-28-14-14-51.pngFirefox results with arraybufferhttps://nolanlawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/screenshot-2016-02-28-14-14-38.pngChrome test results, with arraybufferhttps://nolanlawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/screenshot-2016-02-28-14-14-20.pngFirefox test resultshttps://nolanlawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/screenshot-2016-02-28-14-14-03.pngChrome 48 test results2021-10-13T01:32:47+00:00monthlyhttps://nolanlawson.com/2018/09/01/a-tour-of-javascript-timers-on-the-web/https://nolanlawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/screenshot-2018-09-01-13-59-21.pngScreenshot of Pinafore with some text entered in the text box and a digit counter showing the number of remaining charactersIn Pinafore, the little horizontal bar and the "characters remaining" indicator update as you type.2019-04-24T14:55:24+00:00monthlyhttps://nolanlawson.com/2018/09/01/how-to-deal-with-discourse/https://nolanlawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/justdontlook.jpgSimpsons animation of billboard ads wrecking buildings with subtitle "Just don't look"https://nolanlawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/mkcd.gifSimpsons animation of billboard ads wrecking buildings with subtitle "Just don't look"2018-09-01T17:55:16+00:00monthlyhttps://nolanlawson.com/2018/08/31/mastodon-and-the-challenges-of-abuse-in-a-federated-system/https://nolanlawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/screenshot_2018-08-31-reports-malfunctioning-technology.pngA list of reports in the Mastodon moderation UIA list of reports in the Mastodon moderation UIhttps://nolanlawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/screenshot_2018-08-31-report-33-malfunctioning-technology.pngThe Mastodon moderation UIThe Mastodon moderation UI2019-02-01T09:38:52+00:00monthlyhttps://nolanlawson.com/2016/08/15/the-cost-of-small-modules/https://nolanlawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/2016-10-30-12_30_22-small_modules3-xlsx-excel_chrome.png2016-10-30-12_30_22-small_modules3-xlsx-excel_chromehttps://nolanlawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/2016-10-30-12_27_39-small_modules3-xlsx-excel_nexus5_3g.png2016-10-30-12_27_39-small_modules3-xlsx-excel_nexus5_3ghttps://nolanlawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/2016-10-30-11_45_10-small_modules3-xlsx-excel_edge.png2016-10-30-11_45_10-small_modules3-xlsx-excel_edgehttps://nolanlawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/2016-10-30-11_42_35-small_modules3-xlsx-excel_firefox.png2016-10-30-11_42_35-small_modules3-xlsx-excel_firefoxhttps://nolanlawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/016-10-30-11_39_29-small_modules3-xlsx-excel-chrome.png016-10-30-11_39_29-small_modules3-xlsx-excel-chromehttps://nolanlawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/2016-10-30-12_08_51-small_modules3-xlsx-excel_nexus5_3g.png2016-10-30-12_08_51-small_modules3-xlsx-excel_nexus5_3ghttps://nolanlawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/2016-10-30-12_09_56-small_modules3-xlsx-excel_ios.png2016-10-30-12_09_56-small_modules3-xlsx-excel_ioshttps://nolanlawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/2016-10-30-12_09_30-small_modules3-xlsx-excel_nexus5.png2016-10-30-12_09_30-small_modules3-xlsx-excel_nexus5https://nolanlawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/2016-08-20-14_45_29-small_modules3-xlsx-excel.pngNexus 5 (3G) results with RequireJShttps://nolanlawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/modules_nexus_53g.pngNexus 5 3G results2022-01-20T19:16:56+00:00monthlyhttps://nolanlawson.com/2018/05/16/should-computers-serve-humans-or-should-humans-serve-computers/2018-12-02T03:39:44+00:00monthlyhttps://nolanlawson.com/2017/11/15/why-im-deleting-my-twitter-account/2018-04-16T23:29:39+00:00monthlyhttps://nolanlawson.com/2018/04/09/introducing-pinafore-for-mastodon/https://nolanlawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/screenshot-2018-4-1-pinafore-e28093-home11.pngScreenshot of Pinafore home pagehttps://nolanlawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/screenshot-2018-4-1-pinafore-e28093-home1.pngScreenshot of Pinafore home pagehttps://nolanlawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/screenshot-2018-4-1-pinafore-e28093-home.pngScreenshot of Pinafore home page2019-11-13T11:33:34+00:00monthlyhttps://nolanlawson.com/2018/03/20/smaller-lodash-bundles-with-webpack-and-babel/https://nolanlawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/screenshot-2018-3-17-webpack-bundle-analyzer8.pngScreenshot-2018-3-17 Webpack Bundle Analyzer(8)https://nolanlawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/screenshot-2018-3-17-webpack-bundle-analyzer9.pngScreenshot-2018-3-17 Webpack Bundle Analyzer(9)https://nolanlawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/screenshot-2018-3-17-webpack-bundle-analyzer6.pngScreenshot-2018-3-17 Webpack Bundle Analyzer(6)https://nolanlawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/screenshot-2018-3-17-webpack-bundle-analyzer7.pngScreenshot-2018-3-17 Webpack Bundle Analyzer(7)https://nolanlawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/screenshot-2018-3-17-webpack-bundle-analyzer5.pngScreenshot-2018-3-17 Webpack Bundle Analyzer(5)https://nolanlawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/screenshot-2018-3-17-webpack-bundle-analyzer4.pngScreenshot-2018-3-17 Webpack Bundle 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Could you tell the difference between these two?https://nolanlawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/screenshot-2017-12-30-13-20-27.pngScreenshot of Mastodon toothttps://nolanlawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/screenshot-2017-12-30-13-19-35.pngScreenshot of Mastodon toothttps://nolanlawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/screenshot-2017-12-30-13-17-10.pngScreenshot of Mastodon post2018-04-11T19:42:30+00:00monthlyhttps://nolanlawson.com/2017/12/31/2017-book-review/2018-04-17T04:56:13+00:00monthlyhttps://nolanlawson.com/2015/06/30/safari-is-the-new-ie/2017-12-21T00:17:27+00:00monthlyhttps://nolanlawson.com/2017/11/27/living-with-an-open-source-phone/https://nolanlawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/emoji31.pngSending an emoji via AnySoftKeyboard and SignalSending an emoji via AnySoftKeyboard and Signalhttps://nolanlawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/home3.pngMy LineageOS Home screenMy LineageOS Home screenhttps://nolanlawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/out3.pngWeather and time widget on my homescreenWeather and time widget on my homescreenhttps://nolanlawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/guitar3.pngMe singing a bit off-key into a guitar tunerMe singing a bit off-key into a guitar tunerhttps://nolanlawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/lyft3.pngLyft's website may offer "Lyft in Firefox," which is the PWALyft's website may offer "Lyft in Firefox," which is the PWAhttps://nolanlawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/music3.pngVanilla Music with some of my albumsVanilla Music with some of my albumshttps://nolanlawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/emoji3.pngSending an emoji via AnySoftKeyboard and SignalSending an emoji via AnySoftKeyboard and Signalhttps://nolanlawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/maps2.pngGoogle Maps running in FirefoxGoogle Maps running in Firefoxhttps://nolanlawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/homescreen2.pngDefault homescreen on LineageOSDefault homescreen on LineageOShttps://nolanlawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/out-smaller.pngGoogle Maps running in FirefoxGoogle Maps running in Firefox2022-08-03T02:05:28+00:00monthlyhttps://nolanlawson.com/2017/10/23/what-is-mastodon-and-why-is-it-better-than-twitter/https://nolanlawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/screenshot-2017-10-21-13-19-58.pngTwitter terms of serviceA snippet of Twitter's Terms of Service. Twitter can do whatever it likes with what you post.https://nolanlawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/tweet_vs_toot2.pngTwitter vs Mastodon comparisonhttps://nolanlawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/ublock_compare.pnguBlock comparisonhttps://nolanlawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/ghostery_compare.pngGhostery comparisonhttps://nolanlawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/tweet_vs_toot.pngTwitter vs Mastodon JavaScript usagehttps://nolanlawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/screenshot-2017-10-21-11-44-29.pngmastodon.art terms of serviceA snippet of mastodon.art's terms of service.2017-10-23T16:01:50+00:00monthlyhttps://nolanlawson.com/2017/08/23/burnout-and-twitter-fatigue/https://nolanlawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/screenshot-2017-08-20-09-26-00.pngdunkirkCredit: Dunkirk2017-09-19T07:09:57+00:00monthlyhttps://nolanlawson.com/2017/05/22/a-brief-and-incomplete-history-of-javascript-bundlers/https://nolanlawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/what-is-webpack.pngwhat-is-webpackThe Webpack view of the world, via <a href="http://webpack.github.io/docs/what-is-webpack.html">"What is Webpack?"</a>https://nolanlawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/a_bundle_of_bamboo_skewers.jpga_bundle_of_bamboo_skewersA bundle of bamboohttps://nolanlawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/2017-02-23-16_40_10-browserify.png2017-02-23-16_40_10-browserifyScreenshot of the original Browserify homepage from January 2013 (via [the Web Archive](http://web.archive.org/web/20130120062829/http://browserify.org/))2018-08-27T13:44:48+00:00monthlyhttps://nolanlawson.com/2017/03/05/what-it-feels-like-to-be-an-open-source-maintainer/https://nolanlawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/out.pngscreenshot showing 403 unread GitHub notificationshttps://nolanlawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/screenshot-2017-03-04-14-40-42.pngscreenshot showing 403 unread GitHub notifications2022-06-25T11:30:31+00:00monthlyhttps://nolanlawson.com/2017/01/09/how-to-write-a-javascript-package-for-both-node-and-the-browser/2020-11-24T23:56:56+00:00monthlyhttps://nolanlawson.com/2016/10/13/progressive-enhancement-isnt-dead-but-it-smells-funny/https://nolanlawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/no_js.pngScreenshots of Housing.com, Konga, and Flipkart without JavaScriptScreenshots of Housing.com, Konga, and Flipkart without JavaScript2017-08-18T08:37:13+00:00monthlyhttps://nolanlawson.com/2016/06/09/on-joining-microsoft-edge-and-moving-to-seattle/https://nolanlawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/nolan_brooklyn.jpgnolan_brooklynI was the first to speak at four different BoroJS meetups – superfecta!https://nolanlawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/katamari02.jpgkatamari02The web, as I imagined it. Source: Katamari Damacyhttps://nolanlawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/royaloakmondaynightsettlers.jpgBoard games at the pubBoard games at the pub. 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lazy writer..."2017-09-12T10:39:31+00:00monthlyhttps://nolanlawson.com/code/2014-06-12T06:57:20+00:00weekly0.6https://nolanlawson.com/2014/04/26/web-sql-database-in-memoriam/https://nolanlawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/cquote2.pngCquote2https://nolanlawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/cquote1.pngCquote1https://nolanlawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/gmail_websql.pngGMail uses Web SQLGMail uses Web SQL, if you're on a mobile browser.2021-04-19T09:00:11+00:00monthlyhttps://nolanlawson.com/2014/03/25/what-happened-to-pouchdroid/2014-10-04T15:10:12+00:00monthlyhttps://nolanlawson.com/2013/11/30/introducing-the-supersaiyanscollview-super-fast-sectioned-lists-for-android/https://nolanlawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/saiyan13.pngcomparison of hiding overlays and hiding section titleshttps://nolanlawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/saiyan12.pngalphabetic vs by-region sortinghttps://nolanlawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/saiyan11.pngPokémon sorted by region.https://nolanlawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/saiyan7.pngComparison of built-in overlay sizesSmall, normal, large, and xlarge overlays in my AMG Geneva app.https://nolanlawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/saiyan10.pngDisabling section titles or section overlayshttps://nolanlawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/saiyan9.pngPokémon sorted by type.https://nolanlawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/saiyan8.pngPokémon sorted by region.https://nolanlawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/saiyan6.pngalphabetic vs by-region sortinghttps://nolanlawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/saiyan5.pngalphabetic sorting vs. continent sortinghttps://nolanlawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/saiyan4.pngExample 1: Countries2017-04-26T17:53:45+00:00monthlyhttps://nolanlawson.com/2013/12/23/pouchdroid-v0-1-0-is-out/https://nolanlawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/pouchdroid_logo.pngpouchdroid_logoPouchDroid2014-03-03T20:07:58+00:00monthlyhttps://nolanlawson.com/2013/12/08/porting-pouchdb-to-android-initial-work-and-thoughts/https://nolanlawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/screenshot-2013-12-09-00-39-25.pngC3P0 on CouchDBhttps://nolanlawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/screenshot-2013-12-09-00-36-28.pngC3po on CouchDB2020-08-09T06:09:54+00:00monthlyhttps://nolanlawson.com/2012/11/18/make-your-workplace-more-fun-with-a-jenkins-alarm-system/https://nolanlawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/yocto-flag.pngyocto-flaghttps://nolanlawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/logotitle.pnglogo+title (http://jenkins-ci.org/)https://nolanlawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/logotitle2.pngJenkins logo (http://jenkins-ci.org/)https://nolanlawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/logo-above-title.pngJenkins logo 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Seriously?https://nolanlawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/screenshot-2013-11-24-17-04-35.pngScreenshot 2013-11-24 17.04.35All I wanted.2018-07-16T03:14:14+00:00monthlyhttps://nolanlawson.com/2011/03/30/jnameconverter/https://nolanlawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/japanese_name_converter_2.pngjapanese_name_converter_2https://nolanlawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/japanese_name_converter_1.pngjapanese_name_converter_12021-09-30T08:33:17+00:00monthlyhttps://nolanlawson.com/2012/10/31/better-synonym-handling-in-solr/https://nolanlawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/graph33.pnggraph3Your mangled document.https://nolanlawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/graph22.pnggraph2The spaghetti you actually get.https://nolanlawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/graph11.pnggraph1What you reasonably expect.https://nolanlawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/breast_cancer_highlighting2.pngbreast_cancer_highlighting2Highlighting bug.https://nolanlawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/breast_cancer_highlighting.pngbreast_cancer_highlightingHighlighting bug.https://nolanlawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/index_vs_query_expansion2.pngindex_vs_query_expansion2Index-time vs. query-time expansion.https://nolanlawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/index_vs_query_expansion.pngindex_vs_query_expansionIndex- vs. query-time expansion.https://nolanlawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/graph32.pnggraph3Your mangled document.https://nolanlawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/graph31.pnggraph3Your mangled document.https://nolanlawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/graph21.pnggraph2The spaghetti you actually get.2023-05-30T11:33:11+00:00monthlyhttps://nolanlawson.com/2012/09/02/catlog-jives-with-jelly-bean-goes-open-source/https://nolanlawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/catlog_1_4.pngcatlog_1_42016-06-15T11:19:23+00:00monthlyhttps://nolanlawson.com/2013/08/13/creating-a-contact-with-multiple-fields-in-android/https://nolanlawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/add_contact_jellybean_and_gingerbread1.pngadd_contact_jellybean_and_gingerbreadAdding a contact in Jelly Bean and Gingerbread.https://nolanlawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/amg_add_contact.pngamg_add_contactAdding a contact in the physicians app.2014-04-23T06:56:56+00:00monthlyhttps://nolanlawson.com/2013/05/31/web-sockets-with-socket-io-node-js-and-nginx-port-80-considered-harmful/2018-06-22T17:20:24+00:00monthlyhttps://nolanlawson.com/2013/05/14/using-distributed-search-handlers-in-solr-3-6-2/2013-05-14T15:21:55+00:00monthlyhttps://nolanlawson.com/2013/05/05/javascript-development-and-the-paradox-of-choice/https://nolanlawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/vlcsnap-2013-05-05-13h22m22s65.pngMr. Burns considers ketchup and catsup.Ketchup or catsup? Mongo or Couch? Karma or Selenium?https://nolanlawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/screen-shot-2013-05-05-at-12-57-42-pm.pngImperial Score Calculator on mobileI ended up using a completely different layout for the mobile version.https://nolanlawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/screen-shot-2013-05-05-at-12-56-43-pm.pngImperial Score Calculator on desktopImperial Score Calculatorhttps://nolanlawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/vlcsnap-2013-05-05-12h20m15s94.pngGrandpa Simpson sells snake oil for your snake.Step right up folks and put some fury in your JQuery, some zest in your CSS!https://nolanlawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/vlcsnap-2013-05-05-12h10m40s9.pngPolice Chief Wiggum is not impressed by the raving derelict.Pictured: a seasoned JavaScript developer.2013-05-18T16:07:18+00:00monthlyhttps://nolanlawson.com/2013/01/08/keepscore-version-1-2-2-you-asked-for-it-you-got-it/https://nolanlawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/keepscore_feature.jpgkeepscore_featureKeepScorehttps://nolanlawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/translations_combined.pngtranslations_combinedParlez-vous nippon?https://nolanlawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/zoom_combined.pngzoom_combinedZoom in, out, and all around.https://nolanlawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/device-2013-01-05-174031.pngdevice-2013-01-05-174031The blue bullet indicates who was scored last.https://nolanlawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/holo_combined.pngholo_combinedHolo everywhere.https://nolanlawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/device-2013-01-06-141711.pngdevice-2013-01-06-141711The classic look.https://nolanlawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/device-2013-01-06-141649.pngdevice-2013-01-06-141649The new, Holo-style look.https://nolanlawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/screen-shot-2013-01-06-at-2-07-52-pm.pngScreen Shot 2013-01-06 at 2.07.52 PMData nerds rejoice.https://nolanlawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/spreadsheet_combined.pngspreadsheet_combinedThe "Export Spreadsheet" feature.https://nolanlawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/share_combined2.pngshare_combined2The "Share" feature.2013-08-07T23:25:25+00:00monthlyhttps://nolanlawson.com/2012/12/01/personal-password-security-that-actually-works/https://nolanlawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/lock_screen_pattern.pnglock_screen_patternYou may think it's safe, but your oily thumbs betray you.https://nolanlawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/android-pattern-lock.jpgAndroid-Pattern-LockYou may think it's safe, but your oily thumbs betray you.https://nolanlawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/e4gci.pngAndroid pattern unlockYou may think it's safe, but your oily thumbs betray you.https://nolanlawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/screen-shot-password-gorilla-3.pngScreen Shot Password Gorilla 3My password file.https://nolanlawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/screen-shot-password-gorilla-2.pngScreen Shot Password Gorilla 2My passwords file.https://nolanlawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/screen-shot-password-gorilla.pngScreen Shot Password GorillaMy PasswordGorilla file.https://nolanlawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/screen-shot-2012-11-30-at-10-40-52-pm.pngBuffalo Youth Hockey AssociationBuffalo Youth Hockey Association site. 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Never change.https://nolanlawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/device-2012-09-23-162905.pngdevice-2012-09-23-162905New "Rematch" button.https://nolanlawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/device-2012-09-23-160912.pngdevice-2012-09-23-160912"Reset" and "Copy Game" buttons.https://nolanlawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/old_rematch_dialog.pngold_rematch_dialogThe old, confusing dialog.2012-12-31T00:46:00+00:00monthlyhttps://nolanlawson.com/2012/09/08/relatedness-calculator-part-deux/https://nolanlawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/grandpas_cousin.pnggrandpas_cousinI don't think I've ever met a single one of my grandpa's cousins.https://nolanlawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/relatedness_calculator_before.pngrelatedness_calculator_beforeBefore.https://nolanlawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/new_relatedness_calculator_after.pngnew_relatedness_calculator_afterhttps://nolanlawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/new_relatedness_calculator.pngnew_relatedness_calculatorAfter.https://nolanlawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/johns_uncles_wife.pngjohns_uncles_wifeYes, my anonymous Internet application knows all about your friend John.https://nolanlawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/relatedness_autocomplete.pngrelatedness_autocompletehttps://nolanlawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/grandmas_cousins_daughter.pnggrandmas_cousins_daughterNothing could be simplerhttps://nolanlawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/relatedness_explanation.pngrelatedness_explanationThe graphic I originally drew in KolourPaint for the dude on the message board.https://nolanlawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/relatedness_calculator_2.pngrelatedness_calculator_22022-05-13T03:36:26+00:00monthlyhttps://nolanlawson.com/2012/06/10/introducing-the-relatedness-calculator/https://nolanlawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/moms_cousin.pngmoms_cousin2017-12-09T00:07:40+00:00monthlyhttps://nolanlawson.com/2012/03/30/a-slight-makeover-for-keepscore/https://nolanlawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/load_game_51.pngload_game_5Awkward white space in Gmail.https://nolanlawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/load_game_6.pngload_game_6https://nolanlawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/load_game_4.pngload_game_4https://nolanlawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/load_game_3.pngload_game_3https://nolanlawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/load_game_2.pngload_game_2https://nolanlawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/load_game_1.pngload_game_12012-03-30T18:54:51+00:00monthlyhttps://nolanlawson.com/2012/03/19/spruce-up-your-listview-by-dividing-it-into-sections/https://nolanlawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/fastscroll9.pngfastscroll9https://nolanlawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/fastscroll8.pngfastscroll8https://nolanlawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/fastscroll7.pngfastscroll7https://nolanlawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/fastscroll6.pngfastscroll6https://nolanlawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/fastscroll5.pngfastscroll5https://nolanlawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/fastscroll4.pngfastscroll4Bleccch.https://nolanlawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/fastscroll3.pngfastscroll3https://nolanlawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/fastscroll2.pngfastscroll2https://nolanlawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/fastscroll1.pngfastscroll1Too goddamn many.2013-01-18T13:52:03+00:00monthlyhttps://nolanlawson.com/2012/03/13/app-tracker-and-chord-reader-go-open-source/https://nolanlawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/chord_reader_icon.pngchord_reader_iconChord Reader2026-02-23T23:56:24+00:00monthlyhttps://nolanlawson.com/2012/02/01/one-star-reviews-are-lousy-bug-reports/https://nolanlawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/keepscore_angry_reviews.pngkeepscore_angry_reviewsAngry? 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