When I first started out as a developer, I learned that no one knows everything right away. Some skills, like submitting and reviewing pull requests (PRs) are rarely taught in programming courses and can only come through hands-on practice. Since lea...
If you’re an early-career developer or someone curious about the tech industry, let me ask you: How do you imagine a developer’s job? Perhaps you picture someone sitting at a desk, intensely staring at a screen and typing code nonstop, Matrix-style. ...
Intro and a bit of Backstory At the start of my web development journey, I was taught to always use pull requests (PRs), though I never fully understood the reasoning behind it since pushing to main seemed way quicker. I'm grateful for my experience ...
Website animations add visual appeal and engagement, but for some users, they can hinder accessibility and create barriers. In particular, animations can be disruptive for users with vestibular disorders (myself included ✋, when sites use the paralla...
If you have seen the magic trick of turning a couple of symbols in a text editor into lines of HTML and were wondering how that was possible I got you. This type of magic is called Emmet. Emmet is a smart helper that makes writing code feel faster an...
I'm sure you have a basic understanding of what kitchen sinks are, but do you really know why developers are interested in them? Hint: it's not because of food. The first time I came across the phrase "to put together a kitchen sink in HTML5," I had ...
This Monday I had an honour of talking to a new cohort of the Women in Technology Program at Making Changes. I felt so inspired that I thought I should provide structured answers to some of the questions here and dust off this blog. Hi, I am Nadia, I...
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