Kevin Yank

Devoured the latest season of the 13 Minutes podcast, the first of which was a deconstruction of each of the 13 minutes it took Apollo 11 to descend from lunar orbit and land on the Moon. The new season 3 is all about the space shuttle program. As you’d expect, much of it is focused on Challenger, but there’s plenty of fascinating detail about the early shuttle flights too.

I don’t want to spoil the surprise, but if you haven’t opened Carrot Weather since the latest update, do yourself a favour. #Apple

Given what I imagine the usage ratios look like, they should really say airplanes are made from iPhone-grade aluminium. #Apple

Relieved to see ScreenFlow is back from the dead with a new 10.5 release that fixes the compatibility issues that were keeping me from using it on the current macOS. It’s still my favourite app for editing and publishing screen recordings.

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Build the Web

Make pixels change colour with code, to create beautiful, accessible experiences.

As Director of Front End Engineering at Culture Amp, I lead a practice of about 50 engineers to build interfaces that help users create a better world of work. After more than 20 years in the field, I continue to learn and explore what is possible on the Web.

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Tailwind CSS and Traditional CSS Solve Different Problems

Tailwind CSS’s core idea is that 99% of the CSS we write today is unnecessary repetition, that would be better expressed with a higher-level language inline with our HTML, tight coupling with which is inevitable. Even if you like CSS and enjoy writing and maintaining it [which I do –Kev], Tailwind argues that this is usually not a good use of our time.

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Know your tools

Technology is a superpower. Make it work for you.

One of the gifts of a career in software development is the ability to automate away your own problems with custom software. I love to explore the little-known features and extension points in the technology I use, particularly in the Apple ecosystem.

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Assume ChatGPT is Lying

In an industry where expertise is currency, a tool that lets us all pretend to be experts to each other is very dangerous indeed.

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Personal stuff. Highs and lows.

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