Journal

Today I migrated my site away from a bare bones server to a proper WordPress host. There’s nothing quite like the hell of maintaining a server you rarely ever check on. Digging through docs, trying to recall all the previous incantations you recited to get the thing up last time. This is a common issue …

When I was getting started in web development, the Web Standards Project was something I latched onto quickly. One of their main goals at the time was to avoid “outdated methods that yoke structure to presentation.” They were advocating against the use of proprietary technologies on the web, and encouraged developers to properly use only …

I’ve been using SASS for several years now, and I love it. I’m not an advanced user, but some of the niceties it provides have made writing plain CSS feel quite ancient. One of my favorite features is nesting. I’ve learned to avoid nesting too deeply, but I like being able to encapsulate a block of …