Archive
Category: Programming
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Text rendering stuff most people might not know
I was stuck on a problem that I wanted to write out. The problem I was trying to solve could be simplified to the following: I have a box in the browser with fixed...
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Making the variable fonts Figma plugin (part 1 – what is variable fonts [simple])
See this video summary at the bottom of the post, or by clicking this picture. Important update: The statement that Google Fonts only displays a single variable font axis...
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React Figma Plugin – How to get data from the canvas to your app
I had much too hard of a time groking the Figma Plugin’s documentation, and thought I would leave a note for any brave souls to follow. Figma has a great API and...
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From webdev to computer vision and machine learning
For the past four years, I’ve had the notion that I was going to start a company. The underlying feeling was that I wanted to work on something that I could passionately...
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Developer
Recently, I had lunch with a aspiring developer who reached out to me online. He was deciding whether or not to enroll in a web development bootcamp, and decided to ask...
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Questions on webdev from a noob
I often get asked by people who want to learn about web development, “How do I get started?”. I have written the same email many times, so I thought I’d post the response...