Den Odell
@denodell
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Frontend Architect. Author. Developer.
Joined September 2008
I recently discovered the HTML tag almost nobody uses. The <output> tag announces dynamic content to screen readers. Like an ARIA live region, except it's built in. We've spent years hacking divs when the answer was in the spec. Classic. New post: https://t.co/QaeAB9nn3j
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Make your dynamic content accessible by default with the HTML tag that time forgot.
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Frontend code reviews should test the experience, not just the diff. Too many bugs slip through because no one thought to preview in a browser. My latest post covers how to shift reviews from “LGTM” to real UX quality checks. https://t.co/QPilujZmKD
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Most frontend reviews sign off clean code. But your users don’t see the code, they see the bugs you missed.
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Another project. Another debate about styling. Utility-first? CSS Modules? CSS-in-JS? We keep reinventing CSS like it’s the problem. It isn’t. If you’ve ever asked “how are we styling things this time?”, you should read this. https://t.co/1pWhuLezw3
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We keep changing how we style the web, but the real problem isn’t CSS. It’s how we build around it.
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The web is about to get better for everyone. Everywhere. Not thanks to a new framework, but a new law. The EU’s accessibility legislation will quietly raise the bar for all of us, the world over. Read how: https://t.co/8y3NHQvv3N
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What happens when accessibility stops being a best practice and starts being the law? We’re about to find out.
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Apparently, AI just made frontend developers obsolete. Again. Don’t panic. I’ve been here before. I know how this goes. You’ll want to read this one. https://t.co/lnucpE1Jjf
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Apparently, frontend developers are about to be made obsolete. This all sounds very familiar.
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Loading spinners. Hydration delays. 300kB of JS for a blog post. We’ve normalised complexity where it’s not needed. There’s a better way, and it starts with islands. https://t.co/yDDiIrT1y3
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Loading spinners. Hydration delays. 300kB for a blog post. There’s a better way to build the web.
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Before CSS, we still had to build layouts. No grid, no flex, not even float. Just hacks, slices, and a lot of guesswork. 🆕"Hacking Layout Before CSS Even Existed" What we did, how it worked, and what it still teaches us. https://t.co/UuyF5gXdpW
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The early web had no layout system. No CSS. So we improvised, slicing, stretching, and nesting our way to structure.
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You’re going to hate me for saying this, but I actually like being on-call. It’s not the 2:43 AM alerts. It’s what they taught me about frontend quality. My first piece of new writing in 10 years. https://t.co/XrDRkMxJ4d
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You’re going to hate me for saying this, but I actually like being on-call. Honestly! It’s taught me more about frontend quality than any bug tracker ever did.
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Thank you everyone for all your kind messages, likes and congratulations! We were so pleased to finally be able to share our news, and have been absolutely bowled over by all the well…
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Maria and I have been together for 14 years today! 👩❤️💋👨 💖 And this year we have another reason to celebrate... we’re officially half way through our pregnancy!🤰 WE ARE HAVING A BABY!!…
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About the lovely @DormyHouse #cotswolds #dormyhouse @SLHLuxuryHotels @smithhotels
https://t.co/K4MBhWSNvN
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A little bit about the gorgeous @smithhotels member @Petit_Ermitage in #WeHo #LosAngeles
https://t.co/dY30KN7kUk
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@comdesignuk Thanks matey. We'll take it in turns on the doughnuts :)
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