Things I wish I’d known about CSS

Re:Things I wish I’d known about CSS by umaar on Friday July 17, 2020 @07:33AM (#23869443)

I learnt CSS in a similar way. I'd take Photoshop designs and try to recreate them in vanilla HTML + CSS:

I'd even make 3d graphics of things like the HTML5 logo: https://i.imgur.com/kuEYpSV.png

I posted this all to a community called "Forrst" (think of it like twitter, but curated for developers and designers).

I spent time giving feedback on other peoples work, I tried to ask insightful questions https://twitter.com/umaar/status/823915022917271552 to have an open discussion, I spent hours replying to comments every few days.

Then one day, Forrst got acquired by Zurb https://zurb.com/blog/zurb-acquires-forrst and later on it got shut down, and with that, I lost access to huge amounts of my work which I hadn't stored anywhere else (some stuff has been archived online, but not everything).

When it comes to web development tips, I now self-host on my own website and it's a really good feeling knowing that it'll be preserved: https://umaar.com/dev-tips/

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:Things I wish I’d known about CSS by techbubble on Friday July 17, 2020 @07:46AM (#23869505)

I like what you have done with the site — very simple and easy to check out the tips. I subscribed.

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:Things I wish I’d known about CSS by umaar on Friday July 17, 2020 @08:01AM (#23869597)

Hey thanks for that appreciate it. Yes not spending time on fancy things/random enhancements let's me actually focus on creating new content.

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:Things I wish I’d known about CSS by disqard on Friday July 17, 2020 @09:38PM (#23878185)

I like that you'e carved out a space for yourself -- one that cannot just disappear due to an acquisition followed by a "pivot".

Thank you for making and sharing!

[ Parent | on HN ]