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Re:Universal.css on Monday May 23, 2016 @01:52PM (#11755530)
To add to this, the addition of a style guide is helpful on two fronts.

* Components and patterns are standardized, allowing for less process in design reviews and quicker iteration

* Engineers can create component libraries that mirror style guide elements and turn frontend work into something a little closer to 'lego' building

Re:Tufte CSS on Wednesday August 05, 2015 @11:44PM (#10014419)
I found this post useful regarding small caps. It seems as though if the typeface contains the glyphs and you're using Chrome or Safari, you can use font-feature-settings: "smcp"

http://usabilitypost.com/2014/05/10/using-small-caps-and-tex...

Re:Ask HN: Which book are you reading these days? on Thursday April 09, 2015 @11:10AM (#9348062)
Forty Stories by Donald Barthelme - a collection of short stories

Gravity's Rainbow by Thomas Pynchon - an encyclopedic novel, to say the least

Re:Ask HN: What book changed your life in 2014? on Monday December 08, 2014 @09:21AM (#8716501)
Cat's Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut. The story gradually unfurls itself from the first few pages and new layers are constantly being added. It was written a few years after Hiroshima and Nagasaki but seems even more relevant today. It's very short and can be read in a single sitting if one is determined.