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Just to clarify why there aren’t any demos right now: I originally built the site mostly for myself, as a quick reminder for simple things whose syntax is easy to forget.
The use case was simple: I have my editor open, quickly check the site, copy those 2 or 3 lines, and get back to work, already knowing exactly what they do.
Sharing it publicly came later, so demos/screenshots weren’t really part of the original idea.
That said, I’m happy to take the criticism on board, even if I don’t always agree with the delivery :)
The intended point is that device type is often the wrong thing to detect: a touchscreen laptop may expose both coarse and fine pointers, while a tablet may be connected to a mouse or trackpad. The snippet detects available input capabilities instead, which is usually what the interface should respond to.
I wasn’t particularly careful with the titles, but this one should be "Detect input capabilities". Thanks for the heads-up!
If the term is confusing, I’m open to better wording.
Each note has a stable URL that can be shared or bookmarked and can be indexed independently. A dedicated page also leaves room for longer content or links to related notes.
Flip interactions also behave differently on touch devices and require more care around keyboard accessibility. It’s a valid alternative, but I don’t see navigation to a standalone document as something inherently undesirable on the web.
There are a few specific situations where it can be useful, but I added the caveat precisely because it’s generally not a good practice.
The Bash entry was really just a half-finished personal note that I never properly edited. It’s probably out of scope too.
It’s a collection of short "post-it" notes about useful native HTML, CSS, and JavaScript features. It seemed directly relevant to the thread.
Corrections and suggestions are very welcome!
Uhmmm, ok
Tailwind can produce wildly different and highly customized results; Bootstrap generally cannot. They are different approaches, and preferences are obviously valid, but I do not think they are really comparable in that sense.
Personally, I think vanilla CSS is great, but Tailwind offers a similar level of versatility while also making the way styles are written more uniform, which matters when you are working in a team and do not want everyone reinventing the wheel.
And with components, I do not think the repetition is nearly as bad as people claim.
Playbit: A local-first runtime for collaborative software
Remote: Yes
Willing to relocate: No
Technologies: HTML, CSS, JS, PHP / Tailwind CSS, React / Kirby CMS, Laravel, Astro / Figma, Design System
Résumé/CV: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1SDfANuQWNheaSgmlGeOScBXe... (personal website: https://marcomezzavilla.com)
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Design engineer. I build and improve digital products, from interface design to code. I am neither a designer nor a pure developer; I feel most comfortable in the middle ground.
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