Posts tagged with "analysis" (format)

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AI Coding (II)

Oct 2, 2025 | A lot of folks are asking if AI makes developers more efficient, but we'd have to know how to measure efficiency first.

Interactivity without JavaScript

Aug 26, 2025 | Bejofo reworks their JavaScript game to run without JavaScript, which is an interesting experiment — and reinforces my biggest concern about modern web development hosting infrastructure.

View from underneath an inflating hot air balloon. The balloon has a rainbow pattern, and you can see a jet of flame coming out of the burner.

Why does work expand?

Jul 25, 2025 | Ever heard that “work expands to fill the time available”? Let's dig into why that’s only half the story — and what Parkinson’s Law gets wrong about how real work (and real people) actually operate.

Thudfactor Link Roundup #2

Jul 9, 2025 | This week's links lean more towards the technical / business side of things.

Thudfactor link roundup #1

Jul 2, 2025 | In this first link roundup, I share posts about metrics, AI psychology, and accessibility that caught my attention this last week.

A branch of a shrub with a newly sprouted green leaf; the leaf and the branch are encased in ice

Why scrum fails

Apr 30, 2025 | Scrum seems like it works. I've seen it work; it's working for me now. Why do so many people think it's a failure?

An old sawmill with a water wheel sits in front of a bunch of trees. The wood is very weathered, the sun bright, and it is mid-summer.

18 months (or so) with AI

Mar 2, 2025 | A check-in on the AI front, both technically and culturally

Popovers and Dialogs, a (kinda) case study

May 15, 2024 | The differences (and similarities) of the new Popover API and the Dialog element.

Maybe sometimes you should use pixels

Mar 14, 2024 | The conventional wisdom is that you should not use pixel units, but maybe sometimes you should?

Real punctuation for programmers

Feb 14, 2024 | How to give your UI a more polished look just by using the correct punctuation.

A picture of a code sample showing CSS being assigned to a string, but without any visible syntax coloring.

Syntax coloring in template literals

Jan 16, 2024 | Template literals are great for assembling bits of CSS and HTML in Javascript, but what about the syntax coloring?

AI art of a bunch of gerbils riding an antique-looking open-top car across a dry lake bed, a cloud of dust behind them.

AI integration: challenges and discoveries

Aug 8, 2023 | I spent a couple of weeks diving into coding _with_ AI, and there are a lot of challenges. The most concerning, however, have very little to do with the technology.

Still from a Coyote / Road Runner cartoon. The Coyote holds a business card saying Wile E. Coyote Super Genius

User-initiated element resizing in CSS

Jul 3, 2023 | CSS offers a browser-native way to make elements resizable, but it comes with a lot of limitations.

Cato, an orange and white cat, looking at the camera and loudly meowing.

Here is a cat picture

Jun 4, 2023 | John discusses the history of HTML’s image tag.