Joe Fitzsimmons
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Automating BlueSky Posts from Raindrop.io Bookmarks
05 Jul 2025
Selecting what monitors to use with Microsoft Remote Desktop
27 Sep 2024
Go with the flow
23 Sep 2024
Creating an AI powered search using OpenAI text embeddings and Supabase
14 May 2024
Building a Discord bot with OpenAI and python
02 Mar 2024
Rendezvous interview question 2023-05-15
15 May 2023
interview question
11ty new post node script
13 May 2023
Stopping the pinging on my Ducky 3 hotswap rgb with Cherry MX Brown switches
13 May 2023
My PrimeVue starter for Vite with TypeScript
07 May 2023
env: bash: Bad CPU type in executable
08 Feb 2023
fix
Micro frontend links and thoughts
19 Jan 2023
link
Fun with container queries
12 Nov 2022
css
,
container queries
SQL beginner resources
06 Nov 2022
links
,
sql
Thoughts on Behavior-Driven Development
16 Oct 2022
bdd
Given a list, swap every two adjacent nodes
08 Aug 2022
interview question
,
dev
Animating a repeating conic gradient
12 Jul 2022
design
,
gsap
Excellent TypeScript video
10 Apr 2022
link
,
dev
How is it 2022?
27 Jan 2022
thoughts
Serving files from a local CORS server for local development
27 Mar 2020
dev
Video with a min-height
15 Feb 2020
design
A component-based theming case study
03 Nov 2019
This should be the first result when Googling "Drupal 8 jsonapi paragraphs"
31 Aug 2019
link
Is it bad practice to print fields that will use Drupal WYSIWYG in Pattern Lab using |raw?
28 Aug 2019
Sharing content around multi-sites in Drupal 7 using JavaScript
18 May 2019
Debugging Twig templates with Drupal VM + Xdebug + PHPStorm
09 Apr 2019
Design is never done
02 Aug 2018
thoughts
My Terminus Drupal 7 cheat sheet
31 May 2018
Drupal 7: Implementing designs & patterns using Paragraphs
26 Mar 2018
Adding a 'thousands' separator to ChartJS's Y axis and tooltips
26 Mar 2018
Challenges of getting into a 'deep work' state
28 Jan 2018
thoughts
Using utility classes (like Tachyons) on a Drupal 7 project
27 Jan 2018
thoughts
,
css
The most important design principle: Be inclusive
21 Dec 2017
thoughts
,
design
Using different template (tpl.php) files for a specific content type in Drupal 7
15 Sep 2017
Launching a college news site with Drupal
23 Jul 2017
What's the difference between style guides, pattern libraries, and design systems?
26 Jun 2017
thoughts
,
design
Crafting a design system for higher education
26 Jun 2017
thoughts
Basic bash, node, and npm setup on Windows
14 Apr 2017
Playing around with the Drupal 8 JSON API as a data service
11 Apr 2017
Starting a Vimeo embed at a given timestamp using the JS API
30 Mar 2017
Embedding Drupal 7 Views with the Paragraphs module
21 Jan 2017
Making Drupal more editor friendly: admin/content modifications
02 Oct 2016
ux
Follow up on scalable, maintainable CSS
18 Sep 2016
thoughts
Thoughts on scalable, maintainable CSS
04 Apr 2016
thoughts
,
css
What Good Means
23 Sep 2015
link
,
video
Why build your own component library
02 Jun 2015
video
Design is a team sport
12 May 2015
link
Think systems, not pages
15 Feb 2015
thoughts
Drupal 7 - Creating a template suggestion for a node's view mode
13 Feb 2015
Walls Come Tumbling Down - Rethinking Workflow
23 Dec 2014
thoughts
,
link
Get into the browser as soon as possible
21 Dec 2014
thoughts
Sharing what you know
09 Dec 2014
Sharing by default
09 Dec 2014
link
Dev Tools Advanced Tips
01 Oct 2014
video
10 minutes - watch the thoughts go by
17 Sep 2014
A relic from 90s web development
18 Jun 2014
My notes and overview on HighEdWeb Pittsburgh
12 Apr 2014
My first jQuery plugin - check it out!
06 Apr 2014
Knowing what you don't know
27 Mar 2014
How to grow as a web developer
18 Feb 2014
thoughts
Keeping up with the Joneses? Nah, go with what works for you
17 Feb 2014
A case for designing 'mobile first'
10 Feb 2014
link
,
video
Ten Commandments of Web Design by Jeffrey Zeldman – An Event Apart Austin
20 Jan 2014
Helpful LESS mixin to convert hex value to rgba
13 Jan 2014
Wordpress Development Workflow Tips
02 Jan 2014
wordpress
Share your front end workflow: Here's mine
11 Nov 2013
Sometimes you don't have time to think out a full response
26 Oct 2013
Why People Like Bad Design
15 Oct 2013
link
Sometimes its easier to just write it yourself
14 Oct 2013
8 Ways For A Programmer To Stay Sane
09 Oct 2013
link
Design is a point of view
04 Oct 2013
The Best Workflow Video I've Seen So Far
03 Oct 2013
video
Developer advice from a pro
03 Oct 2013
video
MAMP: Working around phpMyAdmin’s MySQL file size limit when importing a database
07 Sep 2013
Inspiring story of learning
03 Aug 2013
The Pixel Painter
26 Jul 2013
video
,
link
The end of Where's Waldo is when he finds himself
15 Jul 2013
The Discipline of Finishing: Conor Neill
19 Jun 2013
thoughts
,
video
It is all over, but there's a new chapter ahead!
06 Jun 2013
Testing Websites In Different Versions of IE
26 Nov 2012
The Real Design Process
24 Nov 2012
