I hope you’ve been well. I just returned from a trip to Legoland to celebrate my daughter’s birthday and I’m in somewhat of a panic for having insufficient days to “do work” 😱😅. (I expected I’d have fewer days to work, but wrestling with that fact can still be challenging because of the deadlines I’ve set before). Don’t worry, I’ll figure it out. Two articles today, as usual :) Best Practice for Astro Endpoints This is a quick article on Astro endpoints. Basically, don’t prerender. Stress for...
8 days ago • 1 min read
I’ve been getting back into the swing of writing recently. I’ve got two posts queued up for you — and it’s been years since I last queued up a post! So it’s great! One of my biggest mistakes was to stop writing articles in advance. Instead, I tried to write an article on the same week I wanted to publish… I did that because my writing and publishing process felt dry when I wrote newsletters in advance. It felt like I was talking to a machine instead of a human... and I hated that. This...
15 days ago • 1 min read
How is it going? I hope you have been well this week, that you are making good progress in the directions you wish to be making, and that you’re resolving the obstacles that come, one at a time. You know, I find it incredibly funny to write these newsletters now. There was a period of time when I was like a random-internet-stranger who was hell-bent on giving (dumping, actually) information onto you, hoping that you would buy something from me. But today, I feel like a pen pal (or even a...
29 days ago • 3 min read
Thank you for many of your well wishes regarding the state my family has been in. The good news is: I think we’re going onto a brighter future. Though that remains to be seen. Originally, I wanted to highlight a few things today. But it turns out that I should only talk about one. Enjoy. What Splendid Labz is really about We are all at war here. I’m talking about the battles we face every day as web developers. The battle you fight when you sit down to work. That one. Splendid Labz is...
3 months ago • 2 min read
I hope you have been well. May has been a crazy month for me — lots of personal and family related struggles. Thankfully, most of these issues are now resolved and I think I can get back to work once again. (I hope). Articles In early May, I wrote an article about Table Accessibility in 2024. But I didn’t get a chance to release it. Here it is. To keep things short, you might be able to use CSS Grid with Tables without ruining accessibility soon. The only culprit that prevents us from doing...
5 months ago • 2 min read
Have you thought about using Stripe but have no idea how to begin? Good news — I have just released a step-by-step article on Stripe + Astro. This will help you: Create a Stripe Checkout Form on your site. Learn to use Astro features like Server-Side Rendering, Astro.url, Environment variables, and many other Astro Essentials. Here’s the link. Read this article if you’re thinking about selling something, building a Sass, or if you want to gain more expertise on Astro. I’m pretty sure you’ll...
5 months ago • 1 min read
I overdid things (again) two weeks ago by releasing four articles. I didn’t notice how burned out I was after creating those articles. I have to learn to pace myself so the newsletter doesn’t suffer anymore. Good news this week: I wrote two articles and these are coding-related! Easy way to remove inline styles Understanding and using npm exports Hope they help you in your work somehow (or in the future). Other News — Splendid Layouts I’m starting work on Splendid Layouts again today. I just...
6 months ago • 1 min read
Howdy. (I’ve always wanted to say that. It’s like a cowboy talking to another!). I’m sending this newsletter a little late this week because I got caught up examining two things — Astro DB and Monorepos. Oh boy. I’m probably gonna write about something technical next week. And I look forward to it. In the meantime, I wrote 4 new articles this week. They mostly revolve around the emotional and psyche aspects. If you think life involves more than just coding, you’ll probably find these articles...
7 months ago • 1 min read
What I shared last week opened up a portal, a new beginning that I never imagined would have happened. I share a little bit more about this in today’s article, titled “Bravery”. I also wrote about how moving fast and breaking things is a horrible mindset to adopt. Hope you like them.
7 months ago • 1 min read
