Oftentimes, we wish that there was a way to avoid a certain CSS issue or behaviors from happening. You know, content is dynamic, and things can change on a web page, thus increasing the possibility of a CSS issue or a weird behavior. Defensive CSS is a collection of snippets that can help you in writing CSS that is protected. In other words, you will have fewer issues in the future.

The idea for providing measured stops for vertical spaces is a method for both designers and developers to work from a common source of truth. It enforces consistency across different parts of a website, as well as other websites that also utilize the design system. In terms of a mechanism for communicating vertical spacing in Sketch, there are a few approaches we were thinking through…

My boss had asked to write up how to evaluate third party libraries (indeed, any third party software). The first rule is don’t unquestioningly believe vendors’ claims. This isn’t to say that they are lying (although some are); perhaps they made their components believing them to be accessible, but didn’t know how to test; perhaps they started off accessible but subsequent contributors/ maintainers let bad code into the product.

There is a huge and ever-widening gap between the devices we use to make the web and the devices most people use to consume it. It’s also no secret that the average size of a website is huge, and it’s only going to get larger. What can you do about this? Get your hands on a craptop and try to use your website or web app.