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stefanjudison A solution to the unsolved CSS problem of animating an element height

Post author here: this post is a bit dated, and I need to update it. While the CSS grid trick works fine, hopefully, very soon, there'll be better ways to animate an element's height.

Chromium is shipping `interpolate-size` already, which enables transitioning from/to `height: auto`. Webkit and Firefox still have to agree with this web platform addition, but I'm optimistic. So let's hope!

stefanjudison A Firefox-only minimap (2021)

Site author here: there's some logic to only show the minimap when there's enough screen estate and it generally fits.

Couldn't be bothered to scrolling/dragging logic. :D

stefanjudison A Firefox-only minimap (2021)

Haha, glad that my screensaver sparks some joy. :)

stefanjudison Suffix Aliases (-S) in Zsh

Yeah, I see this concern. Nevertheless I think I'll get used to saving typing `cat` rather quickly.

stefanjudison Ask HN: Share your personal site

https://www.stefanjudis.com

I primarily write down and document what I learn in web development.

stefanjudison Highlights of the HTTP Archive Web Almanac 2021

100% agreed. Most of the things look the same and we just ship more and more code.

stefanjudison How to run copied CLI commands with a leading “$” sign

Thanks. That's great feedback. I updated the post.

stefanjudison Ask HN: How old are you (optional) and what was the last thing that you learned?

32 - learned about place-items in css

stefanjudison Ask HN: Do you have examples of larger companies using static site generators?

Smashing mag is running static. :) https://www.netlify.com/blog/2017/03/16/smashing-magazine-ju...

stefanjudison Taking Gatsby for a spin

There are several use cases for static sites that are not docs. It is true though, that the user base is more developer oriented. This is because we don't have this easy/rich "install a theme" for the static site world (yet).

When you want to have a custom, well performing and secure site with a server-side CMS that renders HTML you need developers, too. And you have to maintain the system constantly.

Static sites have low maintenance, are fast and don't need updates. These are things only developers care about. ;)

And with services like e.g. Contentful (disclaimer – I work for Contentful) you can edit the content in a familiar interface, rebuild your site immediately when content changes (via web hooks) and don't have to worry about any system updates or response times. And it doesn't feel static. ;)

The most famous example I can think of is https://www.smashingmagazine.com. You can find a few more here: https://jamstack.org/examples/

So I guess they will gain more and more popularity in the near future.