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A list of what I'm into at the moment. updated Mar 19, 2025

Been on a bit of a deep dive lately, exploring the intricacies of CSS layouts. There's so much to this powerful little language than I initially realized. It's a challenging but incredibly rewarding experience - it takes some serious thought processing to truly master it.

A big shoutout to Heydon Pickering, Andy Bell, Stephanie Eckles, Jen Simmons, Rachel Andrew, Lea Verou, Una Kravets, and Adam Argyle - they have been invaluable on this journey.

I was a huge fan and early adopter of TailwindCSS. However, I have found that Tailwind is too much of an abstraction for my preferences - it caused big gaps in my understanding of concepts like Grid and Flexbox. And it has been a lot of fun exploring modern CSS and all the new features. It really is an exciting time for CSS.

Beyond layouts, I'm also venturing into the world of Web Components and the Declarative Shadow DOM. It's an exciting space with a lot of potential.

Learning Astro, a static site generator, starting with rebuilding this site. I have not had the opportunity to work on a larger project and work with dynamic data but that is on the list.

I am deeply concerned with the state of our country, and I am committed to doing my part to make a positive impact.

On a lighter note, my music tastes remain all over the place. And rather than creating curated playlists, I decided to just have a place I can dump whatever song I'm in the mood for so here's my WIP: a playlist (of youtube videos) with no agenda. Hopefully you'll find something you like.

And finally spending a little time learning to play the jarana huasteca, a small ukelele-like instrument from Mexico.

Now is the only thing that's real...