I'm Dan Denney, a front-end dev at DataCamp.
Ok, ok. I'm technically a Senior Software Engineer II, but front-end dev just rolls off the tongue. This my personal playground for sharing many of the things I enjoy, most of which revolves around web design and development.
Recent Blog Posts
They're mostly around front-end dev and web conferences, with some occasional life things sprinkled in.
Most Recent Blips
Shorter than a blog post, longer than a tweet. This is where I share quick reactions or stash things I want to remember.
Job openings
- AI search prompts are challenging
Trying to get AI to search like me
- Thankful for Fight Camp
Boxing away the beer and brisket
- Read Later
I killed Pocket, for Notion
- Fun With Framer AI
Checking out their new landing page prompt option
- Filter an Array by Keyboard Rows
Using ChatGPT for JS problems
Recent finds from around the web
I'm starting to stash everything in a "library" and archive them by month.
- Transitioning to and from display: none Two new CSS features, @starting-style and allow-discrete, making it quite easy to transition to and from display: none!
- The web on mobile Technically, websites can do just about anything that native apps can do. And yet the actual experience of using the web on mobile is worse than ever.
- The Adaptive Intelligence Framework We may not know what questions we’ll need to ask tomorrow, but by building the right foundation today, we ensure we have the intelligence…
- Shaban Iddrisu on LinkedIn: Many web developers FAKE the loading process. Let's build one that… Gorgeous work
- Interactions by Nitish Khagwal Wonderful collections
- The End of Programming as We Know It Fantastic read, I'm excited about this future
- 23 CSS features you should know (and be using) by now As always, great info from Kevin
- Snappy UI Optimization with useDeferredValue • Josh W. Comeau I need to memoize more
- Using react-intersection-observer to create a dynamic header - LogRocket Blog Feels a little over-engineered, but c’est la React
- Discovery Coding Basically how we work
- shadcn/editor Gorgeous rich text editor
- Full-Bleed Layout with Modern CSS – Frontend Masters Boost Clever and useful
Cooking and enjoying food and drinks are my hobbies outside of web development. With No ReservAItions, I've found a way to mix the two. I'm using ChatGPT to create reviews for the places that I visit in the spirit of Anthony Bourdain and I'm having so much fun with it!
