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.
- At Last! Simple details/summary animation with pure CSS - YouTube This will be rad once the browsers catch up
- More options for styling <details> | Chrome for Developers I need to write up a post converting our FAQ component
- The Different (and Modern) Ways To Toggle Content | CSS-Tricks We recently built a state-driven accordion that could probably just be details + summary
- Beautiful focus outlines · Medienbäcker Thomas Günther What the title says
- Reimagining prototyping with AI. How generative AI tools are bringing… | by Vamsi Batchu | Nov, 2024 | UX Collective Prototyping is the best use of AI I’ve seen in web tools
- Making content-aware components using CSS :has(), grid, and quantity queries - Piccalilli Some fantastic tips
- CSS min() All The Things — Smashing Magazine Interesting dive and experiment
- Complete CSS launches on November 26 - Piccalilli Looking forward to this
- Framer Motion is now independent, introducing Motion - Motion Blog Interesting that it spun off into its own product
- pqoqubbw/icons beautifully crafted animated icons
- You can use text-wrap: balance; on icons – Terence Eden’s Blog I hadn’t thought to try this but I want this balance often
- How I write code using Cursor: A review Still learning new techniques after 36 years of coding
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!
