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2021-08-24
Things you might not have known you could do in Chrome DevTools

A few tips and tricks that you can use in Chrome DevTools

2019-01-04
Underneath the component: theme driven design systems

Creating more open and flexible UI systems by breaking components into smaller parts and using design tokens to encourage experimentation and keep code DRY.

2019-01-03
Things I want to learn/improve in 2019

I recently read this great post from Dan Abramov about being open about gaps in your own knowledge

2016-12-17
5 things to consider before building your living styleguide

It's been about 6 months since we properly began to integrate our living styleguide (Chameleon) into

2016-09-05
How to name Sass color variables

When it comes to naming Sass variables, I suck. I think I've found the perfect solution, get half

2016-08-03
A few lessons learnt from my first year in a design team

A couple of months ago, I wrote a post on the Pusher blog about a few lessons that I learned after

2016-05-09
SVG Progress Circles Part 2 - With JavaScript

This is a follow on post from my previous post a few weeks ago, about implementing an SVG progress

2016-04-23
Inlining SVG's with Rails

As part of our recent redesign of the Pusher dashboard, we changed the way that we bring in icons

2016-04-12
Managing font weights with Sass

Managing font families and weights shouldn't be a big deal. Add the font family to the body tag, and

2016-04-12
Pure SVG Progress Circles

Progress circles are a classic dashboard element. They provide stats in a quick to digest view

2015-07-29
Managing the z-index with Sass

As it goes, the z-index can quickly become a messy thing to control, particularly in a large code

2015-06-28
Installing a Positive SSL certificate on Nginx

This is a quick guide of how to install an SSL certificate on an nginx server. It assumes that you

2015-06-12
Searching multiple tables with one query with Laravel

Whilst developing the back-end for my final year project (redesign of Panasonic Global), I ran in to

2015-02-10
Tools that I use on a daily basis

I always find it interesting to see what tools and techniques other developers use in their workflow

2014-03-24
Random HEX Colour Generator in JavaScript

I first made this when I was getting started with jQuery. At the time, I guess it seemed like a good