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The Dev Tools Performance Monitor Panel
https://daverupert.com/2024/09/dev-tools-performance-monitor-panel/
Published: September 3, 2024 14:48
Weeks ago I was looking in to a performance issue for our animated spinner component and stumbled across a tool in DevTools I hadn’t used before: The Performance Monitor Panel. In you open Dev Tools > More Tools > Performance Monitor you’ll see some…
Vibe Check â„–34
https://daverupert.com/2024/08/vibe-check-34/
Published: August 24, 2024 03:37
The temperatures soared over 100ºF and the yard is dead and everything smells roasted. But the ten day forecast shows a ten degree dip and that is cause for celebration. Another school year has started. My son has started middle school and my daughter is…
The cost of fueling my body
https://daverupert.com/2024/08/fueling-my-body/
Published: August 8, 2024 14:22
I’ve become a bit obsessed with how much it costs to fuel my body during the working hours.
Item
Cost/Serving
Qty/Day
Cost/Day
Qty/Month
Cost/Month
Snap Kitchen 500cal meal
$10.00
1
$10.00
22
$220
Fairlife 42g Protein Shake
$3.50
1
$3.50
22
$77
…
Summer rental
https://daverupert.com/2024/07/summer-rental/
Published: July 18, 2024 23:10
4:05am
The windows are open, hoping to capture the faint winds and convert them into a mythical cooling cross-breeze. A gust passes through vacuuming all the doors shut, cancelling hope for a miracle.
I’m awake. It’s cool but I’m on top of the covers and…
Mini 4WD
https://daverupert.com/2024/06/mini-4wd/
Published: June 30, 2024 21:08
The algorithm sucked me into another model craft hobby: Mini 4WD racing (ミニ四駆). A Mini 4WD is a 1:32 scale model that is a mix between slot cars and RC cars. You don’t control these cars with a remote control nor do they drive in an electrified slot,…
Vibe Check â„–33
https://daverupert.com/2024/06/vibe-check-33/
Published: June 29, 2024 21:48
The cicadas hum their ancient alien tune in the treetops above. The asphalt is hot to the touch. Cars and homes fill with the white noise of air conditioning in attempts to keep those inside alive. My enemy, the Sun, beams its photonic radiation at me…
Sneak Peek: Mundango
https://daverupert.com/2024/06/sneak-peek-mundango/
Published: June 20, 2024 13:26
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I’ve got something for you. Lately I’ve been getting a lot of joy from life’s small moments; like texting an old friend, seeing a cool bug, or a…
A common web component learning blunder
https://daverupert.com/2024/05/cold-turkey-wont-fix-your-javascript-addiction/
Published: May 28, 2024 14:17
Through stalking the #WebComponents hashtag and my Frontend Masters course, I’m privy to a lot of developers’ first experiences with web components. There’s a wide range of people digging in, but the most common first-time experience I come across is a…
Dave Goes Microsoft
https://daverupert.com/2024/05/dave-goes-microsoft/
Published: May 16, 2024 14:02
Last Monday was my first day as an official employee of Microsoft where I’ll be working on web components as part of the Fluent design system team.. As longtime readers already know, I’ve had a long term relationship with Microsoft – from Paravel’s 2012…
A quick light-dark() experiment
https://daverupert.com/2024/05/light-dark-experiment/
Published: May 5, 2024 15:27
I wanted to experiment with the new CSS function light-dark() and get a sense of how to use it in a CSS architecture of nested (web) components. I think it’s going to be a powerful in the new responsive world of component architecture but I don’t want to…