🦜 Jonnie Hallman (@destroytoday) - a design engineer in Brooklyn
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A principal design engineer based in Brooklyn, working at era.app during the day and building cushionapp.com at night.
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Building a table for the nth time - Part 2
https://cushionapp.com/journal/building-a-table-for-the-nth-time-part-2
Published: January 10, 2024 13:23
Following up on the initial post about building a table in Cushion, I actually detail my approach this time.
How to use Playwright with GitHub Actions for e2e testing of Vercel preview deployments
https://cushionapp.com/journal/how-to-use-playwright-with-github-actions-for-e2e-testing-of-vercel-preview
Published: January 2, 2024 14:00
I spent way too long trying to find out how to set up e2e testing with Vercel preview deploys, so I wrote a quick post to save others.
Building a table for the nth time
https://cushionapp.com/journal/building-a-table-for-the-nth-time
Published: December 30, 2023 14:01
Now that I have data to wire up, I set out to build a table component, but first I revisit past attempts.
A return to tabbed navigation
https://cushionapp.com/journal/a-return-to-tabbed-navigation
Published: December 27, 2023 14:27
With a focus on navigation, I return to the early days when Cushion had a simple tabbed nav.
End-to-end testing with Playwright
https://cushionapp.com/journal/end-to-end-testing-with-playwright
Published: December 21, 2023 15:16
With the stack picked out, I set up end-to-end testing from the start, so I can get in the habit of testing user flows without any excuses.
Vercel, Supabase, Vue, and Vite
https://cushionapp.com/journal/vercel-supabase-vue-and-vite
Published: December 20, 2023 13:59
As I rethink Cushion in the modern age, I detail my choices for platform, stack, and database.
Imagining Cushion circa 2016 in 2024
https://cushionapp.com/journal/imagining-cushion-circa-2016-in-2024
Published: December 18, 2023 13:45
With Cushion’s 10-year anniversary approaching, a theory leads to an attempt at a modern upgrade, but with 2016’s feature set.
A weekend marathon of an infrastructure upgrade
https://cushionapp.com/journal/a-weekend-marathon-of-an-infrastructure-upgrade
Published: April 28, 2023 12:38
I spent a weekend upgrading Cushion’s Heroku stack and Ruby version, which sent me down a path of fixing hundreds of failing tests and removing a feature.
A home, a kitchen, and a woodshop
https://destroytoday.com/blog/a-home-a-kitchen-and-a-woodshop
Published: March 28, 2023 12:30
I’ve been too precious about my writing, which has led to me not writing, so I took some time to write about a few big things in my life.
“Software” with a capital “S”
https://cushionapp.com/journal/software-with-a-capital-s
Published: November 26, 2022 13:51
I hit a roadblock designing a UI that didn’t excite me, so I decide to take a step back and rethink a more personalized design.