Ashley Watson-Nolan
@ashn.uk
Principal UI Engineer, Design System Maintainer, Gamer, Ale Drinker, Dad – sometimes all at the same time.
Work at JustEatTakeaway.com. Creator and maintainer of PIE Web Components – https://pie.design
Work at JustEatTakeaway.com. Creator and maintainer of PIE Web Components – https://pie.design
Really love the new W3C logo – simple but modern change www.w3.org/blog/2025/w3...
November 9, 2025 at 9:48 AM
Really love the new W3C logo – simple but modern change www.w3.org/blog/2025/w3...
I built a thing!
For any parents who know what a Yoto Player is, I submitted an entry for their Developer Challenge – Animal facts! It's a dynamic card app that updates daily with new animal facts.
If you (or your kids) have a Yoto, check it out!
yoto.space/developers/p...
For any parents who know what a Yoto Player is, I submitted an entry for their Developer Challenge – Animal facts! It's a dynamic card app that updates daily with new animal facts.
If you (or your kids) have a Yoto, check it out!
yoto.space/developers/p...
October 9, 2025 at 12:32 PM
I built a thing!
For any parents who know what a Yoto Player is, I submitted an entry for their Developer Challenge – Animal facts! It's a dynamic card app that updates daily with new animal facts.
If you (or your kids) have a Yoto, check it out!
yoto.space/developers/p...
For any parents who know what a Yoto Player is, I submitted an entry for their Developer Challenge – Animal facts! It's a dynamic card app that updates daily with new animal facts.
If you (or your kids) have a Yoto, check it out!
yoto.space/developers/p...
I'm really interested to hear devs' thoughts on this – When interviewing, do you prefer Live Coding or Take Home tests?
I've made a poll on Reddit, which would be great if you could respond to, but I'd love to hear any thoughts on here too!
www.reddit.com/r/webdev/com...
I've made a poll on Reddit, which would be great if you could respond to, but I'd love to hear any thoughts on here too!
www.reddit.com/r/webdev/com...
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October 8, 2025 at 11:34 AM
I'm really interested to hear devs' thoughts on this – When interviewing, do you prefer Live Coding or Take Home tests?
I've made a poll on Reddit, which would be great if you could respond to, but I'd love to hear any thoughts on here too!
www.reddit.com/r/webdev/com...
I've made a poll on Reddit, which would be great if you could respond to, but I'd love to hear any thoughts on here too!
www.reddit.com/r/webdev/com...
If you want to fully dive down the rabbit-hole with CSS Layers, @css-tricks.bsky.social has (as ever) the go-to explainer css-tricks.com/css-cascade-...
October 7, 2025 at 4:16 PM
If you want to fully dive down the rabbit-hole with CSS Layers, @css-tricks.bsky.social has (as ever) the go-to explainer css-tricks.com/css-cascade-...
Feel very late to the game, but I've been reading up today on CSS Layers, especially with regard to reset styles.
This article gives a good intro to why you'd want to use them with your reset styles > mayank.co/blog/css-res...
This article gives a good intro to why you'd want to use them with your reset styles > mayank.co/blog/css-res...
October 7, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Feel very late to the game, but I've been reading up today on CSS Layers, especially with regard to reset styles.
This article gives a good intro to why you'd want to use them with your reset styles > mayank.co/blog/css-res...
This article gives a good intro to why you'd want to use them with your reset styles > mayank.co/blog/css-res...
Super cool to see Shopify Polaris (built on Web Components) has now become stable!
www.shopify.com/partners/blo...
www.shopify.com/partners/blo...
October 2, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Super cool to see Shopify Polaris (built on Web Components) has now become stable!
www.shopify.com/partners/blo...
www.shopify.com/partners/blo...
Amazingly, our very own PIE Design System has been nominated in the 2025 Design System Awards for Best Adoption!
If you'd like to help us out, you can drop us a vote in that category on the link below 👇👇🙏
awards.zeroheight.com/voting/
If you'd like to help us out, you can drop us a vote in that category on the link below 👇👇🙏
awards.zeroheight.com/voting/
Voting
awards.zeroheight.com
September 22, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Amazingly, our very own PIE Design System has been nominated in the 2025 Design System Awards for Best Adoption!
If you'd like to help us out, you can drop us a vote in that category on the link below 👇👇🙏
awards.zeroheight.com/voting/
If you'd like to help us out, you can drop us a vote in that category on the link below 👇👇🙏
awards.zeroheight.com/voting/
Want to work with me? (don't let that put you off!) We're looking for a talented Frontend Developer to join our Design System team at JET, working on pie.design – based in either our Bristol or Berlin office.
If you're interested, drop me a DM!
careers.justeattakeaway.com/global/en/jo...
If you're interested, drop me a DM!
careers.justeattakeaway.com/global/en/jo...
August 13, 2025 at 10:56 AM
Want to work with me? (don't let that put you off!) We're looking for a talented Frontend Developer to join our Design System team at JET, working on pie.design – based in either our Bristol or Berlin office.
If you're interested, drop me a DM!
careers.justeattakeaway.com/global/en/jo...
If you're interested, drop me a DM!
careers.justeattakeaway.com/global/en/jo...
I’ve been hacking on a personal project the last couple of weeks. I’d almost forgotten how freeing it was to push code without waiting for code reviews and comments 😂
August 12, 2025 at 8:18 PM
I’ve been hacking on a personal project the last couple of weeks. I’d almost forgotten how freeing it was to push code without waiting for code reviews and comments 😂
Really enjoyed speaking at the @pixelpioneers.co warmup event this evening! Good luck to all of the speakers tomorrow - tremendous line up of talks to look forward to
June 19, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Really enjoyed speaking at the @pixelpioneers.co warmup event this evening! Good luck to all of the speakers tomorrow - tremendous line up of talks to look forward to
Reposted by Ashley Watson-Nolan
📣 We've teamed up with Just Eat to bring you a warm-up on the night before @pixelpioneers.co Bristol!
Featuring talks by @gerireid.com and @ashn.uk and @whitep4nth3r.com!
The event is free to attend, but as space is limited, please register to reserve your spot: pixelpioneers.co/events/brist...
Featuring talks by @gerireid.com and @ashn.uk and @whitep4nth3r.com!
The event is free to attend, but as space is limited, please register to reserve your spot: pixelpioneers.co/events/brist...
May 22, 2025 at 9:44 AM
📣 We've teamed up with Just Eat to bring you a warm-up on the night before @pixelpioneers.co Bristol!
Featuring talks by @gerireid.com and @ashn.uk and @whitep4nth3r.com!
The event is free to attend, but as space is limited, please register to reserve your spot: pixelpioneers.co/events/brist...
Featuring talks by @gerireid.com and @ashn.uk and @whitep4nth3r.com!
The event is free to attend, but as space is limited, please register to reserve your spot: pixelpioneers.co/events/brist...
In other news, I’ve been playing around using Cursor this week and enjoying it so far. It’s extremely good in certain use cases and can see myself using it a lot more > www.cursor.com/en
Cursor - The AI Code Editor
Built to make you extraordinarily productive, Cursor is the best way to code with AI.
www.cursor.com
March 7, 2025 at 8:58 AM
In other news, I’ve been playing around using Cursor this week and enjoying it so far. It’s extremely good in certain use cases and can see myself using it a lot more > www.cursor.com/en
Wish the UK government would take more action in this area - mobile phones and social media do more damage to anyone under 16 than any supposed benefits www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Plan to ban smart phones in schools watered down by MP
The MP behind the bill says he has altered proposals in a bid to gain government support.
www.bbc.co.uk
March 7, 2025 at 8:57 AM
Wish the UK government would take more action in this area - mobile phones and social media do more damage to anyone under 16 than any supposed benefits www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Reposted by Ashley Watson-Nolan
I have covered presidential politics for 40 years. This was the most juvenile display by a President and Vice President I have ever seen. Other presidents treated their enemies with more respect. This is a low point and a dark day for the US. Totally embarrassing.
February 28, 2025 at 7:00 PM
I have covered presidential politics for 40 years. This was the most juvenile display by a President and Vice President I have ever seen. Other presidents treated their enemies with more respect. This is a low point and a dark day for the US. Totally embarrassing.
Also, I'm almost ashamed to say that I had no idea that there was now a HTML element?!
Just goes to show how easy it is to miss things when working with the fast moving worlds of CSS/JS now #PracticalA11y
Just goes to show how easy it is to miss things when working with the fast moving worlds of CSS/JS now #PracticalA11y
February 4, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Also, I'm almost ashamed to say that I had no idea that there was now a HTML element?!
Just goes to show how easy it is to miss things when working with the fast moving worlds of CSS/JS now #PracticalA11y
Just goes to show how easy it is to miss things when working with the fast moving worlds of CSS/JS now #PracticalA11y
Having that moment today after watching just enough of #PracticalA11y that I realise how hard some areas of our site must be to navigate for screen reader users.
Learnt a lot about landmarks this week and the best way of using them to signpost content.
Learnt a lot about landmarks this week and the best way of using them to signpost content.
February 4, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Having that moment today after watching just enough of #PracticalA11y that I realise how hard some areas of our site must be to navigate for screen reader users.
Learnt a lot about landmarks this week and the best way of using them to signpost content.
Learnt a lot about landmarks this week and the best way of using them to signpost content.
Reposted by Ashley Watson-Nolan
Don’t let anyone ever tell you that web components aren’t performant
They can absolutely flyyy 😮💨
They can absolutely flyyy 😮💨
January 28, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Don’t let anyone ever tell you that web components aren’t performant
They can absolutely flyyy 😮💨
They can absolutely flyyy 😮💨
Despite common misconception – `
` and `` are semantic HTML elements – they represent generic containers and map to the aria `role=generic` (meaning that their content has no semantic meaning on it's own) #PracticalA11y
January 30, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Despite common misconception – `
` and `` are semantic HTML elements – they represent generic containers and map to the aria `role=generic` (meaning that their content has no semantic meaning on it's own) #PracticalA11y
Happy to hear @syntax.fm predicting more Web Component usage on their 2025 Web Dev Predictions episode!
I do feel like we're at a tipping point where more devs will start using them, as more tools like Web Awesome get released later in the year.
syntax.fm/show/866/202... #web
I do feel like we're at a tipping point where more devs will start using them, as more tools like Web Awesome get released later in the year.
syntax.fm/show/866/202... #web
January 30, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Happy to hear @syntax.fm predicting more Web Component usage on their 2025 Web Dev Predictions episode!
I do feel like we're at a tipping point where more devs will start using them, as more tools like Web Awesome get released later in the year.
syntax.fm/show/866/202... #web
I do feel like we're at a tipping point where more devs will start using them, as more tools like Web Awesome get released later in the year.
syntax.fm/show/866/202... #web
In other news, I’m off to Amsterdam with work for a couple of days, and words can’t describe how excited I am to go back to the Tony’s Superstore and make my own chocolate bar again 😂
January 21, 2025 at 5:45 AM
In other news, I’m off to Amsterdam with work for a couple of days, and words can’t describe how excited I am to go back to the Tony’s Superstore and make my own chocolate bar again 😂
Feeling like I need a mute button in my head for anything Trump related for 4 years right now
January 21, 2025 at 4:59 AM
Feeling like I need a mute button in my head for anything Trump related for 4 years right now
Been v busy to start the year off, mostly discussing how to improve the performance of the JET Customer platform. Will definitely need to write up some of it all once we get going, as I reckon at least 50% of the things we find when auditing our sites are such simple perf issues
January 15, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Been v busy to start the year off, mostly discussing how to improve the performance of the JET Customer platform. Will definitely need to write up some of it all once we get going, as I reckon at least 50% of the things we find when auditing our sites are such simple perf issues
News like this is bad for everyone. Companies should have a stronger back bone, but money clearly talks… www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Meta and Amazon axe DEI programmes joining corporate rollback
The companies are among the latest major corporations to alter their diversity programmes since Trump's re-election.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 11, 2025 at 10:10 AM
News like this is bad for everyone. Companies should have a stronger back bone, but money clearly talks… www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Had our End of Year 2024 Team Celebrations today. It’s so motivating to actually stop, look back and realise what you’ve achieved together before mentally moving on to the New Year
January 10, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Had our End of Year 2024 Team Celebrations today. It’s so motivating to actually stop, look back and realise what you’ve achieved together before mentally moving on to the New Year
Been reading a lot of web component articles lately. It’s clear that users fall into two categories - those who want encapsulation, and those who don’t want encapsulation, just the chance to reuse markup and styles natively
December 21, 2024 at 12:23 PM
Been reading a lot of web component articles lately. It’s clear that users fall into two categories - those who want encapsulation, and those who don’t want encapsulation, just the chance to reuse markup and styles natively
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