Kathryn Grayson Nanz
@kgrayson.com
Senior Dev & Design Advocate at Progress Software. Front-end Engineer, UI Designer, Component Librarian. She/her. Pushing the rectangles around until they look right.
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Kathryn Grayson Nanz
@kgrayson.com
· May 27
"No" (Vibes, et al., 2025)
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Have you been wishing masonry layouts would just hurry up and arrive in CSS?? Well, happy holidays!
webkit.org/blog/17660/i...
webkit.org/blog/17660/i...
Introducing CSS Grid Lanes
It’s here!
webkit.org
December 19, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Have you been wishing masonry layouts would just hurry up and arrive in CSS?? Well, happy holidays!
webkit.org/blog/17660/i...
webkit.org/blog/17660/i...
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You're mad because you expect a "software update" to make things work better. You will only be free when you understand this to be an illusion and accept the fact that software is suffering
December 19, 2025 at 2:27 PM
You're mad because you expect a "software update" to make things work better. You will only be free when you understand this to be an illusion and accept the fact that software is suffering
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“Love it or hate it it’s here to stay” is a crazy thing to keep saying about a technology. If people don’t like using something it doesn’t have to stay we’re not talking about bad weather here
December 19, 2025 at 7:37 AM
“Love it or hate it it’s here to stay” is a crazy thing to keep saying about a technology. If people don’t like using something it doesn’t have to stay we’re not talking about bad weather here
everytime i learn something new about what's possible in excel, i become slightly more terrified of it
December 16, 2025 at 3:36 PM
everytime i learn something new about what's possible in excel, i become slightly more terrified of it
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i think it's useful to look at areas where the *tech* has gotten much better while tech *interactions* have gotten way worse. streaming has gotten worse, google search has gotten worse, digital cameras are leaps better. apple's silicone is so good it's threatening their user upgrade cycle
it’s so weird to look around and realize like, tech and media are materially worse than a decade ago
November 30, 2025 at 12:14 PM
i think it's useful to look at areas where the *tech* has gotten much better while tech *interactions* have gotten way worse. streaming has gotten worse, google search has gotten worse, digital cameras are leaps better. apple's silicone is so good it's threatening their user upgrade cycle
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✨ Think HTML & CSS are basic? Think again! Kathryn Grayson Nanz reveals the powerful new features you might’ve missed and how they can even replace JS libs. See it at #ConFoo! confoo.ca/en/2026/sess...
November 28, 2025 at 12:30 PM
✨ Think HTML & CSS are basic? Think again! Kathryn Grayson Nanz reveals the powerful new features you might’ve missed and how they can even replace JS libs. See it at #ConFoo! confoo.ca/en/2026/sess...
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i know WHY this is but that just makes it even more of a kick in the pants lmao
November 28, 2025 at 3:28 AM
i know WHY this is but that just makes it even more of a kick in the pants lmao
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when will the lesson finally get learned? #cloudflare
November 18, 2025 at 2:01 PM
when will the lesson finally get learned? #cloudflare
Let's gooooooo #ReactSummitUS 🙌🏻
I'll be moderating the discussion room "Growing to Senior & Tech Lead" at 2PM this afternoon, so if you're here come swing by and yap about career paths with me!
I'll be moderating the discussion room "Growing to Senior & Tech Lead" at 2PM this afternoon, so if you're here come swing by and yap about career paths with me!
November 18, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Let's gooooooo #ReactSummitUS 🙌🏻
I'll be moderating the discussion room "Growing to Senior & Tech Lead" at 2PM this afternoon, so if you're here come swing by and yap about career paths with me!
I'll be moderating the discussion room "Growing to Senior & Tech Lead" at 2PM this afternoon, so if you're here come swing by and yap about career paths with me!
Happy Cloudflare is Down on React Summit Day to those who observe
November 18, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Happy Cloudflare is Down on React Summit Day to those who observe
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what if,,,, i decided to play just one little jrpg... just as a treat... just sit in my cave and ignore all responsibilities for a week
November 13, 2025 at 2:15 PM
what if,,,, i decided to play just one little jrpg... just as a treat... just sit in my cave and ignore all responsibilities for a week
Just read a message that included the word "marchitecture" and immediately took 3d6 psychic damage
November 13, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Just read a message that included the word "marchitecture" and immediately took 3d6 psychic damage
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Every technology problem is three social problems in a trench coat
ok one last post -- oldheads are always going to "why is the web dying.... how can we get the kids invested in the free and open web"
bro the kids can't read. that's why the web is dying. first things first
bro the kids can't read. that's why the web is dying. first things first
November 11, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Every technology problem is three social problems in a trench coat
just had to go delete a link in an old blog because the URL we had the project hosted on (a) is no longer ours because we ended up integrating the feature into a product and deleted the project and (b) has now been re-used by another dev to build some kind of anime maid AI chatbot situation
November 12, 2025 at 2:28 PM
just had to go delete a link in an old blog because the URL we had the project hosted on (a) is no longer ours because we ended up integrating the feature into a product and deleted the project and (b) has now been re-used by another dev to build some kind of anime maid AI chatbot situation
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My first advice to junior contributors is to STOP using vibe coding for PRs. OSS is always about people more than about code. We don't need more code generated by LLM, we need more people who care.
November 10, 2025 at 11:47 AM
My first advice to junior contributors is to STOP using vibe coding for PRs. OSS is always about people more than about code. We don't need more code generated by LLM, we need more people who care.
Greetings from the Progress office, where the work is mysterious and important
November 9, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Greetings from the Progress office, where the work is mysterious and important
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…in the land of Mordor where the shadows lie homes.luddy.indiana.edu/ccshan/for/f...
November 8, 2025 at 9:32 PM
…in the land of Mordor where the shadows lie homes.luddy.indiana.edu/ccshan/for/f...
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Now that my photos app works again, and I'm excited for the kids to think I'm hip tonight, I can share our Huntr/x and Bobby costumes from @magnolia.boo
Featuring @kayla.ooo @kgrayson.com and @richard.sween.dev
Featuring @kayla.ooo @kgrayson.com and @richard.sween.dev
October 31, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Now that my photos app works again, and I'm excited for the kids to think I'm hip tonight, I can share our Huntr/x and Bobby costumes from @magnolia.boo
Featuring @kayla.ooo @kgrayson.com and @richard.sween.dev
Featuring @kayla.ooo @kgrayson.com and @richard.sween.dev
Dishonest: "I promise I am not ignoring your email!"
Honest: "I have seen your email and I am ignoring it, but only a little bit and not forever."
Honest: "I have seen your email and I am ignoring it, but only a little bit and not forever."
November 4, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Dishonest: "I promise I am not ignoring your email!"
Honest: "I have seen your email and I am ignoring it, but only a little bit and not forever."
Honest: "I have seen your email and I am ignoring it, but only a little bit and not forever."
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how your email finds me
pachnelephalosaurus statue, public park, route 40, dinosaur, colorado, 1991
November 4, 2025 at 3:44 PM
how your email finds me
replying to the contractor's house project estimate with "LGTM; merge it"
November 3, 2025 at 9:52 PM
replying to the contractor's house project estimate with "LGTM; merge it"
Me, 6 months ago: "Wow, I've got this idea for an event and the budget just got approved and I'm so excited to plan it!"
Me, currently: "I forgot how awful this is. If I never plan another event it will be too soon."
Me, one month from now (probably): "Wow, I've got this idea for an event and–"
Me, currently: "I forgot how awful this is. If I never plan another event it will be too soon."
Me, one month from now (probably): "Wow, I've got this idea for an event and–"
November 3, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Me, 6 months ago: "Wow, I've got this idea for an event and the budget just got approved and I'm so excited to plan it!"
Me, currently: "I forgot how awful this is. If I never plan another event it will be too soon."
Me, one month from now (probably): "Wow, I've got this idea for an event and–"
Me, currently: "I forgot how awful this is. If I never plan another event it will be too soon."
Me, one month from now (probably): "Wow, I've got this idea for an event and–"
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Hello kids. Great costumes. You can have boring regular candy or, in exchange for a small fee, you can invest in something I'm calling Candy Premium, an AI-enabled solution that
November 1, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Hello kids. Great costumes. You can have boring regular candy or, in exchange for a small fee, you can invest in something I'm calling Candy Premium, an AI-enabled solution that
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“some people abuse SNAP” your soul is rotten
October 30, 2025 at 5:35 PM
“some people abuse SNAP” your soul is rotten
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I recently got back from a great conference & instead of a typical recap, I wrote some thoughts on conferences in general & in particular my love of small community conferences (even though they can be very fragile & fleeting)
the brutal beauty of the community tech conference
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October 29, 2025 at 10:51 PM
I recently got back from a great conference & instead of a typical recap, I wrote some thoughts on conferences in general & in particular my love of small community conferences (even though they can be very fragile & fleeting)