Ben Forshey
@benforshey.com
• he / him
• writes software systems for the Web, with varying success
• in-the-office software developer (engineer?)
• army veteran, twice deployed
• writes notes at https://benforshey.com
• beloved by the God of the marginalized
• writes software systems for the Web, with varying success
• in-the-office software developer (engineer?)
• army veteran, twice deployed
• writes notes at https://benforshey.com
• beloved by the God of the marginalized
Reposted by Ben Forshey
From the archives: “Misconceptions about CSS Specificity”
- Misconception 1: Specificity is a decimal score
- Misconception 2: Using the style attribute (“inline styles”) adds Specificity
- Misconception 3: Using !important adds Specificity
bram.us/2024/05/05/m...
- Misconception 1: Specificity is a decimal score
- Misconception 2: Using the style attribute (“inline styles”) adds Specificity
- Misconception 3: Using !important adds Specificity
bram.us/2024/05/05/m...
Misconceptions about CSS Specificity
To remove some of the confusion, here’s a list of misconceptions about Specificity in CSS …
bram.us
August 26, 2025 at 8:03 AM
From the archives: “Misconceptions about CSS Specificity”
- Misconception 1: Specificity is a decimal score
- Misconception 2: Using the style attribute (“inline styles”) adds Specificity
- Misconception 3: Using !important adds Specificity
bram.us/2024/05/05/m...
- Misconception 1: Specificity is a decimal score
- Misconception 2: Using the style attribute (“inline styles”) adds Specificity
- Misconception 3: Using !important adds Specificity
bram.us/2024/05/05/m...
Reposted by Ben Forshey
Speaking of @shoptalkshow.com (I should talk about my podcast more) we had an amazing episode last week with @jakearchibald.com where we solved HTML Includes.
Using HTML to write HTML websites... could you imagine?
Podcast: shoptalkshow.com/668/
YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=t0NB...
Using HTML to write HTML websites... could you imagine?
Podcast: shoptalkshow.com/668/
YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=t0NB...
668: Jake Archibald on Native HTML Includes
Jake Archibald joins us to discuss HTML includes, potential solutions, and the implications of introducing such a feature. We talk about security concerns, performance implications, and community f…
shoptalkshow.com
June 17, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Speaking of @shoptalkshow.com (I should talk about my podcast more) we had an amazing episode last week with @jakearchibald.com where we solved HTML Includes.
Using HTML to write HTML websites... could you imagine?
Podcast: shoptalkshow.com/668/
YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=t0NB...
Using HTML to write HTML websites... could you imagine?
Podcast: shoptalkshow.com/668/
YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=t0NB...
a beautiful vision for the dimension we technologists should bring to our craft
wattenberger.com/thoughts/our...
wattenberger.com/thoughts/our...
Our interfaces have lost their senses
wattenberger.com
March 22, 2025 at 3:10 PM
a beautiful vision for the dimension we technologists should bring to our craft
wattenberger.com/thoughts/our...
wattenberger.com/thoughts/our...
I had a Platoon Sergeant in Iraq one drop this gem on me: “Excuses are the nails that build the house of failure.”
It stuck. I can hardly go a week without thinking about it. :-) Good leader, great guy.
It stuck. I can hardly go a week without thinking about it. :-) Good leader, great guy.
December 2, 2024 at 12:54 AM
I had a Platoon Sergeant in Iraq one drop this gem on me: “Excuses are the nails that build the house of failure.”
It stuck. I can hardly go a week without thinking about it. :-) Good leader, great guy.
It stuck. I can hardly go a week without thinking about it. :-) Good leader, great guy.
It Takes Two is one of the best games I’ve played in a long time! Watching my kids play it is just an absolute joy.
November 28, 2024 at 4:04 PM
It Takes Two is one of the best games I’ve played in a long time! Watching my kids play it is just an absolute joy.
Sometimes I take on clients that have a restrictive budget for their website; I often reach for WordPress in that case. If you don’t have the wiggle room to write alt text for hundreds of images, EveryAlt’s WP plugin will call OpenAI for you, in bulk. Honestly, it’s a great baseline.
everyalt.com
everyalt.com
EveryAlt
Instantly generate accurate alternative text for every image. Powered by our unique mix of artificial-intelligence image and language models.
everyalt.com
November 24, 2024 at 12:16 AM
Sometimes I take on clients that have a restrictive budget for their website; I often reach for WordPress in that case. If you don’t have the wiggle room to write alt text for hundreds of images, EveryAlt’s WP plugin will call OpenAI for you, in bulk. Honestly, it’s a great baseline.
everyalt.com
everyalt.com
I’m no expert, but Terraform feels like one of those things that proves the maxim “wisdom is knowledge applied.” It’s an amazing way to write infrastructure, but I need to really find my groove with it.
I know what *I’ll* be reading up on this week!
I know what *I’ll* be reading up on this week!
November 22, 2024 at 10:09 PM
I’m no expert, but Terraform feels like one of those things that proves the maxim “wisdom is knowledge applied.” It’s an amazing way to write infrastructure, but I need to really find my groove with it.
I know what *I’ll* be reading up on this week!
I know what *I’ll* be reading up on this week!
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Wizard Zines is doing another Big Zine Sale again this year on **Friday, November 29th**! One day only.
here’s a google calendar link for the duration of the sale if you want a reminder: wzrd.page/cal
here’s a google calendar link for the duration of the sale if you want a reminder: wzrd.page/cal
November 21, 2024 at 1:16 PM
Wizard Zines is doing another Big Zine Sale again this year on **Friday, November 29th**! One day only.
here’s a google calendar link for the duration of the sale if you want a reminder: wzrd.page/cal
here’s a google calendar link for the duration of the sale if you want a reminder: wzrd.page/cal
Great example of delightful attention to detail in front-end accessibility: [beautiful focus outline](medienbaecker.com/articles/foc...). Brought to my inbox by Accessibility Weekly. You can subscribe from [their homepage](a11yweekly.com).
Beautiful focus outlines · Medienbäcker Thomas Günther
Baker’s son turned web developer, kneading pixels and code for 15+ years. I help you bake your ideas into websites 🥨.
medienbaecker.com
November 18, 2024 at 5:09 PM
Great example of delightful attention to detail in front-end accessibility: [beautiful focus outline](medienbaecker.com/articles/foc...). Brought to my inbox by Accessibility Weekly. You can subscribe from [their homepage](a11yweekly.com).
I just migrated a handful of websites to a self-hosted [Coolify](github.com/coollabsio/c...) instance, and wow, this is fantastic! I struggled a bit with figuring out the DNS stuff, but I finally got everything resolving correctly. What a great way to end a Sunday, and what an awesome project!
GitHub - coollabsio/coolify: An open-source & self-hostable Heroku / Netlify / Vercel alternative.
An open-source & self-hostable Heroku / Netlify / Vercel alternative. - coollabsio/coolify
github.com
November 18, 2024 at 12:32 AM
I just migrated a handful of websites to a self-hosted [Coolify](github.com/coollabsio/c...) instance, and wow, this is fantastic! I struggled a bit with figuring out the DNS stuff, but I finally got everything resolving correctly. What a great way to end a Sunday, and what an awesome project!