Shaun O'Connell
ndorfin.bsky.social
Shaun O'Connell
@ndorfin.bsky.social
Front-end developer, Interaction Designer, and Web Curmudgeon.

https://github.com/ndorfin/
Grifters gonna grift.
August 28, 2025 at 10:11 AM
Have you reached the "Why do we even need design tokens anyway?" point yet?
August 27, 2025 at 6:45 AM
No, and not really.
Masonry is the Carousel of layouts.
July 8, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Haha.
Similarly...

"Inviting wealthy people to your city will bring thousands of jobs" – Wealthy person
July 6, 2025 at 10:57 AM
This line specifically:

"The complete library concatenated and gzipped is less than a single HTTP request."
June 27, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Thanks Andy.

Freelance Design Engineer (or front-of-the-front-end developer) checking in here.

I help turn design work into web-friendly code.

I have decades of experience, and work remotely in South Africa [more affordable for you].

More details about me here: github.com/ndorfin/
June 27, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Out of interest, did you get similar results with Brotli, and other web-friendly compression?

Also, did you mean 'one HTTP roundtrip (14kb)'
June 27, 2025 at 9:37 AM
For clarity: What are you preloading, the manifest CSS, or the imported CSS stubs/partials?
June 25, 2025 at 9:31 PM
What is it with these yes-men-corps and their propensity for things like Carbon Fibre? 😝
Looking at you OceanGate, SpaceX, etc.
June 19, 2025 at 2:07 PM
That looks great - those rocks are so distinctive too!
June 17, 2025 at 2:02 PM
I'd love to see more photos of your setup 😁
June 15, 2025 at 11:15 AM
The older thinking (especially in low-filter-capacity-per-volume) setups was to remove them, as they contribute more waste (ammonia) than they consume. Just keep an eye on your setup's ammonia levels I guess.
June 13, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Are you of the 'REMOVE ALL SNAILS' camp?
I see a lot of aquarists just accept them now.
June 13, 2025 at 4:07 PM