When you put your code snippet in <pre> your hard line breaks and spaces will be displayed exactly the way you 🥁 pre-formatted the text! (No need for ­ <wbr> or it’s Unicode sisters)
December 2, 2025 at 3:13 AM
When you put your code snippet in <pre> your hard line breaks and spaces will be displayed exactly the way you 🥁 pre-formatted the text! (No need for ­ <wbr> or it’s Unicode sisters)
I agree with that: be careful with hyphens in code blocks. This reminds me of a url of a client of mine that appeared in a newspaper (free publicity 💪), but they wrapped it halfway with a (soft) hyphen. I have immediately registered that domain too and redirected it to the canonical url… (301)
December 2, 2025 at 2:58 AM
I agree with that: be careful with hyphens in code blocks. This reminds me of a url of a client of mine that appeared in a newspaper (free publicity 💪), but they wrapped it halfway with a (soft) hyphen. I have immediately registered that domain too and redirected it to the canonical url… (301)
Also a nice way to prevent a paragraph from ending with a very short line with 1-3 short words, is to put no-break spaces between those last words. For readability I like to add no-break spaces between the first (small words) of a new sentence, to keep “I am” or “a word” together.
November 27, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Also a nice way to prevent a paragraph from ending with a very short line with 1-3 short words, is to put no-break spaces between those last words. For readability I like to add no-break spaces between the first (small words) of a new sentence, to keep “I am” or “a word” together.
A soft-hyphen Unicode char exists for this purpose too.
Next to marking breakpoints, marking no-breaks in content is helpful too: no-break hyphen and no-break space. I tend to use that one to keep a unit together with its value: € 123,45 and 11 am.
Next to marking breakpoints, marking no-breaks in content is helpful too: no-break hyphen and no-break space. I tend to use that one to keep a unit together with its value: € 123,45 and 11 am.
November 27, 2025 at 12:17 PM
A soft-hyphen Unicode char exists for this purpose too.
Next to marking breakpoints, marking no-breaks in content is helpful too: no-break hyphen and no-break space. I tend to use that one to keep a unit together with its value: € 123,45 and 11 am.
Next to marking breakpoints, marking no-breaks in content is helpful too: no-break hyphen and no-break space. I tend to use that one to keep a unit together with its value: € 123,45 and 11 am.
We had a “haunted iPad” for months: it was opening apps, typing random character sequences in email messages it had opened. We were convinced that it must be my belated fathering law!
It appeared to be a crack in the glass which detected all kinds of false gestures …
It appeared to be a crack in the glass which detected all kinds of false gestures …
November 22, 2025 at 12:28 AM
We had a “haunted iPad” for months: it was opening apps, typing random character sequences in email messages it had opened. We were convinced that it must be my belated fathering law!
It appeared to be a crack in the glass which detected all kinds of false gestures …
It appeared to be a crack in the glass which detected all kinds of false gestures …
Maybe this attribute was arbitrary at the time you put it in.
But now …! With ai bots er al, it is indeed required to mention you’re HUMAN producing superhuman content.
But now …! With ai bots er al, it is indeed required to mention you’re HUMAN producing superhuman content.
November 19, 2025 at 7:34 AM
Maybe this attribute was arbitrary at the time you put it in.
But now …! With ai bots er al, it is indeed required to mention you’re HUMAN producing superhuman content.
But now …! With ai bots er al, it is indeed required to mention you’re HUMAN producing superhuman content.
I guess you’re right about that. (BTW my mind initially interpreted extension of Identity” as code) 😅
November 15, 2025 at 5:52 AM
I guess you’re right about that. (BTW my mind initially interpreted extension of Identity” as code) 😅
But on the other hand, what if one would take the next step and say “if I can choose the country I want to live in, why not choose the family I want to be part of?” “Choose your parents”… it’s quite similar isn’t it?
November 14, 2025 at 6:22 PM
But on the other hand, what if one would take the next step and say “if I can choose the country I want to live in, why not choose the family I want to be part of?” “Choose your parents”… it’s quite similar isn’t it?
I agree. And its arrogant and inequality to say or think: “I was born here and although I haven’t added any value to “my” country I have more rights than the poor souls that got born elsewhere…”
November 14, 2025 at 6:18 PM
I agree. And its arrogant and inequality to say or think: “I was born here and although I haven’t added any value to “my” country I have more rights than the poor souls that got born elsewhere…”
I had to repost b/c I made a typo. Too bad there’s no temporary edit function like with WhatsApp
October 18, 2025 at 10:36 AM
I had to repost b/c I made a typo. Too bad there’s no temporary edit function like with WhatsApp
Same books we read, but in Dutch (don’t forget Gruffalo). At some point we alternated: she read a paragraph and next I read one and it was more voice acting than reading aloud.
October 18, 2025 at 10:34 AM
Same books we read, but in Dutch (don’t forget Gruffalo). At some point we alternated: she read a paragraph and next I read one and it was more voice acting than reading aloud.
At some point our kids learned not to calculate exact outcomes, but were forced to guess: “no, don’t say ‘2.5’, you should say ‘it’s about 3’”… weird science
October 18, 2025 at 8:23 AM
At some point our kids learned not to calculate exact outcomes, but were forced to guess: “no, don’t say ‘2.5’, you should say ‘it’s about 3’”… weird science
Before the era of the smartphone, parents sat down and read their kids bed-time stories. They were all ears, they built a connection. Now the parents are alone glued to their phones, so are their kids. God knows what they’re seeing while scrolling…
October 18, 2025 at 8:19 AM
Before the era of the smartphone, parents sat down and read their kids bed-time stories. They were all ears, they built a connection. Now the parents are alone glued to their phones, so are their kids. God knows what they’re seeing while scrolling…
I see it, I feel it, now all we need to do is (vibe) code it! 🚕
October 8, 2025 at 3:38 AM
I see it, I feel it, now all we need to do is (vibe) code it! 🚕
Or “RutschRuber” as in: “hey you, scootch over!”
October 8, 2025 at 3:18 AM
Or “RutschRuber” as in: “hey you, scootch over!”
Next time you can let me proof read before publication if you like 😀
October 7, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Next time you can let me proof read before publication if you like 😀
font-family (the web was so boring when we only had Times Roman…)
October 7, 2025 at 7:59 PM
font-family (the web was so boring when we only had Times Roman…)
Thanks Pim, Brecht, e.a. for the great and inspirational #iOFrontEnd developer day at iO Campus Den Bosch!
September 18, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Thanks Pim, Brecht, e.a. for the great and inspirational #iOFrontEnd developer day at iO Campus Den Bosch!
I like those Part1, Pt.2 blog posts, essentially chapters published as episodes. Each covering a topic.
September 12, 2025 at 11:16 AM
I like those Part1, Pt.2 blog posts, essentially chapters published as episodes. Each covering a topic.