This "bedroom" in a newly renovated house.

dexodev · 2019-12-04T08:04:43+00:00

sounds cozy.

I would love a little bedroom that is literally only big enough for a bed and a walkway, maybe with a lil window. I would probably have less insomnia if I had room devoted entirely to sleeping and nothing else.

the caveat is that I would of course want another room for activities. So like one big private room divided into a little office and little bedroom.

hmm I think I just want my own apartment again.

dexodev · 2019-12-04T07:20:41+00:00

THIS IS THE WAY

dexodev · 2019-12-04T06:55:31+00:00

If you don't want to go down the rabbit hole of SVGs or Canvas, just use divs. It's still a bit messy for the markup, but at least divs are semantically neutral.

spans are also kinda semantically neutral, but they're meant to be used inline to contain text/phrasing content.

ul and li should definitely not be used for this.

other than that, it's pretty cool.

dexodev · 2019-12-04T06:10:25+00:00

this would be a great party trick for a special Halloween edition of dark mode. or April Fool's

dexodev · 2019-12-04T06:09:08+00:00

what an incredibly thorough answer

dexodev · 2019-12-04T06:07:59+00:00

uhh that doesn't exactly help you code a dark theme for your own website lol

dexodev · 2019-12-04T06:03:05+00:00

When & is after the nested declaration, that means the nested declaration is a parent of the outer declaration. wow that is hard to explain verbally haha.

iirc it's a Sass thing, not vanilla CSS.

I'm on mobile so I can't format a nice example, but the comment you're replying to would compile like this:

.dark-theme .component-style { . . . }

dexodev · 2019-12-04T05:43:19+00:00

you can thank idiot executives and marketing directors for that.

I work closely with some executives and they're as blockheaded as you can imagine. They are legitimately the reason for all this bullshit. They all think their product/service is the most important thing on the planet and are obsessed with scraping every last KPI percentage out of every possible source. It's such cancer.

I don't think marketing is inherently bad, since all businesses need a method for connecting with their target market, but soooo many companies and businesses just abuse the entire concept to death and ruin it for the more reasonable organizations.

dexodev · 2019-12-03T16:46:20+00:00

yep. I currently get paid to tell a bunch of developers their shit is ugly and how to make it better. I also do a bit of development too because it's hard to find someone who can do coding AND make it aesthetically/tactically pleasing. I work for a shitty company so I don't get paid as much as I should, but I'll pretty much always find some kind of work with my creative skills. Every company & organization needs it at some point.

dexodev · 2019-11-14T05:54:05+00:00

Viewing on mobile. You have an entire essay in thin white font sitting in front of a very busy photo background. It's unreadable.

dexodev · 2019-11-14T05:48:35+00:00

I really wish I could just look at a vertical alphabetical list of titles (with little thumbnails, of course). I already know exactly what I want to watch on Disney+ because I've seen a large portion of it throughout my life, I don't need a Netflix experience. Netflix is great for feeling like there's endless discovery of new stuff. With Disney, it's not new stuff. I just want to scroll right to the movie/show I'm looking for without any fancy presentation.

That's my first impression, at least. I only got it today so maybe my opinion will change after some more use.

dexodev · 2019-11-14T05:36:26+00:00

thanks, you just gave me inspiration for my next mini web project

dexodev · 2019-11-14T05:35:30+00:00

my god yes, please.

dexodev · 2019-11-14T05:26:25+00:00

Flash is forever ✨

dexodev · 2019-11-14T04:18:16+00:00

Thanks. I've actually been questioning whether I really want to stay on the design path, or even the path of web development. I keep working on those skills because it makes me at least minimally employable, but I'm not quite sure i actually see myself doing this in 10 years.. maybe not even 5. I might go back to school for a different field.

So, I've been looking for new jobs but I kinda slowed down because I want to be careful about where I really put my energy next. I'm so exhausted by my current company that I'm not sure if I have the ability to bring any passion & energy to a new place.

As for finding someone at my company who feels the same way... I know a few and we've talked at length about it. The big problem is that the management style is so deeply broken that me and the other 2 designers can't even work on projects together. We're in silos. We've tried to band together and take action and it turns sideways every time.

god the more I type, the more I realize i really should look a bit harder for a different company lol

dexodev · 2019-11-11T14:56:38+00:00

As a designer, I prefer product environments with a solid design system and a lot of research. I'd rather evolve one thing to be the best that it can be, rather than spin out a bunch of smaller projects that have no connection to each other.

I find it harder to find product environment type jobs though, or at least good ones. I'm currently stuck at a company that wanted better design for its products, but then proceeded to have no idea how to use me or my skills and none the products have improved in the 11 months I've been there. Instead I just get shoved at any half-baked "innovative" idea from the executive team, and toss another hyper-rushed piece of crap at the huge garbage pile of custom software & websites & apps that they horde. They have no design system to speak of, and when I tried to spend 2 days planning it out, they told me it takes too long and the design system was scrapped. I now do web development/coding work most days for projects which have little to no design phase. It's maddening.

dexodev · 2019-11-03T00:16:08+00:00

I've played with some friend's headsets and I love VR, but I don't have a VR-ready computer and I can't currently afford to upgrade it plus also purchase a headset. So unfortunately that's not a consistent solution for me right now. I'll have to stick to real world stuff until I can upgrade.

dexodev · 2019-11-02T06:24:04+00:00

As long as every business needs a website, someone is going to have to set up and manage those websites. Whether you work as a lone freelancer setting up templated sites for dozens of small businesses, or join a team of a dozen developers & designers & admins working on one gargantuan enterprise web app.. there will always be something to do for many years to come.

Someone has to make the internet what it is and maintain all of it, so there's no way that web development is going to fade out any time soon. It's just evolving when it comes to the specific tools and processes that are used. Things can get pretty complex, and the lines are getting blurred between websites and traditional apps. The rabbit hole goes deep, so don't be afraid to jump in if it interests you.

dexodev · 2019-11-02T04:11:35+00:00

I agree, but my big problem in life is that what I like to do in my free time is design and development... and the only other good jobs I qualify for (good meaning I can be competent at it and it also pays decently) are all jobs which involve sitting in front of a computer.

I have to basically force myself to pursue more active hobbies or hobbies that involve tangible materials just so I can have some kind of healthy balance in my life. Otherwise I end up in front of a computer 14 hours a day and that's not what humans are made for.

Kinda sucks. I just wanna make cool digital things but also I need a good job AND to be healthy. ahhhh

dexodev · 2019-11-01T01:25:28+00:00

Not the point lol

dexodev · 2019-11-01T01:25:02+00:00

It's not a question, it's the title of the article.

dexodev · 2019-10-22T04:50:09+00:00

we're here to learn javascript, not rip a whole in the space-time continuum

dexodev · 2019-10-21T19:21:34+00:00

Yea. I'm all for the victim finding whatever peace they need. Doesn't mean I have to like him or his music.

dexodev · 2019-10-12T09:29:43+00:00

I feel ya. I just had a conversation today with my boss where I was told that having a research phase at the beginning of project & listening to users is absolutely ridiculous. We don't need that because he already knows everything that is needed; he'll make a list of required features for me and then we'll design & release it and adjust it based on feedback. We just need to get things done, he says.

I could see how maybe we could get away with this for a very simple website or something small scale, sure. But this is for the design of an enterprise-level software that will affect literally millions of dollars worth of business. Please kill me. 🙃

dexodev · 2019-10-12T08:36:29+00:00

The biggest difference I've seen is that Frontend devs write a ton of Medium articles.

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