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I specialize in performant, accessible, user-focused interfaces. I wrote a Complete Beginner's Guide to npm on CSS Tricks. I designed and built the word games Quina and Hondo.
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In defense of two-state theme toggles

2026-08-21 08:00:00

There's a lively debate going on over whether theme toggles should have two options (light/dark) or three, with an added "system" option. I maintain two-state toggles are better in most cases (though not all), and that the case for a third option rests mainly on problems most users don't actually have.

LLMs and performative productivity

2026-06-05 08:00:00

It's worth asking whether LLMs are actually making us more productive at all—and if so, what we might be sacrificing in return.

Man Cereal

2026-03-03 08:00:00

Yesterday, even though my son is barely seven years old, toxic masculinity permeated his life and, perhaps permanently and irreparably, stole a small piece of his joy.

My review of the Nüborn Baby at 3 months

2026-01-16 08:00:00

My Nüborn Baby arrived in October, and now that I've had a few months to get used to it, I thought I'd write up a review, in case you were thinking of getting one for yourself.

2025 Year in Review

2025-12-30 08:00:00

A look back on 2025, and all the weird, wonderful things that happened in my year.

AI optimism is a class privilege

2025-12-03 08:00:00

I think I have an idea why we're so extremely divided on AI: it's because we have an intuitive sense of who it stands to benefit, and who stands to pay the costs. I think whether you see reason for optimism has a lot to do with which group you see yourself in.