My Hub->Lab Backup
How & why I've started mirroring all of my GitHub repositories to GitLab.
2026
Exporting Grammarly as Markdown is Hard
gramdown is a CLI tool that converts Grammarly exports to Markdown, solving the problem of exporting your Grammarly documents in a format that you can actually use.
Serving Compressed Static Build Assets
How I serve my static frontend build asserts in a compressed format, without having to compress them at request time.
2024
2022
A Surprisingly Important use for Reverse Flex Directions
Until now, I'd never found a good use for the flex-direction: column-reverse CSS values. I always felt it was odd that you would want to declare your markup in a specific order, only to have your users see it completely the opposite way around. Yet there's at least one use for it that can actually help to make your content more accessible.
Late to the party: fs.promises
OK, I know I'm very late to the party on this, but I've only recently discovered fs.promises - and they're great!
Standardising Your Repositories
Saved in a repo in my GitHub account, I now have a markdown file containing all my preferences for producing a project of any type. Here's why, and why you should to!
A step closer to the perfect npm CD pipeline?
In my last post, I detailed my typical CD pipeline for deploying npm packages. At the end of the article, I outlined a caveat to bear in mind when using it - now I think I've fixed it.
2021
Publishing npm packages from GitHub Releases
A guide for automatically publishing npm packages from the creation of GitHub Releases by leveraging GitHub Actions.
How to keep all your Prettier configurations in sync
Use this technique to ensure that all your projects share the exact same Prettier configuration - with a few extra tips and tricks.
Managing top-level assets in Angular
An easy way to manage top-level assets in your Angular project like favicons and robot.txt files.
Dynamic on-hover colours in Angular
Through no fault of Angular, you can't set the CSS of pseudo-elements or pseudo-classes in-line in HTML. So how can you set styles like on-hover colours dynamically?