We're talking with Michelle Barker about the idea of paying to support bloggers (and podcasters!) via services like Patreon, drumming as a fun side gig from CSS, how big of an issue digital sustainability is, trying to understand the environmental impact of our websites and digital life, wondering why YouTube embeds are still so large, disabling cookies, and how to build the web in a more sustainable way.
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Senior Front End Developer at Ada Mode, where Michelle works on Windscope, web-based data visualisation and exploration software for wind farm operators.
Michelle also loves playing the drums. Their happy place is where creativity and code intersect
You can also find Michelle writing and speaking about CSS and digital sustainability on the web and around the world.
Links580: Chen Hui Jing and the State of CSS Survey for 2023
579: One Day Builds, Spicy Slugs, and What Next for CSS?
578: Customer Support, P3 Color, Dave on Productivity, and Mobile vs Desktop
577: Shawn Wang on AI
576: Blocks, Components, Linting Images, Engines, and “Web Integrity”
575: CSS Errors, Proxy and Reverse Proxy, and What’s The Edge?
574: Estelle & Eric on CSS The Definitive Guide, 5th Edition
573: Google Reader, Sticky and Overflow, and Figma Thoughts
572: Text Sqwunch Property, Figma Developer Mode, Stripe Elements
571: Searching vs AI, Getting Designers to Play Nice, and Web Components
570: Haircut Maintenance, Dave’s Bookshelf, Lazy Loading, and APIs
569: Apple’s Web Apps, Meta Quest and Vision Pro, and Missing Sticky Headers
568: Display Contents, Passkeys Follow Up, Yellow Fade Technique, and TOTK Talk
567: Full Stack Dev, Load Bearing Developer, and Being Zod Curious
566: View Transitions and Passkeys
565: The Hurdy-Gurdy, OKLCH, Edge Dev Tools, and Ad Blocking
564: Render ATL, New Colors Available, Gradients, HDR, and More
563: Getting Pulled by the Algorithm, AI Training Data, and SVG Drawing
562: Podcast Apps, Zaraz, Future CSS Thoughts, and Arc
561: Web Perf News, Web Sommelier, Data Analytics, and Passkeys
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