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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GuestsMichelle BarkerGuest's Main URL • Guest's Twitter
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.
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538: Patching the Web
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536: Functional Programming, npm Dependency Hell, and the Patchability of the Web
535: Improving Developer Productivity with Rebecca Murphey
534: Web Talks, AI Images, and Redesigning an API
533: Bastian Allgeier from Kirby CMS
532: Mobile Browser Injections, CascadiaJS + Enhance, CSS Methodologies
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523: Quality Design in Apps, Headless WordPress Shopify, GitHub Action Notifications
522: Jay Hoffman and The History of the Web
521: GitHub Actions with Rizèl Scarlett and Brian Douglas
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