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  1. AVIF and WebP are not always better than PNG and JPG

    Article posted 24th May 2021 in Development and Performance

    AVIF and WebP are better image compression smaller files than PNG and JPG, but

  2. Converting images to AVIF in 2021

    Article posted 18th May 2021 in Development and Performance

    AVIF is amazing, but the big downside is that it’s not an export option in any of my image software yet. Here’s what I’m doing in the meantime.

  3. AVIF image compression is incredible

    Article posted 17th May 2021 in Development and Performance

    WebP images are now supported in all modern web browsers, but the emerging AVIF format promises to be even better; I’m pleased to tell you it is!

  4. Using Git restore to discard changes within a file

    Article posted 11th May 2021 in Development and Git

    git restore is great, and one of its superpowers is its patch mode where we can restore parts of a file, rather than the whole file at once.

  5. Undelete a file with Git

    Article posted 10th May 2021 in Development and Git

    I’ve talked about how great git restore is, but I missed a really obvious use of git restore: restoring a deleted file!

  6. Be careful with strikethrough

    Article posted 20th April 2021 in Accessibility, Development and HTML

    Struck-through text isn’t read by screen readers. This is true of all text-level semantics, but it’s worth drawing attention to strikethough.

  7. The difference between strikethrough and del

    Article posted 14th April 2021 in Development and HTML

    Just like <em> and <i>, and <strong> and <b>, the distinction between <s> and <del> is subtle, but it’s worth knowing.

  8. Git restore to discard changes

    Article posted 13th April 2021 in Development and Git

    I no longer use git checkout to switch branches; I’ve also stopped using it to discard uncommitted changes: let me introduce git restore!

  9. Using Git switch to change branches

    Article posted 12th April 2021 in Development and Git

    Since upgrading to macOS Big Sur, I’ve noticed that git switch works. But why do we need it when we’ve got git checkout?

  10. Cleaner focus outlines with box-decoration-break

    Article posted 8th April 2021 in CSS

    When I changed my site’s form and button focus styles, links felt a bit left out. But discovering box-decoration-break has made things consistent.