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  1. Bold and italics aren’t read by screen readers

    Article posted 2nd April 2021 in Accessibility

    Emphasis and other text-level semantics are normally ignored by screen readers, so it you’re relying on them for meaning you could be in trouble.

  2. Sentence case versus title case

    Article posted 31st March 2021 in Accessibility and Design

    I’m a fan of good typography, and something I come across a fair bit is whether sentence case or title case is better for headings.

  3. Reset to a previous commit

    Article posted 29th March 2021 in Development and Git

    Have you ever made a bunch of commits on the wrong branch? I certainly have… Luckily, there’s an easy way to put things right.

  4. My user manual

    Article posted 26th March 2021

    A couple of years ago, a colleague introduced the idea of personal user manuals. I liked the idea, and I’ve finally got round to writing my own.

  5. On not setting an upstream for short-lived branches

    Article posted 17th March 2021 in Development and Git

    I only set upstream Git branches when I need to push and pull a lot, otherwise I prefer to write out my target branch manually. Here’s why…

  6. Updating Netlify deployments when renaming your main Git branch

    Article posted 15th March 2021 in Development and Git

    When you rename your Git branch, you’re going to need to reconfigure any Netlify deployments that are set up to watch your old master branch.

  7. Why I stopped using ASCII art

    Article posted 10th March 2021 in Accessibility

    I love those old-school ASCII art characters, but I’ve stopped using them as they’re not accessible.

  8. Setting an upstream Git branch

    Article posted 26th February 2021 in Development and Git

    There’s no such thing as syncing in Git, but setting an upstream branch is about as close as it gets.

  9. How to rename the ‘master’ branch on GitHub

    Article posted 25th February 2021 in Development and Git

    So renaming master to main is a good idea, but how do we do it? Fortunately, it’s really straightforward if your repository lives on GitHub.

  10. Empathy, and renaming my ‘master’ branch to ‘main’

    Article posted 24th February 2021 in Development and Git

    I’ve noticed a move towards renaming the master Git branch. It’s a racially charged term and I’m very happy to switch from master to main.