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Posts: 55 from 7 Sep 2012 to 4 Oct 2026
Posting: monthly (16 in the last year)
Kind: personal blog
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2026 6

4 OctCode Is Cheap Now. That’s Why It Matters.
4 OctContinue reading …
1 AprBasic role management
1 AprContinue reading …
2 JanWriting Tailwind-compatible Semantic CSS
2 JanContinue reading …

2025 12

31 Dec2025 in review
31 DecContinue reading …
19 DecDialog Animation Gotchas
19 DecContinue reading …
18 DecStylish <dialog>s
18 DecContinue reading …
16 DecConfirmation dialogs with zero JavaScript
16 DecContinue reading …
1 DecAffordances: The Missing Layer in Frontend Architecture
1 DecContinue reading …
19 JunCSS-only Star Rating Component with Half Steps
19 JunContinue reading …

2024 3

12 DecAlways use flex-wrap: wrap on flex containers
12 DecContinue reading …
11 Decimprovements

2018 1

14 FebOn White Lies and Gas Lights

2017 13

19 DecDeath of Self: A Christmas Story
4 SepThe Word of God
24 AugI am but a water glass
20 AugPortrait of Pain II
18 AugRecalling my earliest deep regret
15 AugOn Death and Life
14 AugOn Moral Judgment
26 JunArgument for the Reasonableness of Eucharistic Substantiation
4 JunScars II
1 JunScars I
14 MayA life forgotten
9 MarFlatland and Theological Expectations
19 JanThoughts on a Birthday

2016 6

18 DecEvidentiary Arguments in 5th century prose
20 SepRuminations on a Credal Logic
19 AugPortrait of Pain
4 AprElevator
22 FebYou, Made and Unmade
11 FebOn Lent and Marriage

2015 5

21 OctEvidence and Inference in Herodotus
21 OctConsolation and Commemoration in Horace Odes 1.24 and 4.12
18 JunA Depressed Graduate Student
17 JunA Failed Graduate Student
26 MayA Complete PDF Annotation Workflow

2014 2

2013 4

2012 3