Seattle and the internet

The internet today reminds me of when I used to live in Seattle. | Continue reading


@blog.cassidoo.co | 7 months ago

Non-traditional push presents

New parents often are given very baby-oriented gifts, and here's some that are more about them. | Continue reading


@blog.cassidoo.co | 7 months ago

I love reading fantasy again

Brandon Sanderson books have brought me back to loving a good adventure story! | Continue reading


@blog.cassidoo.co | 7 months ago

Building W-9 Crafter

I built an app for generating Form W-9s for U.S. contrators and freelancers, here's how! | Continue reading


@blog.cassidoo.co | 8 months ago

Styling a CSS pseudo-element with JavaScript

JavaScript can't target pseudo-elements, but that doesn't mean you can't mess with them! | Continue reading


@blog.cassidoo.co | 8 months ago

Jumblie has a database!

Using the power of Supabase and Netlify Build Plugins, I was able to make Jumblie a bit cleaner under the hood! | Continue reading


@blog.cassidoo.co | 9 months ago

Tips for posting on LinkedIn

I took a workshop from LinkedIn about how to post well, and they had helpful insights! | Continue reading


@blog.cassidoo.co | 9 months ago

How to test a browser extension locally

Here's a step-by-step guide for quickly testing browser extensions locally in Edge or Chrome. | Continue reading


@blog.cassidoo.co | 9 months ago

Sorting Git branches

If you're tired of your git branches being alphabetically sorted, you can change that! | Continue reading


@blog.cassidoo.co | 9 months ago

Use CSS accent-color to style your inputs

If you want a quick styling win, you can set a color for your input and progress HTML tags! | Continue reading


@blog.cassidoo.co | 9 months ago

HTML "self-awareness" with sibling indexing in JavaScript

Make your HTML more "self-aware" with a fun little trick to get its own index. | Continue reading


@blog.cassidoo.co | 10 months ago

Base CSS for your text-based pages

Sometimes the defaults your web browser gives you aren't very cute. Here's a lil snippet I use to fix that. | Continue reading


@blog.cassidoo.co | 10 months ago

Kind of annoyed at React

Just a little ranty rant about my fave JS library, ya know. | Continue reading


@blog.cassidoo.co | 10 months ago

I miss human curation

Where are my internet friends? And where are their weird blogs? | Continue reading


@blog.cassidoo.co | 10 months ago

Jumblie 100

Today is the 100th Jumblie puzzle day! | Continue reading


@blog.cassidoo.co | 10 months ago

Experimenting with AI voice

I tried out the ElevenLabs Beta! | Continue reading


@blog.cassidoo.co | 10 months ago

Cassidy Williams... who is she

Cassidy Williams, this one, here, is the real one, don't listen to the others! | Continue reading


@blog.cassidoo.co | 10 months ago

Buh bye, 2023

2023 is over, let's recap. | Continue reading


@blog.cassidoo.co | 10 months ago

Stock options, vesting, and exercising, oh my

Here's some advice around stock options and why they are... the way that they are! | Continue reading


@blog.cassidoo.co | 11 months ago

Publishing to my blog from Obsidian

This is how I publish to my Git-based blog straight from Obsidian (kind of) | Continue reading


@blog.cassidoo.co | 11 months ago

Ideal fishing spots

Sometimes our success is pushed to the side when the conditions aren't right, but that's okay. | Continue reading


@blog.cassidoo.co | 11 months ago

Geek mama... saying no

I can't "do it all" right now, but I can do some. Sometimes. | Continue reading


@blog.cassidoo.co | 11 months ago

Making a single line break in markdown

Here's how you can add single line breaks in your markdown documents! | Continue reading


@blog.cassidoo.co | 11 months ago

Cassidy's Gift Guide 2023

I've got some gift suggestions for the nerds in your life! | Continue reading


@blog.cassidoo.co | 11 months ago

Jumblie Build Log

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@blog.cassidoo.co | 12 months ago

A use-case for CSS :has()

I found an unexpected use case for the newly, fully supported :has() selector! | Continue reading


@blog.cassidoo.co | 1 year ago

My first go tournament

I participated in the 2023 Chicago Rapid Open! | Continue reading


@blog.cassidoo.co | 1 year ago

Adding co-authors to TinaCMS's Git commits

You can add co-authors to the TinaCMS bot now more easily | Continue reading


@blog.cassidoo.co | 1 year ago

How and when to use keys in React

When you render lists in React, you need to use keys. | Continue reading


@blog.cassidoo.co | 1 year ago

Thirteen Potions Build Log

I made a game called Thirteen Potions for js13kgames, here's how I did it! | Continue reading


@blog.cassidoo.co | 1 year ago

Trying out TinaCMS

I'm trying out TinaCMS to make it faster and easier to post here! | Continue reading


@blog.cassidoo.co | 1 year ago

Maternity TV

The shows that I've watched during my maternity leave | Continue reading


@blog.cassidoo.co | 1 year ago

Dear Cassidy of 2 months ago

A letter to my past self about the roller coaster of emotions I've been through. | Continue reading


@blog.cassidoo.co | 1 year ago

Open standards, trust, and Google

We should build and use software that uses open standards, and be careful about the companies in which we place our trust. | Continue reading


@blog.cassidoo.co | 1 year ago

Removing trailing space underlines from groups of anchor tags

Sometimes when you have a bunch of anchor tags, the trailing spaces around them are underlined. Here's how to fix that. | Continue reading


@blog.cassidoo.co | 1 year ago

Turning todos into tadas

Learning to focus on what I did do, rather than what I didn't. | Continue reading


@blog.cassidoo.co | 1 year ago

My c-section experience

I had a c-section recently and delivered my first baby! It was a lot. | Continue reading


@blog.cassidoo.co | 1 year ago

The Productivity apps I use in 2023

My current 'stack' of task-tracking, calendar, and note-taking apps | Continue reading


@blog.cassidoo.co | 1 year ago

Memorize quotes

Memorizing quotes is probably one of my favorite easy 'life hacks'. | Continue reading


@blog.cassidoo.co | 1 year ago

Quirky local delights

I love the weird things that remind you that you're home. | Continue reading


@blog.cassidoo.co | 1 year ago

Loving and hating the streak

I have a love/hate relationship with my GitHub streak. | Continue reading


@blog.cassidoo.co | 1 year ago

The small, private wins

Sometimes I can't really share what I work on, and I just gotta deal with that and be happy! | Continue reading


@blog.cassidoo.co | 1 year ago

See ya, 2022

2022 is over, taking a lil look back on how it was. | Continue reading


@blog.cassidoo.co | 1 year ago

My language brain is... broken?

I think in one language when I hear another, and... I have no idea why. | Continue reading


@blog.cassidoo.co | 1 year ago

Two(ish) months at Contenda

I've been at Contenda for about two months! | Continue reading


@blog.cassidoo.co | 2 years ago

Hello, world

Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet (but for real) | Continue reading


@blog.cassidoo.co | 2 years ago

Saying goodbye to my crappy vision

My vision sucks... for now, with LASIK on the horizon! | Continue reading


@blog.cassidoo.co | 2 years ago

Building My S60-X Keyboard

After a bunch of trial and error, I built and programmed my first mechanical keyboard! | Continue reading


@blog.cassidoo.co | 7 years ago