I fell asleep in a driverless car

I tried out the Waymo driverless car service and it was pretty nice. | Continue reading


@cassidoo.co | 4 hours ago

A note on the future of Jumblie

Being a puzzle editor is fun, but incredibly hard, thankless work, and it's time to move on. | Continue reading


@cassidoo.co | 1 month ago

Sleep is the most magical thing in the world

Never take sleep for granted. Never. | Continue reading


@cassidoo.co | 1 month ago

Side quests

It's good to have some side quests and passive hobbies in your back pocket. | Continue reading


@cassidoo.co | 2 months ago

Time containers

I keep busy, because I know no other way! | Continue reading


@cassidoo.co | 2 months ago

Voice lessons taught me that I should be... true to myself

How karaoke preparation turned into self-discovery, through singing lessons! | Continue reading


@cassidoo.co | 2 months ago

Making a simple React microphone component

The browser has some nice built-ins for building a microphone recording component, so you don't have to use third-party libraries! | Continue reading


@cassidoo.co | 2 months ago

Why JavaScript variables don't always update

The way JavaScript assigns and references variables is sometimes weird, let's learn why. | Continue reading


@cassidoo.co | 2 months ago

Layering CSS gradients

You can layer CSS gradients as background images, even for text! Check out how I did it for making a marker-like highlight. | Continue reading


@cassidoo.co | 2 months ago

Traveling to technical events: A guide

Here's my current recommendations and gear for traveling to events as a techie! | Continue reading


@cassidoo.co | 2 months ago

Analog girly

I like being able to do things without relying on the algorithms and connections in the world! | Continue reading


@cassidoo.co | 2 months ago

Building the Micro Journal

I built myself a digital typewriter! | Continue reading


@cassidoo.co | 3 months ago

Getting paid is weird and sometimes hard

I should make more money, right? | Continue reading


@cassidoo.co | 3 months ago

Actually try on your job applications

It can be a pain to put in more effort on job applications, but it takes you further than you think. | Continue reading


@cassidoo.co | 4 months ago

The Productivity apps I use in 2024

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


@cassidoo.co | 4 months ago

Figma Config recap

I spoke at Figma Config 2024 in San Francisco! | Continue reading


@cassidoo.co | 4 months ago

Being funemployed, and all that jazz

What is a girl to do when her startup goes kersplat? Why, she blogs about it, of course! | Continue reading


@cassidoo.co | 4 months ago

Greetings, future billionaires

Sometimes I am floored by how much money some people have. | Continue reading


@cassidoo.co | 4 months ago

The Merge in Berlin recap

I went to Berlin for the first time and spoke at The Merge, a developer experience conference! | Continue reading


@cassidoo.co | 4 months ago

Nice keyboards make me want to write blogs

I don't actually have anything to say, but I want to type on my keyboard right now | Continue reading


@cassidoo.co | 5 months ago

I rewrote my blog! And website! They are one!

I merged my personal website and my blog into one beautiful baby—er, website. | Continue reading


@cassidoo.co | 5 months ago

Front-end Design Conference recap

I spoke at Front-end Design Conf in St. Petersburg, Florida, and it was great! | Continue reading


@cassidoo.co | 6 months ago

Seattle and the internet

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


@cassidoo.co | 6 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


@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


@cassidoo.co | 7 months ago

Building W-9 Crafter

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


@cassidoo.co | 7 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


@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


@cassidoo.co | 8 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


@cassidoo.co | 8 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


@cassidoo.co | 8 months ago

Sorting Git branches

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


@cassidoo.co | 8 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


@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


@cassidoo.co | 9 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


@cassidoo.co | 9 months ago

Kind of annoyed at React

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


@cassidoo.co | 9 months ago

I miss human curation

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


@cassidoo.co | 9 months ago

Jumblie 100

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


@cassidoo.co | 9 months ago

Experimenting with AI voice

I tried out the ElevenLabs Beta! | Continue reading


@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


@cassidoo.co | 10 months ago

Buh bye, 2023

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


@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


@cassidoo.co | 10 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


@cassidoo.co | 10 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


@cassidoo.co | 10 months ago

Geek mama... saying no

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


@cassidoo.co | 10 months ago

Making a single line break in markdown

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


@cassidoo.co | 11 months ago

Cassidy's Gift Guide 2023

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


@cassidoo.co | 11 months ago

Jumblie Build Log

I built Jumblie, a jumbled word search game. Here's how! | Continue reading


@cassidoo.co | 11 months ago

A use-case for CSS :has()

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


@cassidoo.co | 11 months ago