Advocating for Clean Design and Front-end Development

I've been in the industry for over a decade now, and I have learned to embrace my professional passions. That's why I care strongly about new web layout, Contemporary Code and building up the developer and designer communities around me.

Latest Post

Refactoring CSS into a Sass mixin

It struck me recently as I was writing a new Sass mixin that there may be designers and developers out there that haven't translated vanilla CSS into a Sass function. In this article, I want to show how to take often-used CSS and convert it into a DRY (Don't Repeat Yourself) Sass mixin.

Practical CSS Grid

You've heard about CSS Grid layout, but if you haven't gotten started with it, let me walk you through all its features in a simple, practical approach. By the end of this course, you'll understand Grid and have practical examples to put into production right away!

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Starting a new journey with Code Contemporary

I'm beginning my new journey as an independent creator. I've left the comfortable confines of agency life to see what I can do creating resources for designers and developers. I'll be writing, recording, speaking and consulting. Much of this will be under the heading of my new company Code Contemporary

Dynamic Static Sites with Netlify and iOS Shortcuts

An experiment adding dynamic functionality to this site pushed via iOS shortcuts and Netlify functions

Top 3 uses for the ::before and ::after CSS pseudo elements

It’s no secret that I'm a fan of ::before and ::after pseudo-elements. I use them to great effect for creating darkened overlays in this previous post. They have so many uses beyond that, though. Here are my top 3 uses for them in my every-day development process.