Peter Wilson

Archives: Notes

  • This is stupid, why has var_dump() stopped working?!

    Nope, no typo.

    What?!

    Why?

    Wh?

    Oh. JavaScript.

    I’ve been developing websites for 20 years.

  • Why are you reading this when you could be watching Ben Platt’s new film clip? ❤️

  • Does anyone have a bot that will randomly pipe z reset to a Slack channel? Asking for a fiend.

  • For WordPress 5.1, @afercia has done some nice work taking this message to heart 😍 whatdomobileuserswanttodo.com?

  • Q: How do I deal with this IE bug?
    A (+30 votes): IE’s a disaster, deal with it.

    Stack Overflow is a quite amazing trash fire.

  • I forced a bot to read 1000 hours of scripts by bots forced to read 1000 hours of scripts. It yawned.

  • I’m always surprised that margin-top: x% is a based on the parent’s width, while height: x% is based on the parent’s height isn’t on this list. https://wiki.csswg.org/ideas/mistakes

  • Has anyone tried CSS-in-decent-workplace-laws-including-paying-out-owed-PTO-if-you-get-fired-America-I’m-looking-at-you yet?

  • I’m kind of wishing I was at New York’s Music Box Theatre today seeing another 👕 sign off.

    I’m kind of wishing I was at the University of Puerto Rico’s Teatro UPR today seeing another ★ sign off.

    Instead I’m in Melbourne being the 🎭 sad mask.

  • ABC using more and more click bait headlines — what does that really mean?