https://MicahGodbolt.comGatsbyJSThu, 21 May 2020 06:01:56 GMTNo titlehttps://MicahGodbolt.com/blog/why-you-should-be-using-typescript-in-your-design-systemhttps://MicahGodbolt.com/blog/why-you-should-be-using-typescript-in-your-design-systemThu, 24 Oct 2019 04:07:22 GMTThe web community loves TypeScript right now. After working in complex applications environments, its pretty easy to see the benefits that…https://MicahGodbolt.com/blog/4-things-i-learned-this-week-that-surprised-mehttps://MicahGodbolt.com/blog/4-things-i-learned-this-week-that-surprised-meFri, 18 Oct 2019 03:31:06 GMTSpecificity and !important I like using twitter polls to test people's assumptions around odd edge case CSS knowledge, so when I saw this…https://MicahGodbolt.com/blog/writing-callbacks-that-prevent-default-behaviorhttps://MicahGodbolt.com/blog/writing-callbacks-that-prevent-default-behaviorWed, 16 Oct 2019 17:57:42 GMTA common pattern in writing components are callback props: a user provided function that gets called at a particular point of a component's…https://MicahGodbolt.com/blog/developing-a-content-pipeline-podcast-reviewhttps://MicahGodbolt.com/blog/developing-a-content-pipeline-podcast-reviewMon, 14 Oct 2019 02:45:28 GMTI work from home, so therefore I don't commute. This is typically an amazing thing, but not when it comes to listening to podcasts. The only…https://MicahGodbolt.com/blog/3-things-i-learned-creating-my-gatsby-bloghttps://MicahGodbolt.com/blog/3-things-i-learned-creating-my-gatsby-blogTue, 10 Sep 2019 04:33:48 GMTI've had my new blog up and running for a bit now, but have been having trouble pulling the trigger on writing something new. Seemed every…https://MicahGodbolt.com/blog/a-new-adventure-in-a-familiar-territoryhttps://MicahGodbolt.com/blog/a-new-adventure-in-a-familiar-territoryMon, 14 May 2018 00:00:00 GMTThis is one of the strangest things about working remote. On days like this, you wake up like you usually do. You make the same coffee and…https://MicahGodbolt.com/blog/what-s-right-with-css-in-jshttps://MicahGodbolt.com/blog/what-s-right-with-css-in-jsWed, 09 May 2018 00:00:00 GMTThe first time I heard about CSS in JS I thought it was interesting but absurd. It appeared limited to producing inline styles, and…https://MicahGodbolt.com/blog/design-systems-components-vs-abstractionshttps://MicahGodbolt.com/blog/design-systems-components-vs-abstractionsMon, 26 Feb 2018 00:00:00 GMTMany of my blog posts originate as a good tweet, and this one is no different. Recently I'd been working with a large system of "components…https://MicahGodbolt.com/blog/changing-your-worldviewhttps://MicahGodbolt.com/blog/changing-your-worldviewMon, 22 Jan 2018 00:00:00 GMTEvery now and again, I compose a tweet really resonates with my peers. Sometimes I sorta expect it, and other times it's out of the blue…https://MicahGodbolt.com/blog/working-remote-a-few-quick-thoughtshttps://MicahGodbolt.com/blog/working-remote-a-few-quick-thoughtsMon, 08 Jan 2018 00:00:00 GMTA few days ago I saw a tweet asking about whether or not working remote was a good idea for junior level developers, and I couldn't stop…https://MicahGodbolt.com/blog/new-year-s-blogging-resolutionshttps://MicahGodbolt.com/blog/new-year-s-blogging-resolutionsWed, 03 Jan 2018 00:00:00 GMTI keep hearing that 2018 is going to be the year of the personal blog, and I'd really like to see that as well. For me the thing always…https://MicahGodbolt.com/blog/writing-the-correct-css-once-is-pretty-easy-part-2https://MicahGodbolt.com/blog/writing-the-correct-css-once-is-pretty-easy-part-2Fri, 18 Aug 2017 00:00:00 GMTAll People So far, all of the solutions we've talked about so far are build time solutions. They won't change from render to render. But as…https://MicahGodbolt.com/blog/writing-the-correct-css-once-is-pretty-easy-all-situationshttps://MicahGodbolt.com/blog/writing-the-correct-css-once-is-pretty-easy-all-situationsThu, 27 Jul 2017 00:00:00 GMTSometime back I tweeted "Writing the correct CSS once is pretty easy. Making that CSS work in all situations, and for all people is the…https://MicahGodbolt.com/blog/from-minimum-wage-to-senior-developer-part-3https://MicahGodbolt.com/blog/from-minimum-wage-to-senior-developer-part-3Mon, 24 Apr 2017 00:00:00 GMTHaving entered 2014 with a pink slip in my inbox, there's no way I could have imagined where I'd be today. How does one go from losing a…https://MicahGodbolt.com/blog/from-minimum-wage-to-senior-developer-part-2https://MicahGodbolt.com/blog/from-minimum-wage-to-senior-developer-part-2Sun, 19 Mar 2017 00:00:00 GMTIn 2013 I took a leap of faith, accompanied by a song, and applied for a position at a prominent Drupal shop. I barely qualified, having…https://MicahGodbolt.com/blog/from-minimum-wage-to-senior-developer-part-1https://MicahGodbolt.com/blog/from-minimum-wage-to-senior-developer-part-1Thu, 09 Mar 2017 00:00:00 GMTToday I am writing this article while riding in a warm, comfortable, wifi-enabled bus to my senior level position at one of the most desired…https://MicahGodbolt.com/blog/css-grid-first-lookhttps://MicahGodbolt.com/blog/css-grid-first-lookMon, 06 Mar 2017 00:00:00 GMTYou might say that I've been living under a rock for a bit. With all my focus on design systems, and more recently React and Typescript, I…https://MicahGodbolt.com/blog/make-composable-not-customizable-componentshttps://MicahGodbolt.com/blog/make-composable-not-customizable-componentsMon, 27 Feb 2017 00:00:00 GMTOne of the challenges of developing for an open source design system like Fabric React is that, as a system used across our entire…https://MicahGodbolt.com/blog/a-new-design-system-architecturehttps://MicahGodbolt.com/blog/a-new-design-system-architectureMon, 06 Jun 2016 00:00:00 GMTA funny thing happened this last month. Between two different events, and three isolated groups, a consensus was made, terminology was…https://MicahGodbolt.com/blog/a-response-to-brad-frost-s-frontend-design-articlehttps://MicahGodbolt.com/blog/a-response-to-brad-frost-s-frontend-design-articleSun, 21 Feb 2016 00:00:00 GMTThis past week I was thrilled to stumble across the alliteration filled article by Brad Frost called simply "Frontend Design" . Actually, I…https://MicahGodbolt.com/blog/an-intro-to-metalsmith-part-3https://MicahGodbolt.com/blog/an-intro-to-metalsmith-part-3Sun, 14 Feb 2016 00:00:00 GMTCreating a local server to view your site Now that we are converting our markdown files to HTML and passing them through a templating engine…https://MicahGodbolt.com/blog/an-intro-to-metalsmith-part-2https://MicahGodbolt.com/blog/an-intro-to-metalsmith-part-2Wed, 10 Feb 2016 00:00:00 GMTSo far our Metalsmith Starter project doesn't do much more than move HTML files from one folder to another. Today we're going too add some…https://MicahGodbolt.com/blog/an-intro-to-metalsmithhttps://MicahGodbolt.com/blog/an-intro-to-metalsmithThu, 14 Jan 2016 00:00:00 GMTMetalsmith bills itself as "An extremely simple, pluggable static site generator", and it delivers in some big ways. If you want to learn…https://MicahGodbolt.com/blog/2015-in-reviewhttps://MicahGodbolt.com/blog/2015-in-reviewThu, 31 Dec 2015 00:00:00 GMTIt's that time of the year when everyone sits down and writes about what they did over the past 12 months, and what they hope to do with…https://MicahGodbolt.com/blog/choosing-a-blogging-platformhttps://MicahGodbolt.com/blog/choosing-a-blogging-platformThu, 17 Dec 2015 00:00:00 GMTOne of my first major decisions when starting this new blog was going to be platform. I come from a Drupal development background so one…https://MicahGodbolt.com/blog/hello-worldhttps://MicahGodbolt.com/blog/hello-worldMon, 14 Dec 2015 00:00:00 GMTMy name is Micah, and you've found my new blog! Is this site broken? Right now you might be wondering if you accidentally turned off…https://MicahGodbolt.com/blog/2014-a-new-chapter-and-a-taste-of-dogfoodhttps://MicahGodbolt.com/blog/2014-a-new-chapter-and-a-taste-of-dogfoodSun, 26 Jan 2014 00:00:00 GMT2013 was a banner year. I started working at one of the most well respected Drupal shops in the country. I traveled to Prague to speak at…https://MicahGodbolt.com/blog/get-your-sass-in-line-tips-and-strategies-for-teamshttps://MicahGodbolt.com/blog/get-your-sass-in-line-tips-and-strategies-for-teamsFri, 12 Jul 2013 00:00:00 GMTThis week I spoke at the inaugural meeting of the PDX Sass and Front-end Meetup that I have been organizing for the past month. The event…https://MicahGodbolt.com/blog/a-response-to-working-around-a-lack-of-element-querieshttps://MicahGodbolt.com/blog/a-response-to-working-around-a-lack-of-element-queriesFri, 21 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMTToday Fillament Group posted about the age old question of Working around a lack of element queries . I crafted a response that I thought…https://MicahGodbolt.com/blog/getting-around-some-limitations-of-compass-spriteshttps://MicahGodbolt.com/blog/getting-around-some-limitations-of-compass-spritesThu, 24 Jan 2013 00:00:00 GMTThe Problem I have been diving headlong into Compass Sprites for a large response redesign. The site has a ton of sprite images, so it…https://MicahGodbolt.com/blog/learning-from-my-mistakes-the-drupal-wayhttps://MicahGodbolt.com/blog/learning-from-my-mistakes-the-drupal-wayFri, 09 Nov 2012 00:00:00 GMTThis week I finally got through chapter 6 of Drupal 7 Module Development, and I have to say, it was quite an experience. This chapter walked…https://MicahGodbolt.com/blog/a-proposal-for-sass-extend-and-media-querieshttps://MicahGodbolt.com/blog/a-proposal-for-sass-extend-and-media-queriesMon, 05 Nov 2012 00:00:00 GMTLife has a way of being cruel and ironic. I was thinking yesterday how lucky I was to have a job where I could go home, and leave work at…https://MicahGodbolt.com/blog/i-will-not-repeat-myself-i-will-not-repeat-myselfhttps://MicahGodbolt.com/blog/i-will-not-repeat-myself-i-will-not-repeat-myselfThu, 01 Nov 2012 00:00:00 GMTAs I've mentioned before, I am going through the "Drupal 7 Module Development" book, trying to learn as much as I possibly can as I go from…https://MicahGodbolt.com/blog/teacher-said-to-show-my-work-so-i-amhttps://MicahGodbolt.com/blog/teacher-said-to-show-my-work-so-i-amFri, 26 Oct 2012 00:00:00 GMTI have quite a bit on my plate with this current project. As the only developer I am tasked with the design, front end, and back end…https://MicahGodbolt.com/blog/exclusive-vs-inclusive-media-queries-for-mobile-first-websiteshttps://MicahGodbolt.com/blog/exclusive-vs-inclusive-media-queries-for-mobile-first-websitesTue, 23 Oct 2012 00:00:00 GMTSome of the first big decisions I had to make for my mobile first design was how I would handle media queries. One of these decisions…https://MicahGodbolt.com/blog/sass-abstraction-and-media-querieshttps://MicahGodbolt.com/blog/sass-abstraction-and-media-queriesMon, 15 Oct 2012 00:00:00 GMT@Brad_Frost pointed out a blog entry today by Bearded called The Thing About Those Media Types . The TL:DR of it is that some people use…https://MicahGodbolt.com/blog/easy-html-email-templatinghttps://MicahGodbolt.com/blog/easy-html-email-templatingFri, 12 Oct 2012 00:00:00 GMTI came across a tool today that I can honestly say I've been trying to find for years, CSS Inliner . If you do any HTML email designing you…https://MicahGodbolt.com/blog/sass-placeholders-and-unicorns-with-lasershttps://MicahGodbolt.com/blog/sass-placeholders-and-unicorns-with-lasersFri, 12 Oct 2012 00:00:00 GMTI really like Sass placeholders. This way all widgets are awesome-level "unicorns", but if that widget is in a certain context (in a sidebar…https://MicahGodbolt.com/blog/developing-a-mobile-first-websitehttps://MicahGodbolt.com/blog/developing-a-mobile-first-websiteThu, 11 Oct 2012 00:00:00 GMTOver the past week I've been putting the finishing touches on my first round of html comps for our new responsive, mobile first layout. True…https://MicahGodbolt.com/blog/launch-early-iterate-oftenhttps://MicahGodbolt.com/blog/launch-early-iterate-oftenWed, 03 Oct 2012 00:00:00 GMTAfter months of sitting on an updated Godbolt.me, I finally decided that today was the day to stop hiding in my MAMP install and get it out…