Blog: the web, design + dev

I blog about the web platform, web design and development, accessibility, product management, and artsy side quests. I also have a monthly “Learning Log” practice, where I collect articles I’m reading or things I’m learning.

Task Management Tools
Sep 20, 2022 — A tally of work item trackers over the years.
What does a product manager do?
Aug 29, 2022 — My perspective on the core product management role, and a day in the life of a PM.
Netlify
Branch-specific environment variable values from the Netlify UI, CLI, or API
Aug 23, 2022 — Developers can now change an environment variable’s value based on the branch, from the Netlify UI, CLI, or API. Available as a beta in Netlify Labs.
Learning Log, Jul 2022
Aug 07, 2022 — Very little computer time, lots of sketching and sewing.
Learning Log, Jun 2022
Jul 06, 2022 — A couple fun launches at Netlify (deploy deletion, and scopes and deploy contexts for environment variables), as well as some seasonal cleaning / digital gardening on side projects.
Netlify
Cleaning up deploys you no longer need
Jun 29, 2022 — Teams using Netlify can manually delete deploys they no longer need. To make your seasonal cleaning even easier, Netlify will also automatically delete failed or canceled deploys older than 6 months.
Netlify
Manage scopes and contextual values for environment variables through the Netlify UI
Jun 28, 2022 — Developers can now limit environment variables to specific scopes or change environment variables based on deploy context through the Netlify UI, available as a beta in Netlify Labs.
Rotate who sends the newsletter
Jun 11, 2022 — Foster a shared sense of ownership—and make the status-building process easier.
Learning Log, May 2022
Jun 08, 2022 — Launching new features, reviewing snacks, and gazing at art. Content warning for a mention of Uvalde.
Netlify
How to Integrate Azure DevOps with Netlify CI/CD
May 24, 2022 — In addition to GitHub, GitLab, and Bitbucket, Netlify now natively supports Azure DevOps as a Git provider! Now teams can connect new and existing sites on Netlify to an Azure DevOps repo, and take advantage of automatic builds and instantaneously-published deploys.
Building a snack review website with Eleventy and Contentful
May 21, 2022 — Trying out headless CMSes while giving myself an excuse to eat candy, as if I needed one.
Learning Log, Apr 2022
May 04, 2022 — Learning more about how I like to learn, and getting up to some spring-esque projects.
Learning Log, Mar 2022
Apr 04, 2022 — Enjoying spring and snacks and [headless] CMSes.
First Impressions of Forced Colors Emulation
Mar 14, 2022 — Trying out emulation for forced colors in Chromium DevTools. It’s a good start, but I would like to see more themes.
Learning Log, Feb 2022
Mar 09, 2022 — War, community, identity
Learning Log, Jan 2022
Feb 02, 2022 — Moving into our new house and learning (more) Figma.
Learning Log, Dec 2021
Dec 31, 2021 — A major life milestone, and setting a rhythm for strategy work.
2021 in Review
Dec 21, 2021 — New adventures at work, fun with side projects, and favorite media from 2021.
Learning Log, Nov 2021
Dec 04, 2021 — A busy month with small opportunities to incremental improvements to web projects.
Learning Log, Oct 2021
Nov 06, 2021 — First full month at Netlify, wrapping up various side projects, and getting organized.

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