Lara Schenck
Lover of programming, maker of monsters
Author: Lara
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Design Systems Checklist
The design systems conversation is officially under way at PMC which is extremely exciting and something I need to write more about. But in the mean time, I want to share the Design Systems Checklist by Tim Schoch. There are so many design systems-related things floating around my brain at any given moment, and this…
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Designgineering Chronicles [WiH]: Months 4 – 5.5
Another installment of Designgineering Chronicles jam packed with information! IndieWire launched with the pattern library, and we are in full pursuit of the holy grail: sharing markup between the library and production theme.
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Pittsburgh is a wonderful place
The grey skies and wintry weather are a welcome break from the monotony of Los Angeles sunshine (I mean, LA sunshine is nice but…not for me).
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Breakfast burrito at the airport
I’m eating a breakfast burrito at LAX before my flight back to Pittsburgh. Breakfast burritos at the airport before early flights are a ritual for me, and I felt like writing about it.
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Ross From Friends
I like house music a lot. I’m quite a fan of the lo-fi trend, and Ross From Friends is in that category. A class act. Boots and cats and boots and cats and boots and cats and boots and cats.
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Control Sass selector concatenation with a Stylelint rule
It’s not necessarily bad to concatenate Sass selectors, but if you need to keep developers from doing it for the purposes of coding standards, this might be helpful!
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Anti-Notification Workflow
As part of my mission to conquer Twitter anxiety, I’ve figured out a solid workflow for quieting notifications on my phone. These things may be obvious, but they are not the default, so decidedly not obvious.
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Most popular monster so far
This monster made an appearance as a sticker, and it has been the most popular so far. Just look at that sweet face!
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Creative Quest by Questlove
Creative Quest is essentially a holistic guidebook to being creative, by Questlove, the drummer from the Roots. If you’re a creative person and looking to put some more energy into developing that side of yourself, I can’t recommend it enough!
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Disappointing Pho
A short post about eating disappointing pho while hungover. I wouldn’t call this a “must read” but it is certainly relatable.
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Squidward-esque monster
I drew this monster for a slide about how “Naming things is hard” in CSS. It looks a bit like Squidward from Spongebob.
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Monster inspired by koi fish
Have you ever watch koi fish eat and noticed how hilarious their noses/mouths are? This monster (and possibly many monsters before it, but subconsciously) were inspired by the gaping mouths of koi.
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Accessibility in the real world: One step at a time
Most of the websites I work on at work are not accessible and won’t be any time soon. I had a bit of a realization this week about how to deal with that – accessibility doesn’t have to be all or nothing. One step at a time.
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Designgineering Chronicles [WiH]: The Third Month
It’s time for the third installment of Designgineering Chronicles! This one is a long one and written in major haste, so buckle up. Lots of good things about job titles, CSS standards, JavaScript, perfectionism, and the joys of refactoring.
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Likeable, 3-eyed monster
This monster appears on the slide where I have FizzBuzz written in CSS. What a friendly face!