Lara Schenck
Lover of programming, maker of monsters
Category: Monsters
One of my favorite past times is drawing friendly monsters.
My medium of choice is the iPad / Apple pencil combo in Keynote for easy use in slides and printing in stickers, but monsters are not picky about where and how they appear.
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.a-pull: A CSS algorithm for pulling one box outside another
Here’s a quick write up about a CSS algorithm we just created at PMC! It seems like it will be useful in future projects, and we now have a programmatic term to use to refer to this kind of UI design pattern.
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Sloppy Screencasts: Test-Oriented UI Development with BackstopJS / Larva Show-n-Tell
A very cool, test-oriented workflow has emerged with the introduction of Backstop JS into our design system tooling. I recorded some sloppy screencasts to show it off! Watch me struggle and make mistakes and also accomplish things.
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Something I spent too long debugging at the end of the day
I spent a while debugging a font-face issue. Can you spot the problem?
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selector-property-whitelist: a potential CSS algorithms rule for Stylelint
For example, a `color` property should not be in an algorithm that is intended for CSS grid properties. This is a potential Stylelint rule that would report that!
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Testing CSS Algorithms!!!!!!! Part 2 [WiH]
In part 2 of this enthusiastically titled mini series, we will set up some test methods in JavaScript. Next will be the test itself! Maybe I’ll write that tomorrow, maybe not…
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Testing CSS Algorithms!!!!!! Part 1 [WiH]
I think I figured out a really cool, fun, exciting, and not complicated way to write tests for CSS algorithms! This post introduces the concept of writing unit tests and test driven development.
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Be careful when checking for support of the `gap` property
I thought I encountered a browser bug, but I didn’t. I learned some things, and now you can read this and learn them, too!
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Designgineering Chronicles: Months 9.5-11ish?
A slightly delayed Chronicle, but no less juicy! In preparation for the kick-off of Blueberry, we are figuring out how to actually share and publish modules as the design system (named Larva) becomes a product that stands on its own.
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Story time monsters
Another slide from my talk, this image represents the end of a short story about how a CSS algorithm saved the day!
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Monsters working on a house of cards
These monsters are working on a house of cards, an experience similar to working on a code-base that has not been tended to appropriately over the years! This is a slide from my “Algorithms in CSS” talk.
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“Best Muffin Of My Life So Far” is Awarded to Spinach-Feta Muffin in Amsterdam
I am in Amsterdam, visiting many coffee shops (that’s actual coffee shops, not “coffee shops”, mind you). I just had a very incredible muffin and created an award to commemorate it!
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Is CSS Turing Complete?
I took a deep dive into this question, and the answer is: kinda, mostly, yeah! CSS + HTML + user input is Turing complete. Is it possible to remove the user input part? Then I can re-title this post to be more, ahem, declarative.