Link archive: April 30th, 2022

• If you stop to listen to a musician or street performer for more than a minute, you owe them a dollar.
• Efficiency is highly overrated; Goofing off is highly underrated. Regularly scheduled sabbaths, sabbaticals, vacations, breaks, aimless walks and time off are essential for top performance of any kind. The best work ethic requires a good rest ethic.
• The biggest lie we tell ourselves is “I dont need to write this down because I will remember it.”
• Buy used books. They have the same words as the new ones. Also libraries.
• You can be whatever you want, so be the person who ends meetings early.
• It’s thrilling to be extremely polite to rude strangers.

Progressive enhancement is a web development strategy by which we ensure that the essential content and functionality of a website is accessible to as many users as possible, while providing an improved experience using newer features for users whose devices are capable of supporting them.

Reflections on native browser features and third-party library adoption.