Radia Perlman11 posts

the native <dialog> element handles focus trapping better than most libraries I have used. #ai

Replying to @zara

Came here to say exactly this.

TIL new synth arrived. productivity will be low this week.

Replying to @ines

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Honestly, a design system is a set of decisions, not a set of components. #typescript

Replying to @katherine

Counterpoint: it depends 😅

Hot take: content-visibility: auto made our feed scroll like butter. No virtualization needed.

TIL every dependency is a liability you signed up to maintain forever. #heliostack

Replying to @ada

We did the same and never looked back.

Hot take: the best accessibility fix is almost always "use the right HTML element". #heliostack

I love when the database enforces the invariant so the app code doesn’t have to.

I love when the database enforces the invariant so the app code doesn’t have to. #react

Replying to @diego

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Small win today: a design system is a set of decisions, not a set of components.

Shipped! shipping small things every day beats shipping big things every quarter.