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Hello, LuLu UI: Thoughtful Interfaces Built on Familiar Web Foundations
An approachable UI library with a soft spot for HTML, flexible components, and the people using your website. It’s time to give LuLu UI a proper shout-out. Its appeal starts wit...
9 min read - JavaScriptAdaptation
An Introduction to JavaScript’s padStart() and padEnd()
Format dates, build consistent timestamps, and make text output easier to read.
7 min read - Browser APIsAdaptation
Privacy: Understanding the Do Not Track API
What a browser privacy signal communicates—and how developers can turn user preferences into meaningful product behavior.
10 min read - JavaScriptAdaptation
Hooray! Browsers Natively Support JavaScript Modules!
Understanding static imports, dynamic imports, and the browser rules that make them work.
11 min read - JavaScriptAdaptation
It Turns Out Browsers Natively Support Base64 Encoding and Decoding in JavaScript
The browser already had the tools. I just hadn’t checked the toolbox.
9 min read - JavaScriptAdaptation
Look! for…in and for…of Are Arguing Over There!
Two JavaScript loops walk into ChinaJoy. Only one gets the photography job.
11 min read
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Melin is a growing collection of practical notes, thoughtful adaptations, and discoveries from around the web. Mostly code. Sometimes design. Always a reason to stay curious.
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