John PolacekIntroducing AnimateIn: A New React Utility Component for Animations with Tailwind and CSSI’ve been using the same animation pattern in my projects for awhile now to animate elements onto the screen. In its simplest form, you…4 min read·Jan 15, 2024----
John PolacekDodging Errors Left and Right: How to Set Up a Public AWS S3 BucketSetting up a bucket on AWS S3 with public access for things like hosting images or downloadable file assets is a fairly common use case…2 min read·Sep 15, 2023----
John PolacekUsing ChatGPT’s Code Interpreter to Work With the Latest Tech LibrariesEver tried asking ChatGPT about some shiny new library that just dropped? If you did, you might’ve hit a tiny snag. You see, our AI buddy…2 min read·Aug 20, 2023----
John PolacekHow to Build Dynamic Websites Powered by Automated AI-Generated ContentWouldn’t it be cool if you could make a website that generates its own content all by itself? Well, good news — you can!8 min read·Aug 13, 2023----
John PolacekThe Death of Flash, the Rise of React and What’s NextA bit over 10 years ago, I was a Flash developer. We were in high demand in those days.4 min read·Dec 24, 2020----
John PolacekBuilding a Design System PlaygroundLike many others, I’ve been thinking about design systems lately. Especially after reading Unified Styling Language.2 min read·Aug 13, 2017--1--1
John PolacekThe Web Dev Life CycleLearn* cool new thing. Learn newer, better version of cool new thing. Cool new thing becomes dead old thing.1 min read·Jun 9, 2017----
John PolacekBy The Numbers: A Year and Half with Atomic CSSThere has been controversy about Atomic CSS (or Functional CSS if you prefer). Much has been written, but what about some cold hard…5 min read·May 31, 2017--5--5
John PolacekMy Problem with The Problem with Atomic CSSEvery time I read a hit piece on Atomic CSS, I feel compelled to respond. I can’t help it. I like thinking and talking about this stuff.2 min read·Apr 18, 2017--3--3
John PolacekKiss My Classname: A CounterpointI am a Zeldman fan. I admire him. I think he is a person who is smart, accomplished, and also nice. Check out his podcast. It’s great!4 min read·Jan 8, 2017--5--5
