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Unplanned resolutions
27 January, 2016Tags
I didn’t plan on making any resolutions this year. Or rather, I didn’t get round to making any, and the usual ones apply just like they do…
TMA - too many acronyms
26 January, 2016Tags
Why abbreviations can be more trouble than they're worth.
Adding roles to a user programmatically in Drupal 8
23 December, 2015Tags
For a new Drupal 8 site I needed to hook into the user registration process and add a role to users with email addresses on a specific…
The existentialist developer, or the absurdity of code quality
12 December, 2015Tags
Camus, code, grammatical nerd sniping, and why caring about standards is like being condemned to an eternity of pushing a boulder up a hill.
Using theme_picture for responsive images in Drupal 7
01 December, 2015Tags
The Picture module helps you to use Drupal’s image creation capabilities to set up responsive images using the picture element. It’s a…
Say It Loud, I'm Troubled By Mental Health Issues and I'm Not Too Proud to Admit It
30 November, 2015Tags
Coming out as someone with anxiety and depression, the value and risk of open source contribution, and the importance of openness for mental health.
I feel the need, the need for slowness
27 November, 2015Tags
It’s becoming a cliche these days to talk about the overwhelming pace of life, the combination of stress, overwork and information overload…
How to add classes to links in Drupal 8
16 November, 2015Tags
As I start porting the modules I maintain to Drupal 8, I’m hitting a few places where things haven’t been intuitive to me. I’ll try to work…
Super, Smashing, Great in Barcelona
23 October, 2015Tags
Reflections on the Smashing Barcelona conference
Getting node IDs in theme preprocess functions in Drupal 8
09 October, 2015Tags
From a front-end point of view, most of the noise being made about changes from Drupal 7 to 8 have been around Twig and the libraries API…