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Worked at an agency that had this for a while, and it was great while it lasted. Pretty quickly devolved into overflow time for client work, the micromanagement M-Th clashed with the freeform nature of F, and nobody knew what to do unless told. Cultural issue, but the idea is gold if it fits.

07.07.2025 22:41 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I've become such a grumpy old man about fireworks since having babies

05.07.2025 13:51 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Severance: Defiant Jazz on Apple Music Playlist Β· 50 Songs

Can't go wrong with some defiant jazz! music.apple.com/us/playlist/...

19.03.2025 11:55 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Mast 2.0. First build with it, and the new build-mode features are what are getting me really into this mindset.

As an agency, for the last year, we've been probably 40% Mast, 40% CF, 20% old custom framework. Still evaluating but think we'll transition to Mast fully.

24.02.2025 18:11 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Yes! That's exactly what I've landed on. Passing only important props "up a level" to the parent component.

That, and a couple instances of baseline "section" components that have props not related to the content - style variants, container width, etc.

24.02.2025 17:16 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

There's a hypothetical concept of a single component that's nearly infinitely flexible, that you could build 80% of a site with, making heavy use of components and props and variants. But I imagine most clients would prefer "I want this section, let me drag it in."

24.02.2025 16:42 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

Working on a big component-first build now. One of the biggest planning challenges is finding the right line between flexibility and guardrails.

My first stab at a visual header was a "you can do anything" approach, hyper-flexible - but would have been difficult for a client to manage.

24.02.2025 16:41 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Ah I see, are you looking to have the p the same height across each card, even if the text content is longer?

Or is the goal to have each card the same height, based on the tallest in the grid (pretty much defined as which one has the longest content)?

21.02.2025 15:53 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
CSS for a grid wrapper specifying the property grid-auto-rows set to 1fr to set equal height on all rows

CSS for a grid wrapper specifying the property grid-auto-rows set to 1fr to set equal height on all rows

I'm thinking on the wrap, grid-auto-rows: 1fr

Should make all rows the same height, if you use the repeat(3, auto) option (or maybe 3, 1fr)

21.02.2025 13:10 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Really in-depth, really clear expansion of grid-area and more!

19.02.2025 00:37 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

This was so interesting, well researched, and well written!

16.02.2025 02:44 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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The hardest working font in Manhattan A story of a 150-year-old font you have never heard of – and one you probably saw earlier today.

Obsessed! If you love design, type, & history read this.

β€œYou’re not supposed to fall in love with an ugly font.”

β€œAnd I think I love Gorton because over the years I grew a little tired of the ultra flat displays rendering miniature pixels with immaculate precision.”

aresluna.org/the-hardest-...

15.02.2025 18:54 πŸ‘ 29 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 4

Smart!

14.02.2025 22:58 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

None I'm aware of, aside from creating new fields for manually importing. Of course those are very limited for the actual purpose of updated item data for schema etc.

04.02.2025 12:28 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Yasss make me obsolete

03.01.2025 00:55 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Works with just about any dropdown:
- CMS list source
- CMS element binding
- CMS styling
- CMS condition visibility
- Links (static or CMS, link, page, attachment, etc.)
- Works in settings panel or on-canvas dialog

02.01.2025 13:13 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Webflow collection list source dropdown with some items truncated, and a hover showing the full name of the item.

Webflow collection list source dropdown with some items truncated, and a hover showing the full name of the item.

New year, new feature! Hover truncated dropdown items in Webflow to see its full name.

chromewebstore.google.com/detail/utili...

02.01.2025 13:12 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

This is the only way

And I didn't find out this worked until halfway through switching every light switch in the house

01.01.2025 00:44 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Excited to release my new Chrome Extension for Webflow developers!

A handy lil extension for Webflow developers. Provides quality-of-life upgrades to make building in Webflow a little more joyful.

chromewebstore.google.com/detail/utili...

17.12.2024 14:07 πŸ‘ 13 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0

Starting 10 days out of office with an empty work email, freelance email, personal email, and Slack.

What do I do with my hands?

21.12.2024 01:37 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Haha no worries! Good feedback that it may not be the most clear, and I didn't provide any indication that it's down there. I just opened it up myself and it's a little hidden.

19.12.2024 15:26 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The collapse icon would be in the bottom left of each panel, not sure if the screenshot includes that. But if that's not there, you're not missing anything, something's going on I'd have to investigate.

19.12.2024 15:21 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

There's edge cases where they don't appear. When creating a new collection, when the collection is empty, etc. I'd say it works in ~90% of scenarios for me, haven't been able to account for the others yet.

If you're opening an existing collection with items, I'd be love to see a screenshot/steps.

19.12.2024 15:04 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Portfolio needed some updating, and some simplifying. Added a splash of motion, and done.

Feels good to go simple!

19.12.2024 02:06 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I will say, the "monocolor to brand color" hover effect sucks with X 😒

17.12.2024 23:46 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I haven't had any requests to update, but every new site for the last year, at least, has gone with X

17.12.2024 23:40 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Thanks Brutus, hope it's helpful!

17.12.2024 15:37 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Utility Toolkit for Webflow - Chrome Web Store A handy lil extension for Webflow developers. Provides quality-of-life upgrades to make building in Webflow a little more joyful.

That's everything (for now!) Give it a try, give it a review, and give me more ideas for handy lil features. πŸ’™

chromewebstore.google.com/detail/utili...

17.12.2024 14:07 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Close CMS Button

A button in the top right to close the CMS. Saves several milliseconds of time.

17.12.2024 14:07 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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CMS Panel Controls

Collapse and expand CMS panels, giving you more workspace when needed. Handy on laptops.

17.12.2024 14:07 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0