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Building in 10k: Svelte JavaScript Enhancements

In the previous post in this series, I discussed my approach to CSS for the 10k Apart site. Now it’s time to add the icing to our user experience cake with JavaScript.

What happens when JavaScript doesn’t?


Building in 10k: Compilation, Optimization, and Compression

In the previous post in this series, I did a deep dive into many of the JavaScript enhancements available to visitors to the 10k Apart site. It was a significant read and if you made it through the whole thing, I commend you.


Building in 10k: Markup for Accessibility, Clarity, and Affordance

In the previous post in this series, I talked a lot about how the 10k Apart contest site began to materialize in terms of structure and content. Once the planning was done, I was finally able to start building the…


Building in 10k: CSS Structure and Sandboxing

In the previous post in this series, Stephanie Stimac discussed her design process for the 10k Apart site. Once the team had settled on a direction, it was up to me to realize her vision in CSS.

What’s the “no style”…


Building in 10k: Content and Strategy

When Jeffrey Zeldman first approached me about bringing back the 10k Apart contest, my mind began to race. I’d been a judge on the 2011 incarnation of the contest, so I had seen it from that angle before, but he presented me with an amazing opportunity… not just…


Building in 10k: Designing for Optimization and Performance

In the previous post in this series, I talked a lot about how the 10k Apart contest began to take shape in terms of markup. While I was busy doing that, Stephanie Stimac was tucking into the project form the design end of…