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A new blog for 2024 | Chris Nicholas | Developer experience at Liveblocks

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It’s been a long time since I’ve published a blog post, two whole years. Part of the reason is that it took too much effort to create posts for my previous blog. I needed better DX. A few nights ago, feeling inspired after reading articles by Pedro Duarte, Rauno Freiberg, and Lee Robinson, I decided it was time to start over. So here’s the score—I want a blog with great DX that makes it as easy as possible to create posts. I also want to go minimal, so I can get away with a single design on mobile and desktop. No faffing around; I want this blog built and published in 5 days! And lastly, I’m looking to try some new libraries and technologies. Right, let’s dive in. At work I spend most of my time writing and programming, so dipping my toes into design was a nice change. Here’s a couple of details. For the header, I was aiming for an animated background that combined an aurora, light beams, and a rainbow. I’m quite pleased with the result, and it's actually pure CSS—try changing hue-rota

It’s been a long time since I’ve published a blog post, two whole years. Part of the reason is that it took too much effort to create posts for my previous blog. I needed better DX. A few nights ago, feeling inspired after reading articles by Pedro Duarte , Rauno Freiberg , and Lee Robinson , I decided it was time to start over. Aims So here’s the score—I want a blog with great DX that makes it as easy as possible to create posts. I also want to go minimal , so I can get away with a single design on mobile and desktop. No faffing around; I want this blog built and published in 5 days! And last

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