Doug Gibson
@dgibson.bsky.social
Front-end/design systems engineer (web components, a11y, CSS, JS; former full-stack/ColdFusion developer), metalhead, geek, father.
Saw Volbeat for the first time in over a decade with my son last night at Jiffy Lube Live. Seats were great - front and center in the orchestra section behind the pit. They do an amazing job of creating headbanging riffs with catchy hooks and vocal melodies and the singing was spot-on.
August 8, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Saw Volbeat for the first time in over a decade with my son last night at Jiffy Lube Live. Seats were great - front and center in the orchestra section behind the pit. They do an amazing job of creating headbanging riffs with catchy hooks and vocal melodies and the singing was spot-on.
Well played.
May 5, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Well played.
Did text nodes always inherit a flexbox or css grid item context or was that added later? I swear I thought they did not work properly when I first started using flex and grid several years ago.
April 25, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Did text nodes always inherit a flexbox or css grid item context or was that added later? I swear I thought they did not work properly when I first started using flex and grid several years ago.
Back from my 5th 70000 Tons of Metal (counting Barge To Hell*). It's been 7 years since my last one. It was my first on my own without knowing anyone but I still had a great time seeing all the bands. I thought the lineup was great despite skipping some of the biggest bands (symphonic/power metal).
February 4, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Back from my 5th 70000 Tons of Metal (counting Barge To Hell*). It's been 7 years since my last one. It was my first on my own without knowing anyone but I still had a great time seeing all the bands. I thought the lineup was great despite skipping some of the biggest bands (symphonic/power metal).
Amazing article that articulates so well what so few managers consider (in my experience) and I've seen firsthand. On the design system front, it's why I push strong requirements and documentation, but not everyone is a writer and that still only goes so far.
olano.dev/blog/softwar...
olano.dev/blog/softwar...
Software Design is Knowledge Building
The product of software development is not code but a mental model, a theory: a specific way of explaining the world.
olano.dev
December 31, 2024 at 7:54 PM
Amazing article that articulates so well what so few managers consider (in my experience) and I've seen firsthand. On the design system front, it's why I push strong requirements and documentation, but not everyone is a writer and that still only goes so far.
olano.dev/blog/softwar...
olano.dev/blog/softwar...
Sounds great, along with playing media in the app, it's a far better experience than other social media so far.
We want Bluesky to be a great home for journalists, publishers, and creators. Unlike other platforms, we don't de-promote your links. Post all the links you want — Bluesky is a lobby to the open web.
Traffic from Bluesky's @bsky.app to @theguardian.com is already 2x that of Threads
In its first week on the platform & with 300k followers, Bluesky traffic from @theguardian.com posts is already higher than it was from TwX in any week in 2024, where the account had 10.8m followers, but🧵
In its first week on the platform & with 300k followers, Bluesky traffic from @theguardian.com posts is already higher than it was from TwX in any week in 2024, where the account had 10.8m followers, but🧵
November 27, 2024 at 6:47 PM
Sounds great, along with playing media in the app, it's a far better experience than other social media so far.
More helpful starter packs on web components
@zachleat.com has one: go.bsky.app/KvgKwov
And @darn.es has a couple: go.bsky.app/3nDP8iq go.bsky.app/3r222rh
And @darn.es has a couple: go.bsky.app/3nDP8iq go.bsky.app/3r222rh
November 21, 2024 at 1:19 PM
More helpful starter packs on web components
Reposted by Doug Gibson
Great start to #perfnow this year with @tammyeverts.bsky.social and @csswizardry.com !
For those of you looking for the general web perf starter pack, here it is! Lots of new folks since last time I shared it
go.bsky.app/RVWSVqe
For those of you looking for the general web perf starter pack, here it is! Lots of new folks since last time I shared it
go.bsky.app/RVWSVqe
November 14, 2024 at 9:52 AM
Great start to #perfnow this year with @tammyeverts.bsky.social and @csswizardry.com !
For those of you looking for the general web perf starter pack, here it is! Lots of new folks since last time I shared it
go.bsky.app/RVWSVqe
For those of you looking for the general web perf starter pack, here it is! Lots of new folks since last time I shared it
go.bsky.app/RVWSVqe
Reposted by Doug Gibson
October 28, 2024 at 8:53 PM
@joenatoli.bsky.social this morning's coding soundtrack is Forwardhead and it reminded me to search you up on here.
November 20, 2024 at 2:17 PM
@joenatoli.bsky.social this morning's coding soundtrack is Forwardhead and it reminded me to search you up on here.
Reposted by Doug Gibson
#CSS trick not enough folks know about:
painting into the sub boxes of an element
- border
- padding
- content
you can paint into one, or all of them differently!
here's a gradient border, a solid padding fill, and a gradient content (inner) box
see fur yerself
codepen.io/argyleink/pe...
painting into the sub boxes of an element
- border
- padding
- content
you can paint into one, or all of them differently!
here's a gradient border, a solid padding fill, and a gradient content (inner) box
see fur yerself
codepen.io/argyleink/pe...
November 15, 2024 at 9:43 PM
#CSS trick not enough folks know about:
painting into the sub boxes of an element
- border
- padding
- content
you can paint into one, or all of them differently!
here's a gradient border, a solid padding fill, and a gradient content (inner) box
see fur yerself
codepen.io/argyleink/pe...
painting into the sub boxes of an element
- border
- padding
- content
you can paint into one, or all of them differently!
here's a gradient border, a solid padding fill, and a gradient content (inner) box
see fur yerself
codepen.io/argyleink/pe...
Reposted by Doug Gibson
Decided to create a Starter Pack that's the intersection between #WebComponents and #DesignSystems. Would love to add more people who are actively building Web Components into their design systems
November 18, 2024 at 11:29 PM
Decided to create a Starter Pack that's the intersection between #WebComponents and #DesignSystems. Would love to add more people who are actively building Web Components into their design systems
Every time I load up this app to doom scroll, I find an interesting article to read. By the end of the day it's like I have homework.
November 18, 2024 at 11:29 PM
Every time I load up this app to doom scroll, I find an interesting article to read. By the end of the day it's like I have homework.
And another great starter pack. Because accessibility should be part of your front end work and especially design systems.
I created a web accessibility and inclusion starter pack. Comment with your favourite accessibility folks, and I'll add them to the list. #a11y
November 18, 2024 at 1:20 PM
And another great starter pack. Because accessibility should be part of your front end work and especially design systems.
Ah, more good people to follow in my niche.
44 #DesignSystems experts and counting!
November 17, 2024 at 5:44 PM
Ah, more good people to follow in my niche.
This one too.
Bit late to the game, but I've made a Front-end Friend starter pack 😊.
I know I forgot people from this, but I think it's a good start!
go.bsky.app/FfLUXeQ (I also made a CSS-only one: go.bsky.app/JQYmgQH)
I know I forgot people from this, but I think it's a good start!
go.bsky.app/FfLUXeQ (I also made a CSS-only one: go.bsky.app/JQYmgQH)
November 17, 2024 at 4:44 PM
This one too.
This was super helpful finding the missing people I followed on Twitter.
Here’s another starter pack. This one is for all the people who love #CSS, #CSS, #CSS! 😁🤘✨
(LMK if you know more CSS folks I should add! 💚)
go.bsky.app/A6biNib
(LMK if you know more CSS folks I should add! 💚)
go.bsky.app/A6biNib
November 17, 2024 at 4:41 PM
This was super helpful finding the missing people I followed on Twitter.
Reposted by Doug Gibson
Here’s another starter pack. This one is for all the people who love #CSS, #CSS, #CSS! 😁🤘✨
(LMK if you know more CSS folks I should add! 💚)
go.bsky.app/A6biNib
(LMK if you know more CSS folks I should add! 💚)
go.bsky.app/A6biNib
October 20, 2024 at 4:14 PM
Here’s another starter pack. This one is for all the people who love #CSS, #CSS, #CSS! 😁🤘✨
(LMK if you know more CSS folks I should add! 💚)
go.bsky.app/A6biNib
(LMK if you know more CSS folks I should add! 💚)
go.bsky.app/A6biNib
I left Twitter before the buyout, as it was clearly going downhill. I didn't miss it and when I finally got my blue sky invite about a year ago, I didn't care anymore.
But here we are. I finally signed up and the vibes are good. I've found most of my web dev/front end folks I followed already.
But here we are. I finally signed up and the vibes are good. I've found most of my web dev/front end folks I followed already.
November 17, 2024 at 4:37 PM
I left Twitter before the buyout, as it was clearly going downhill. I didn't miss it and when I finally got my blue sky invite about a year ago, I didn't care anymore.
But here we are. I finally signed up and the vibes are good. I've found most of my web dev/front end folks I followed already.
But here we are. I finally signed up and the vibes are good. I've found most of my web dev/front end folks I followed already.