Abbey Perini articles - 89 total
State Management in Front-end Web Development: State 101
Learn where to keep your variables to improve your app design, performance, and readability. ...
BenQ Programming Monitor Review
My first experience with a BenQ programming monitor was a hectic few hours filming the Web Dev...
What the First Rule of ARIA Really Means
I am not an accessibility auditor, but I am frequently asked to give feedback on websites. When that...
If They'll Adopt It, It's Right
It's no secret Andy Bell, Alex Riviere, and I love CSS. Alex recently wrote Grid First, Flex Third....
Cancer Treatment Sucks
When we left off, I had just met with the first of three oncologists. I did end up with a specialist...
We've Been Here Since the Beginning: 2025 Edition
This is a submission for the WeCoded Challenge: Echoes of Experience Last time, I was tired. This...
10 Tips from 10 Tech Conferences in 2024
I attended 10 conferences this year, spoke at 6 of them, and I'm not in DevRel. Here are are my top...
Dark Mode Toggle in HTML Web Components
When designing my digital garden, I knew I wanted a cute dark mode toggle. Once I had drawn my SVG, I...
So You Need to Give a Talk...
Take it from someone who barely passed their college public speaking course - you can definitely give...
Cancer Sucks
I've been trying to decide what to write for six weeks now. Some days, the struggle was thinking...
Share Your Experience Loudly and Often
From the outside, it may seem like the person on the stage has something special that inherently...
12 Tips from a Mid-level Developer
I officially have three years of experience and a mid-level job title. My best advice has changed...
A Love Letter to the Underrepresented in Tech
Dear "Underrepresented," In my dreams, you are fully represented - unabashedly you. Never need to...
Slots, Slots, Slots, Everybody!
Slots turn components into wrappers that enhance your dynamic content. What Are Slots? Slots in Web...
Three Human Problems in a Technical Trench Coat
In technical roles, we want to believe everything has a technical solution. However, software...
🌟 #DEVImpact2023 Reflections
From getting answers for pain I'd struggled with all my life to starting a new job in November - my...
12 Tips for Attending a Tech Conference
Conferences are filled with fun and opportunities. Do a little prep beforehand to set yourself up for...
Cognitive Load and Your Development Environment
Watch the talk in the live recording of MagnoliaJS Day 2. There's lots of information out there...
How I Got Feedback After Every Tech Interview
We put a lot of time and energy into interviewing, so giving feedback is the least an interviewer can...
Getting Started in a New Codebase
Watch the talk version on The Monthly Dev Whether it's contributing to open source or starting a new...
NodeIterator and TreeWalker Web APIs
NodeIterator and TreeWalker are usually more powerful than you need. However, if you have to do...
Live Regions in React
What is a Live Region? Live Regions, Browsers, and Screen Readers The Code What is a Live...
From Idea to Design for Non-Designers
You learned to code and want to start applying for jobs, but don't want anyone to look at your...
Dark Mode Toggle and prefers-color-scheme
When I wrote An Accessible Dark Mode Toggle in React back in 2021, @grahamthedev suggested I...
8 Ways to Support Women Developers
Last year, in We've Been Here Since the Beginning, I wrote about how it felt to be constantly...
From Research to Writing Reference Material
I don't know about you, but I send a lot of links to my coworkers about why I've chosen to build...
TL;DR CommonJS vs ESM
In a Node.js project, you're likely to run into both CommonJS and ESM modules. Here's how to tell...
Writing a Technical Blog
I wrote about how I structure my writing in general last November, as part of the 14,584 words I...
Web Security 101 - Part 2: User Input
Never trust anything a user puts into your app. Listing Input...
Web Security 101 - Part 1: Secrets
Starting my web security series by sharing my secrets - just kidding! Let's talk about keeping our...