James Ives articles - 14 total
F45 Broke Their Strava Integration So I Wrote My Own
I've been going to F45 for over a year now, and it has completely changed my workout routine. I go...
Documenting Web Components With Storybook
Documentation is a crucial part of any design system. There's the aspect of writing, maintaining, and...
Virtually Infinite Scrolling with Angular
Infinite scrollers have been around for a long time. The concept is simple: as you scroll down the...
Improving Code Quality with Linting
Whenever I start a new project, one of the first things I do is put in place a code linter. For the...
Figma Config 2024
This past week I attended the 2024 Figma Config conference. The conference was held in person in San...
Half-Life Dedicated Server With Docker
I used to play a lot of Half-Life back in the day. I remember spending hours on all the mods...
Demystifying Web Components
Components are individual pieces of code which can be used in different contexts; they often...
Syncing Figma Variables and StyleDictionary with GitHub Actions
Figma recently announced its new Variables product, allowing you to define and manage your design...
Fostering Positive Change with Innovation Week
“Innovation Week” is a term used to describe a structured week-long event that brings together an...
Add your GitHub Sponsors to your project README with Actions
Some time ago I wrote a GitHub Action that would allow you to add your GitHub Sponsors to your...
Engineering Design Systems In 2022
If you've designed or engineered the front-end of an application, you may already be familiar with...
When Package Dependencies Become Problematic
Back in early January a couple of popular Node libraries were corrupted by the project maintainer...
Deploying to GitHub Pages using GitHub Actions
Like many developers in this day and age I rely on a service provided by GitHub called GitHub Pages...
Fetching Authenticated API Data with GitHub Actions 🔑
I've been running a lot lately. I'm training for my first ever marathon and so far It's been tough....