More on forgiving interfaces

The snow and frost on the hills in the distance are painted with a faint pink hue. The sun is about to set. While the sky is still blue with pink on the horizon, the moon is out. The moon has been in the sky for hours. I see it above a tree. I crane my neck up to look at the moon and think about all the joy that seeing the moon in the daytime...

A few years ago, I had a morning routine I followed every day. I later thought to myself that I was being too rigid, so I relaxed the routine. Life happened and my mornings started to get less consistent. The main parts of morning – breakfast, coffee, getting dressed – were there, but the order was different each day. Some days I have to be up...

Over the last week, I have made several improvements to the way images are loaded on my website. I now have WebP and AVIF versions of the images used in my blog posts. I use the picture element to tell the browser that there are multiple formats available; browsers can then choose to load a format that is compatible. I have also been updating how...

It is a cool winter morning. Snow lies peacefully on the grass and the hills. The pavements here on lower ground are mostly clear. I am surrounded by a snowy landscape. As I gaze out the window, I see a blue and white horizon where the white, morning winter sky blends in with the snow-covered hills. It is cold outside, but I feel warm inside. I...

For the last few months, I have been working on Artemis, my calm web reader. Artemis lets you keep up to date with web feeds. The reader updates once per day, intended to discourage me from periodically checking for new articles. As I have been working on the tool, I find myself often noting details about my experience that I think could be...