Alvaro Montoro / is on Nostr

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2024-09-20 16:10:37

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most of the time is heavy criticism and I hide under a rock. But it's never something I developed myself, so I have that going for me, which is nice. 🤷😅

2024-09-20 16:08:45

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MFW every time someone mentions LinkedIn on their posts...
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2024-09-18 15:21:29

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There are more new features and extensions to existing ones (new *-progress() and *-mix() family of functions, new URL modifiers).
You can check out the CSS Values and Units Module Level 5 at https://w3.org/TR/css-values-5/
(Thanks for editing and publishing the document @npub1dqn…shg2, @npub1lq4…emz2, and @npub1szd…5a79)
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2024-09-18 15:17:52

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# Flow-relative positions
CSS has logical properties for things like margin, padding, or border. Now, they will also be available in the position type (e.g. the value for background-position, not to be confused with the position property).
# New calc-size() function
A new function able to safely operate with intrinsic values (auto, max-content, fit-content, etc.) And new keywords (size) to add more flexibility to the calculations.
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2024-09-18 15:16:54

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# New functional notation
As you may have noticed, some of the functions from this thread may take a comma-separated list as arguments. To accommodate these values unambiguously, parameters may be separated by semi-colons (;) instead of commas (,).
# New first-valid() function
A problem with CSS variables is they may be valid even if they contain an incorrect value. The first-valid() function deals with this easily and effectively, returning the first valid value from a list of parameters.
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2024-09-18 15:15:57

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# Updates to the attr() function
Right now, the attr() function works only with strings and only with the content property. This module extends its functionality so it can operate with more data types without limiting the properties.
# Sibling functions
Two new functions, sibling-count() and sibling-index(), that return numbers and allow operations with the amount of siblings and their order (index). As it is common in CSS, these functions will be 1-index.
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2024-09-18 15:14:59

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# Randomization
Two new functions that return random values from a list or between a range. No more hacky tricks or dependencies on other languages to achieve this. And the syntax is straightforward and powerful!
# New toggle() function
A convenient new way to define values in nested elements. The toggle() function sets values that the element and its descendants will cycle through, simplifying the code considerably. Forget about complex rules or redefinitions.
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2024-09-18 15:14:00

The CSS Working Group has just published the first public draft of the CSS Values and Units Level 5 Module. Although still in its early stages, this release introduces many new features and exciting improvements.
Here's a summary of some of the changes.

2024-09-18 13:50:33

The JS Developer face when they find out CSS has (or will have) more random functions than JavaScript... and they are more flexible and powerful, too!
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2024-08-02 14:06:56

When the Back-End Engineer tries to add some white space below a component.
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2024-06-17 17:47:53

Who has two thumbs, hurt his foot before going in a trip, walked and walked endless miles during the trip, and made his foot injury into something worse? 😓

2024-05-27 03:57:16

After a long time without breaks, I'm taking some vacation starting tomorrow... and somehow, I feel more stressed and uncertain about things now than a week ago. Hopefully, this time off helps, although some things seem out of my control.

2024-05-25 18:27:51

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I've enjoyed the ride and look forward to see what the next 20 years will bring. (I'm not retiring any time soon).
In retrospective, I am grateful for discovering web development. I really like it. A "regret" has been not focusing on a single thing and specializing in it. It's fun to try new things, but IMHO it closes more doors than it opens in the long run.
Let the rollercoaster ride of a tech career continue.

2024-05-25 18:20:49

20 years ago, in May 2004, I started my first full-time job as a software developer. Since then, I've only stopped for a semester for college. In this time I've had many roles in many different companies from many different sizes. I've been a Backend Developer, a DBA, a Web Developer, a Service/API Developer, a Team Lead, an Engineering Manager... I've worked with C/C++, Java, PHP, C#, VB.Net, Kotlin, Python, Perl, JavaScript, HTML, CSS... And too many technologies to list.

2024-05-24 19:36:23

Random weird career advise for US people: when you change jobs, it may be tempting to make your last day fall in the last day of the month. It looks like a good and clean way to provide "closure". Don't! Instead set your last day for the first day/week of the following month.
Most companies pay for insurance at the beginning of the month, and you keep it until the last day of the month even if you left the company. Leaving the last day of the month, you'd be uninsured until the next job starts.

2024-05-06 20:12:39

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what weird tech story did I miss?

2024-05-06 20:12:39

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what weird tech story did I miss?

2024-05-03 19:05:34

No Face from Spirited Away, drawn with CSS and a single HTML element.
https://codepen.io/alvaromontoro/pen/ZERzGWY
#webdevelopment #css #cssArt #divtober #throwBackThursday #tbt
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