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Web Dev | Front-End Engineer | UX Designer

Checking if Font Awesome loaded

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Icon fonts have become a widely-adopted visual asset on the web today and continue to grow in popularity. When your web page downloads resources — e.g., from a content delivery network (CDN) — you need to know if the HTTP request returned the files you requested. This is important whether...


Having skin in the game

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Not long ago I had a private conversation with myself. I said, “Self, why aren’t you writing anything?” “Umm…” And what I specifically meant by this question was why wasn’t I writing anything to share with the web community? I’m a developer by profession and I do share a ton...

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