I am in an abusive relationship with the technology industry Some things I'm struggling with in the technology industry, an appreciation for folk music, and some other thoughts.

I wrote about some things I'm struggling with in the technology industry, preceded by an appreciation for folk music.

DevStretch: The Antiburnout Protocol for Devs Who Forgot They Have Bodies The Community Let’s be honest: most of us treat our physical bodies like a deprecated...

Built a small PWA last weekend for the DEV Weekend Challenge 🙃
DevStretch - for developers who forget to move while coding 🧏🏻‍♀️
- PWA
- Wake Lock API
- Service Worker notifications
- Zero dependencies
Demo + write-up:
dev.to/highflyer910...

Built this over the weekend: tap the lie, watch it break💥
Experimented with 'globalCompositeOperation = "destination-out"' to simulate a shattering glass effect👩🏻‍💻
Just Canvas + GSAP
Simple idea, satisfying result🙃
#JavaScript #creativecoding
codepen.io/HighFlyer910...

I’m attending @NodeCongress, the biggest conf on #JavaScript backends – by clicking the badge you may get a free remote ticket & join me there with 5k other #nodejs devs & 15 great speakers #deno #cloudflare #awscloud
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Did you know you can get your GitHub profile pic by adding .png to your profile page? It's super handy!

github.com/cassidoo.png

This 🎄got picked by @CodePen😊
My last pen of 2025 for the final #codepenchallenge 🧑🏻‍💻
Happy holidays💙
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1200 days of Italian 🥰
A questo punto mi merito la cittadinanza onoraria italiana 😁🇮🇹
#Duolingo

Rightt! And fixed now 👍 Setting z-index: 1 on ::view-transition-group(nav) and removing it from the header/hero keeps the nav on top during transitions..
I didn't notice the hero covering the nav on scroll before :)
Appreciate you taking the time to explain! 😊

Thanks for checking it out! 😊

Interesting suggestion on the z-index, what's the reasoning behind keeping nav on top vs. header/hero? I'm curious about your approach

Smooth Page Transitions with Zero Libraries: The View Transitions API I recently started using the View Transitions API in one of my projects, and honestly, it felt like...

I just published a deep dive on the View Transitions API, and I’m really excited about this one 👩🏻‍💻
It’s supported in all major browsers now and makes web app transitions feel smooth with just a few lines of code 💪🏻
#devcommunity #frontend
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Spent the afternoon making this autumn daydream come alive with AI 🍂🎬🥰
If nostalgia had a color, it'd be falling leaves 🍁☕

DEADLINE MODE: Activated👻💀
When the ghost screams… you ship 😌:)
Happy Halloween🎃
#HappyHalloween #deadline #AICreepy

Single-tenant vs Multi-tenant: What I Wish I Knew When I Started I should be coding right now, but instead, I went down the single-tenant vs multi-tenant rabbit hole....

Got curious about single-tenant vs multi-tenant SaaS and ended up turning confusion into a blog post 🙃👩🏻‍💻
Here’s the simple version 👇
#DEVCommunity #LearningInPublic #SaaS
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A blue background with the DEV profile handle “@highflyer910”. A speech bubble from their profile picture features the blog title " Passkeys Without the Pain: A Frontend Dev's Guide" and quote: “It took me one weekend to add passkeys, and now my app is ready for users. Better security, smoother UX, and fewer support headaches.”.

A simple streamlined guide to passkeys by @highflyer910.bsky.social

Read it here: dev.to/highflyer910...

I Thought My Backups Were Safe - Until I Tried Restoring One Imagine this: you wake up one morning, open your app, and something's wrong. Your database is gone....

I thought my backups were safe until I tried restoring one 😬
A backup is worthless until you’ve tested restoring it 🙈
So I wrote about what I learned 👩‍💻
#DEVCommunity #database
dev.to/highflyer910...

Messenger It's a small planet, but someone's gotta make the deliveries.

messenger.abeto.co

This is freaking insane. The level of polish necessary for this visual fidelity and it all runs flawlessly on mobile. Hats off.

Passkeys Without the Pain: A Frontend Dev’s Guide I was building my SaaS side project when I realized I needed to add passkeys. Everyone talks about...

Just published a new post on dev.to ✨
Passkeys don’t have to be intimidating.
Here’s my frontend dev’s guide to adding them without the headaches 👩‍💻
#DEVCommunity #Security
dev.to/highflyer910...

Top 7 Featured DEV Posts of the Week Welcome to this week's Top 7, where the DEV editorial team handpicks their favorite posts from the...

Congrats to our Top 7 authors of the week!

Featuring:

The Multi-Tab Logout Problem Nobody Warned You About by @highflyer910.bsky.social
Talks and travels: FrOSCon, Germany by @andypiper.me

And more!

Check them out: dev.to/devteam/top-...

The Multi-Tab Logout Problem Nobody Warned You About Picture this: you’re using your favorite web app. You have three tabs open — one with reports, one...

You log out in one browser tab, but other tabs still look logged in?
This confuses users and creates security issues⚠️
The fix: use localStorage events to sync logout across all tabs✅
Just wrote a blog post about it👩🏻‍💻
#JavaScript #DEVCommunity
dev.to/highflyer910...

Creating Text Shadows in CSS: Simple to Advanced Techniques Ever wanted to add beautiful shadows to your text? CSS offers different methods depending on how...

New CSS text shadow guide! 👩🏻‍💻
From simple text-shadow to gradient effects, with a
#codePen demo
codepen.io/HighFlyer/pe...
#CSS #frontend
dev.to/highflyer910...

Shadow challenge complete✨
Used data-text + CSS attr() for text shadows. Way better than having duplicate text in HTML 😊👩‍💻
#CodePenChallenge #CSS #cpc-shadow
codepen.io/HighFlyer/pe...

gradient tracking that follows a cursor

Just created an Aurora Button for #CodePenChallenge 👩🏻‍💻
- Interactive tracking that follows your cursor ✅
- Multi-layered shine effects with glass morphism✅
#cpc-shine
codepen.io/HighFlyer/fu...

#CodePen did it again! 🎉my 'What's Behind?' 3D door effect was picked 👩🏻‍💻thanks as always ☺️
codepen.io/HighFlyer/fu...

SphereConnect: Creating Team Vibes for Axero's Intranet Challenge This is a submission for Frontend Challenge: Office Edition sponsored by Axero, Holistic Webdev:...

Just dropped my blog post on “SphereConnect”, a full intranet homepage UI for Axero's challenge 👩🏻‍💻
🛠️ React + MUI
🎨 Dual themes
💬 Chat + tasks + employee widgets
#devchallenge
dev.to/highflyer910...

Deploy Your FastAPI App on Vercel: The Complete Guide So I was working on this FastAPI project last week and needed to deploy it somewhere. I tried a few...

Finally got my FastAPI app deployed on Vercel after some trial and error 💪
Wrote down everything I learned because I know I'll forget these steps in 2 weeks😅
Maybe it'll help someone else too 👩‍💻
#FastAPI #Vercel #DEVCommunity
dev.to/highflyer910...

Kinetic Typography Generator ...

Built this for fun and @codepen.io picked it🥰Many thanks!👩🏻‍💻
codepen.io/HighFlyer/fu...

What's Really Happening in Dev Right Now? (Plus a Chance to Win Some Gear) I just completed the latest Developer Nation Global Survey, and it got me thinking about how much our...

Just wrote a blog post about the latest #DeveloperNationSurvey 🧠
It dives deep into dev trends, tools, AI, and prizes too 🎁
Curious where tech is heading in 2025?
Read here: dev.to/highflyer910...
Then take the survey: survey.developernation.net/name/dn30/br...
#WebDev #TechTrends #progamming

The promise that wasn’t kept AI is distracting us from creating real value. While we chase speed and automation, meaningful and human-centered work is getting left behind. Is this progress?

AI has always promised to help people spend more time doing valuable work by automating the manual, repetitive, toilsome tasks so that software developers can be free to use their time on "something better".

That's not what's happening.

I learned the hard way what happens when dev tools break their billing promises.

Appwrite locked me out after I downgraded early, despite their “no awkward breakups” promo.

I rebuilt on Supabase in 3 nights and wrote the whole story 👇🏻
💻 App: kitchenpal.vercel.app
📖 Blog:
dev.to/highflyer910...

🥳 It's an exciting day! 🥳

Thanks to Webflow GSAP is now 100% FREE - including ALL of the bonus plugins like SplitText, MorphSVG, and all the others that were exclusively available to Club GSAP members.

We can't wait to see what you make!

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