George Georgovassilis writes about information technology architecture
What is the right code granularity? I have previously written about reusing functionality [1] in the micro service context and found then that the old aim to optimise code footprint is a metric in need of a good overhaul. Ever since I'm happy that the idea is getting traction: Classes, libraries, applications OOP reuses code … Continue reading Code reusability: from classes to containers
Abstract: Unjam CSS is a technique for removing render-blocking CSS from pages over which we have only partial control, such as CMS or portals. The problem: a portal generates HTML pages based on a template. Custom HTML can be inserted at specific place holders, but we can't modify the rest of the page HTML. The … Continue reading Unjam CSS
One of the greatest interview questions I have been asked to date was "where do you get your news from"; I'm immensely grateful when authors I enjoy reading divulge their sources of information and inspiration. So without further ado I present to you: George's 2016 feed reader shortlist. Information Technology John D. Cook's blog is … Continue reading 2016 feed reader shortlist
Task: create HTML elements that contain other elements and adjust their height to surrounding container. No Javascript allowed. That's surprisingly hard; height:100% won't work; elements generally wrap their contents tightly and don't extend to their parents height dimension. Illustrating the problem: three elements inside a surrounding container Css-tricks lists several ways [1] to get this … Continue reading Equal height HTML elements in a container with CSS
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