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Writing — Page 21
A mix of technical deep-dives, career reflections, and dispatches from the road.

developmentJun 19, 2021· 1 min
Just How Niche is Headless WordPress?
Thoughts on a CSS-Tricks post about headless WordPress — when it makes sense, why the broader WordPress community may not benefit from it, and how tools like Strattic can bring Jamstack benefits without the developer overhead.
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developmentJun 13, 2021· 1 min
target=blank (CSS-Tricks)
A CSS-Tricks tip on the difference between target="blank" and target="_blank" — and how the version without the underscore lets you reuse the same tab across multiple link clicks.
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developmentMay 30, 2021· 1 min
No, Utility Classes Aren't the Same As Inline Styles (by Sarah Dayan)
A link to Sarah Dayan's post making the case that utility classes are fundamentally different from inline styles — and why the rise of Tailwind CSS has made this distinction more important than ever.
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travelMay 17, 2021· 1 min
Little Missouri Falls Recreation Area
A series of cascading rock shelves on the Little Missouri River deep in Arkansas Ouachita National Forest — quiet, beautiful, and the start of the Eagle Rock Loop.
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travelMay 15, 2021· 2 min
Natural Falls State Park
A 77-foot waterfall in the Oklahoma Ozarks, filming location for Where the Red Fern Grows, with lamp posts from the 1920s still lining the trail.
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travelMay 8, 2021· 2 min
Hot Springs, Arkansas: Gangsters, Geothermal Water, and a National Park in a City
Hot Springs National Park in Arkansas is unlike any other national park — it sits inside a small city, and the park's thermal springs have drawn everyone from Native American tribes to 1930s gangsters to baseball players looking for a soak.
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travelMay 1, 2021· 1 min
Grand Waterfall Joplin Mo
Missouri's widest continuously running waterfall outside Joplin — 163 feet across solid chert, a local favorite for fishing and swimming for generations.
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travelApr 28, 2021· 1 min
Triple Falls Productions
Triple Falls in DuPont State Forest — three tiers of Little River waterfalls, a Hunger Games filming location, and some of the best hiking in western North Carolina.
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travelApr 24, 2021· 1 min
Whitewater Falls
The highest waterfall east of the Rockies at up to 411 feet, plunging through Nantahala National Forest on the NC-SC border.
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