Writing — Page 22

A case for eliminating else from your code — why it leads to cleaner refactors, pairs well with small named functions, and makes logic easier to read and understand.

A Shawnee National Forest spillway in southern Illinois where river otters, beavers, and pileated woodpeckers appear with surprising regularity.

A link to an Ample blog post covering the key questions to ask when selecting a static site generator — comparing common SSGs to help you pick the right one for your next project.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.