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Ibrahim Diallo

February 2018

Creating Awesome Buttons in CSS

Creating Awesome Buttons in CSS

If you count just the lines of code, CSS is probably the language I type the most in. Yet, it is also the language I share the least about on this website. So this is an attempt to fix that. I created a set of three state buttons that you can customize to your liking.

Programming rite of passage

Programming rite of passage

There is a moment in programming where you have to make the transition. From incompetent to competent, from worst to better, from junior to, well, less junior. Unfortunately there is no specific time when it occurs. For some it comes very early on, for others it comes very late. Some never even experience it. But the realization comes suddenly and often it is followed by shame. That moment is when you realize that you are the problem.

Don't call yourself smart

Don't call yourself smart

Only others can use the word "Smart" to describe you. They have to do it with their own will, in their own time. You can't force it. The smarter you feel, the more you want to use it. As you perform great deeds, the closer it comes to your lips. But you know you can't use it, because the more you want to say it, the less it describes you. And when you say it, you are no longer smart.

JS Tip of the day

All you need to know about Type coercion in JavaScript

There are two ways to think of type coercion in JavaScript. One is to the dictionary definition, which is the conversion of values into common data types to fac…

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