Kilian Valkhof
kilianvalkhof.com · Personal blog · on HN since 2008
Kilian Valkhof, a web developer, writes about CSS, JavaScript, browsers, and design tools, and has built his own browser.
What HN saysHN commenters link his posts as explanations of specific web details, such as text-size-adjust in CSS resets, overflow auto versus scroll, and browser settings.
23HN people shared it
5linked it in comments
59stories submitted
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Most-shared posts
- 1What design tools get wrong3 people · 202 points · first shared 2019 · 79 comments on HN
- 2The problem with new URL(), and how URL.parse() fixes that3 people · 135 points · first shared 2024 · 171 comments on HN
- 3When going somewhere does a thing: on links and buttons2 people · 191 points · first shared 2022 · 166 comments on HN
- 4Prescriptive software is better than descriptive software2 people · 170 points · first shared 2021 · 110 comments on HN
- 5How I built my own browser2 people · 69 points · first shared 2020 · 48 comments on HN
- 6Annoying.js: How to be an asshole2 people · 54 points · first shared 2011 · 10 comments on HN
- 7Detecting media query support in CSS and JavaScript2 people · 3 points · first shared 2021 · discussion on HN
- 8Suggesting text-size-adjust for CSS reset (2022)2 people · 1 points · first shared 2023 · discussion on HN
- 9On better browsers: arbitrary media queries and browser UIs2 people · 1 points · first shared 2022 · discussion on HN
- 10You want overflow auto not overflow scroll2 people · first shared 2021
- 11Things I learned creating my own Messenger chatbot1 people · 195 points · first shared 2017 · 18 comments on HN
- 12I just released F.lux for Ubuntu (fades your screens at night)1 people · 91 points · first shared 2010 · 46 comments on HN
- 13Using easing for more than just CSS transitions1 people · 82 points · first shared 2020 · 16 comments on HN
- 14CSS3 loading spinners without images1 people · 58 points · first shared 2010 · 19 comments on HN
- 15Dear HN: I wrote an SVG charting library. What do you think?1 people · 52 points · first shared 2010 · 26 comments on HN
What HN people wrote when they linked it
kilian · 2011-02-14
Background here: http://kilianvalkhof.com/2011/web/laserey-es-draw-lasers-from-your-eye…
Basically, it's a fun little project for me to try out a whole bunch of new stuff, including the file API, the drag-and-drop-api, openCV and Canvas. It works best in Firefox, and otherwise in chrome (though performance on mac is abysmally slow)
Let me know what you think, and please set a laserified photo as your Facebook profile picture :)
faitswulff · 2023-10-15
The linked Kilian article [0] explains that it’s for Firefox on Android devices.
[0]: https://kilianvalkhof.com/2022/css-html/your-css-reset-needs-text-size…
warpech · 2022-10-21
Related very recent suggestions that explore controllable user settings managed through the browser:
- https://kilianvalkhof.com/2022/css-html/on-better-browsers-arbitrary-m…
- https://kittygiraudel.com/2022/09/14/dominant-hand-respecting-design/
dairylee · 2021-01-11
Judging by the sidebar navigation on Statux I'm guessing you're using a Mac?
https://kilianvalkhof.com/2021/css-html/you-want-overflow-auto-not-ove…
labrador · 2022-08-23
Some links I've saved. That said, there's no accounting for taste:
https://tylr.fun/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30440123
https://world.hey.com/dhh/google-suffers-from-a-digital-petro-curse-90…
https://vpostrel.com/
https://h3rald.com/
https://bastian.rieck.me/blog/posts/2022/boring/
http://diveintohtml5.info/storage.html
https://moxie.org/stories.html
https://trevorklee.com/my-terrible-plan-for-reducing-opioid-deaths/
https://mzrn.sh/2021/11/14/how-i-helped-build-a-profitable-mvp-over-a-…
https://kilianvalkhof.com/2021/web/prescriptive-software-is-better-tha…
https://jessitron.com/2021/11/28/software-development-pushes-us-to-get…
https://www.tariqislam.com/posts/kubernetes-docker-dep/
https://p4bl0.net/post/2022/01/The-Truth-on-the-Blockchain
https://www.indiehackers.com/post/what-are-the-most-beautiful-landing-…
https://alexgaynor.net/2020/nov/30/why-software-ends-up-complex/
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