Chris Burnell

@chrisburnell.com

🐦‍⬛ Ravenous for CSS 💾 Front End & Technical Writing https://chrisburnell.com 📍 Living in Kjipuktuk (Halifax), NS, Canada 🇨🇦 · previously Singapore 🇸🇬 · previously London, UK 🇬🇧 👋 he/him

here's a thread about my new game project. i'll be dancing around the coolest bits because I want to save that for the big reveal, which isn't going to happen for a while because I'm waiting to make sure it is 100% coming out before announcing. it isn't set in the Hypnospace universe

Many developers misinterpret what the DevTools performance test results tell them. My video below explains how Chrome implements network throttling and how it impacts your data. Neither the bandwidth nor the latency implementation match what you'd see on a real slow network. youtu.be/93HI4dnGjMk

How Does Chrome DevTools Network Throttling Actually Work?

Learn what Chrome network throttling looks like behind the scenes and how it compares to system-level throttling with tools like Apple's Network Link Conditioner. Try our free website speed test:…

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Are you a fan of #grunge? Tell me what to listen to this month! I’m dedicating each month this year to spending some time exploring and listening to music from genres outside my usual rotations, with one genre per month. chrisburnell.com/article/unus... #UnusualRotations #UnusualRotations2026

Unusual Rotations (January 2026): Grunge

I've come up with a fun, new project to work on over the course of this year, and maybe you’ll join me!

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Temporal is the Date system we always wanted in JavaScript. It's extremely close to being available so Mat Marquis thought it would be a good idea to explain exactly what is better about this new JavaScript date system. piccalil.li/blog/date-is...

Date is out, Temporal is in

Temporal is the Date system we always wanted in JavaScript. It's extremely close to being available so Mat Marquis thought it would be a good idea to explain exactly what is better about this new JavaScript...

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The roof of my apartment has a leak, and building management could not be more reluctant to actually fix it. Anyway, I've spent the last eight hours mopping up under leaking walls, piling towels against skirting boards, and doing laundry. *Awesome* Friday! 🤙

🌞 Colour Scheming 🌝 Published a new article on the ol’ blog. In this one, I talk about how I manage colour schemes on my website, walking through how to build a hierarchy of how colour schemes can be applied while respecting visitors’ colour scheme preferences. chrisburnell.com/article/colo...

Color Scheming

It’s been about a year and a half since I changed how colour schemes (i.e., light and dark themes) work on my website, and after reviewing and refactoring things again recently, I thought I would shar...

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JavaScript for Everyone

A high quality, expansive written course that will elevate your JavaScript skills to a level you never thought was achievable.

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