Martine Dowden
@martine.dev
She/Her Award winning CTO, UX / UI designer & developer, author, international speaker, #GDE, and #MVP. Focusing on #UX and #accessibility. Happy Coding! martine.dev
✨ Popovers, toasts, dialogs & tooltips – more modern @martine.dev shows you how to build better UI components with less JavaScript: ✨ Write less JavaScript ⚙️ Use modern browser APIs 🎨 Improve UI components 📅 Thursday, June 11, 2026 👉 https://tinyurl.com/yc6zuvsx #webinale #Frontend #WebDev
Did you know that structural directives (*ngIf, *ngFor...) are now deprecated in Angular. Here is out to upgrade to the control flow syntax: andromedagalactic.com/blog/angular... #angular
Is this a compliment or an insult? www.teepublic.com/t-shirt/6145... Does it depend on which TTRPG you play? Thanks to @martine.dev for designing this based upon my questionable sense of humor.
You are the 1 for me by tiny-geek
You are the 1 for me
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If you haven't seen the posts, we've started a blog over on the Lore Link site. We're posting summaries of our Indie Creator Spotlight streams, Lore Link updates, and more! Since "we" is "me," I'm still working on a schedule, but you can find what we have at the link below!
Lore Link
The premium-quality RPG campaign management tool for Dungeon Masters, Game Masters, Storytellers and Keepers of all types.
lorelink.com
Last year saw the release of some really cool new #HTML / #CSS based features including Interest Invokers. Check how you can use them in conjunction with the popover API to create Tooltips without the need for JavaScript support. andromedagalactic.com/blog/rethink...
Rethinking Tooltip with Interest Invokers and Popover | Blog | Andromeda Galactic Solutions
By combining popovers with interest invokers we can create tooltips without the need for any JavaScript. Let's dive right in and see how it works.
andromedagalactic.com
It's a new year and we need new #11ty Meetup talks and speakers! Please, please take a second and think through what are some topics that get you excited about 11ty - the meetup doesn't happen without volunteer speakers!
Call for Speakers
THE Eleventy Meetup is always looking for speakers!
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Looked at my calendar and realized next week had way too many meetings therefore made some updates to meeting-bingo... You can now choose between 2 flavors: Online Meeting or Corporate Terms. Enjoy. - repo: github.com/martine-dowd... - hosted version: martine-dowden.github.io/meeting-bingo/
Meeting Bingo
A bingo game to play during your meetings
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Check out all the revised demos of Grid Lanes in Safari Technology Preview 234! webkit.org/demos/grid3/
So you think you know CSS borders, but did you know you could use gradients and images? This article goes in-depth how borders works, and tricks to get around some of their limitations. andromedagalactic.com/blog/styling... #css #ui #mvpbuzz
Firebase is bringing Crashlytics support to web apps. Yes, you read that right: Crashlytics for Web is finally be happening. Chime in on the RFC here: github.com/firebase/...
Thanks to all who joined me for my chat today about Writing A Dynamic API Endpoint Generator! If you would like to see more of my writing, or want to connect with me further, stop by andromedagalactic.com/martine for my articles and my social links.
Martine Dowden | Blog | Andromeda Galactic Solutions
Technical, business, and product related blog posts written by our Andromeda Stars covering a wide range of topics from small business tips, to accessibility, Angular, CSS, Firebase, and more.
andromedagalactic.com
Wow, that panel discussion was a TON of great information - thanks for joining us! To find out more about me, please visit andromedagalactic.com/martine for all my blog articles and social links, and feel free to get in touch - I'd love to discuss your ideas!
Martine Dowden | Blog | Andromeda Galactic Solutions
Technical, business, and product related blog posts written by our Andromeda Stars covering a wide range of topics from small business tips, to accessibility, Angular, CSS, Firebase, and more.
andromedagalactic.com
Dealing with websites and user-generated information, creating a well-defined API can get quite complex. Today I'll share a real-world example of how I solved this, from the data-mapping tool to the validation engine, to the correct content. Join me in Salon 3 at 2:30pm! #APIConference #SLAcon
Hey folks, in an hour I'll be a part of the AMA panel discussion on APIs in room Salon 2; join myself and the entire panel for a place to bring up any questions you have, from beginners to old hands. Looking forward to seeing you there at 1:30pm! #APIConference #SLAcon
Hey all, I'm in Berlin this week for both #APIConference and #SLAcon. I'll be speaking at both events, including presenting an Advanced Serverless Workshop with Michael Dowden & Chad Green. Check us out, and contact me via the link below if you'd like to connect over coffee! martine.dev/links
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Recently got a lazer engraver / cutter, and working on making some organizers and upgrading some game pieces. Started with the board game Shogun. Pretty pleased of the progress thus far.
Stream time -- Today we are going to be talking about documentation Come hang out with me: - #twitch: www.twitch.tv/martine_dowden - #youtube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=NTUY...
I'm taking note of a milestone today. I've now been running @andromedagalactic.com with @martine.dev for 10 years.
Stream time -- Chillin and playing 7 billion humans, come hang out Come hang out with me: - #twitch: www.twitch.tv/martine_dowden - #youtube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZgZW...
Martine_Dowden - Twitch
Award winning CTO, UX / UI designer & developer / international speaker and author focusing on web interfaces that are beautiful, functional, accessible, and usable.
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In about an hour, I'll be presenting my talk Algorithm Design for Web Developers in room D2 here at #DevUp. Join me and we'll go back to basics on algorithms: classifying them, assessing them, and why that matters. See you there!
New least favorite marketing strategy and a for sure way I won't do business with you: Send me an email with a subject that starts with RE: that looks like a reply with faked initial email I obviously didn't send and everything in the body. just don't please, and thank you.
Guess what??? if you haven't had a chance to order my latest #CSS #book yet it will be half off starting tomorrow (July 31) for a four-day summer sale along with all other @manning.com books -- check it out at: www.manning.com/books/tiny-c...
Tiny CSS Projects - Martine Dowden and Michael Gearon
CSS is a must-know language for all web developers. In this practical book, you’ll explore numerous techniques to improve the way you write CSS as you build 12 tiny projects. In Tiny CSS Projects you...
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Stream time -- Chillin and playing 7 billion humans, come hang out Come hang out with me: - #twitch: www.twitch.tv/martine_dowden - #youtube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=BOlH...
Martine_Dowden - Twitch
Award winning CTO, UX / UI designer & developer / international speaker and author focusing on web interfaces that are beautiful, functional, accessible, and usable.
twitch.tv
Stream time -- going to see if we can create a nice time input control. Come hang out with me: - #twitch: www.twitch.tv/martine_dowden _ #youtube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=FIvL...
Twitch
Twitch is the world
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Time for some website updates, CSS, HTML and just general shenanigans. Come hang out with me: - #twitch: www.twitch.tv/martine_dowden - #youtube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=0oiK...
Twitch
Twitch is the world
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