Greg Bruening
@geebru.bsky.social
Lead front-end developer focused on design systems, CSS, and accessibility.
CPWA-holder, veggie-lover, and never-blinking enthusiast.
CPWA-holder, veggie-lover, and never-blinking enthusiast.
@a11y-collective.com Great article on modal/non-modal dialogs!
Small note that your code sample for "Resizable modals" is the outline example, not the resize one! Just wanted to let y'all know 💖
www.a11y-collective.com/blog/modal-v...
Small note that your code sample for "Resizable modals" is the outline example, not the resize one! Just wanted to let y'all know 💖
www.a11y-collective.com/blog/modal-v...
When to Use Modal vs Dialog Components
Confused about modal vs dialog components? Discover implementation patterns, accessibility guidelines, and best practices for creating user-friendly interfaces.
www.a11y-collective.com
October 14, 2025 at 1:10 PM
@a11y-collective.com Great article on modal/non-modal dialogs!
Small note that your code sample for "Resizable modals" is the outline example, not the resize one! Just wanted to let y'all know 💖
www.a11y-collective.com/blog/modal-v...
Small note that your code sample for "Resizable modals" is the outline example, not the resize one! Just wanted to let y'all know 💖
www.a11y-collective.com/blog/modal-v...
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“I don’t like CSS” is coded speech for “I never learned CSS”
July 23, 2025 at 2:26 AM
“I don’t like CSS” is coded speech for “I never learned CSS”
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Late to this, but still have lots of thoughts so let’s go: one like = one point on the political economy of disability and chronic illness. Consider this my belated ADA anniversary offering :)
One like=one disability related thought for the anniversary of the ADA
July 28, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Late to this, but still have lots of thoughts so let’s go: one like = one point on the political economy of disability and chronic illness. Consider this my belated ADA anniversary offering :)
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"learn more" CTAs are played out, I wish to learn less
March 13, 2025 at 5:57 PM
"learn more" CTAs are played out, I wish to learn less
If the Fallout games played a bit more like STALKER I might be better hooked. I hadn't realized how much I hated the bullet sponges of Bethesda games vs. the visceral gun play of STALKER in, honestly, a very similar environment.
February 26, 2025 at 7:28 PM
If the Fallout games played a bit more like STALKER I might be better hooked. I hadn't realized how much I hated the bullet sponges of Bethesda games vs. the visceral gun play of STALKER in, honestly, a very similar environment.
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What if we... oh I don't know... stopped caring what Jakob Nielsen thinks altogether?
February 26, 2025 at 6:56 PM
What if we... oh I don't know... stopped caring what Jakob Nielsen thinks altogether?
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Here is a handful of my favourite/most-used Git flags.
February 19, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Here is a handful of my favourite/most-used Git flags.
After day 1 of the Advanced Design Systems workshop with @bradfrost.com my mind is already reeling with things to think about and try, and there are 3 days left!
I can't log my thoughts onto paper fast enough.
I can't log my thoughts onto paper fast enough.
a cartoon of spongebob holding a vacuum cleaner and ironing clothes
Alt: a gif of spongebob doing multiple house hold chores all at once with an exasperated expression
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February 19, 2025 at 1:55 PM
After day 1 of the Advanced Design Systems workshop with @bradfrost.com my mind is already reeling with things to think about and try, and there are 3 days left!
I can't log my thoughts onto paper fast enough.
I can't log my thoughts onto paper fast enough.
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Hi y'all. I'm out of savings & my fam could really use your help. Please share! 💜
I'm a self-employed web dev, specialize in accessibility, 10+ years exp, expert bug hunter, learn systems lightning fast, love a good CSS puzzle.
Email: [email protected]
Tip jar: ashleemboyer.com/tip-jar
I'm a self-employed web dev, specialize in accessibility, 10+ years exp, expert bug hunter, learn systems lightning fast, love a good CSS puzzle.
Email: [email protected]
Tip jar: ashleemboyer.com/tip-jar
January 3, 2025 at 3:32 AM
Hi y'all. I'm out of savings & my fam could really use your help. Please share! 💜
I'm a self-employed web dev, specialize in accessibility, 10+ years exp, expert bug hunter, learn systems lightning fast, love a good CSS puzzle.
Email: [email protected]
Tip jar: ashleemboyer.com/tip-jar
I'm a self-employed web dev, specialize in accessibility, 10+ years exp, expert bug hunter, learn systems lightning fast, love a good CSS puzzle.
Email: [email protected]
Tip jar: ashleemboyer.com/tip-jar
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If there's one thing a web or "full stack" engineer needs to know in 2025, it's that client-side CPU is an intermittent, highly contingent resource. Most users don't have much, and you can't count on even that.
So quit it with the SPA/JS-heavy React nonsense already.
So quit it with the SPA/JS-heavy React nonsense already.
February 10, 2025 at 5:30 PM
If there's one thing a web or "full stack" engineer needs to know in 2025, it's that client-side CPU is an intermittent, highly contingent resource. Most users don't have much, and you can't count on even that.
So quit it with the SPA/JS-heavy React nonsense already.
So quit it with the SPA/JS-heavy React nonsense already.
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I sincerely don’t know why people aren’t physically stopping those dorks. Move shit. Lock doors. Lose the keys. Everyone switch seats. Turn off all the lights. Switch the signs on the elevator lobby. Make the settings all silly. Use a different language. Wear costumes. Fill rooms with balloons
February 5, 2025 at 11:07 PM
I sincerely don’t know why people aren’t physically stopping those dorks. Move shit. Lock doors. Lose the keys. Everyone switch seats. Turn off all the lights. Switch the signs on the elevator lobby. Make the settings all silly. Use a different language. Wear costumes. Fill rooms with balloons
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Cybertrucks for Cyberschmucks
February 2, 2025 at 1:51 AM
Cybertrucks for Cyberschmucks
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Future me from 2050 just came back in time to regrettably inform me that I'm still arguing about "the fold" with people on my team. This was what pushed me into retirement.
January 28, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Future me from 2050 just came back in time to regrettably inform me that I'm still arguing about "the fold" with people on my team. This was what pushed me into retirement.
Recently learned that :focus-visible doesn't fire if you programmatically send focus to that element, only :focus.
Or I'm doing something wrong...but feels like a 2-steps-back in trying to provide accessible focus states without making clicks leave outlines everywhere!
Or I'm doing something wrong...but feels like a 2-steps-back in trying to provide accessible focus states without making clicks leave outlines everywhere!
January 28, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Recently learned that :focus-visible doesn't fire if you programmatically send focus to that element, only :focus.
Or I'm doing something wrong...but feels like a 2-steps-back in trying to provide accessible focus states without making clicks leave outlines everywhere!
Or I'm doing something wrong...but feels like a 2-steps-back in trying to provide accessible focus states without making clicks leave outlines everywhere!
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Boy, things that were "never going to happen" sure do keep happening a lot.
January 28, 2025 at 4:32 AM
Boy, things that were "never going to happen" sure do keep happening a lot.
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January 27, 2025 at 5:33 PM
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Anytime I am helping someone with CSS and they seem to have the wrong mindset in how they approach writing it, I tell them to watch this video by @miriam.codes
As far as I'm concerned it should be required viewing for anyone who is learning CSS.
youtu.be/aHUtMbJw8iA?...
As far as I'm concerned it should be required viewing for anyone who is learning CSS.
youtu.be/aHUtMbJw8iA?...
Why Is CSS So Weird?
YouTube video by Mozilla Developer
youtu.be
January 23, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Anytime I am helping someone with CSS and they seem to have the wrong mindset in how they approach writing it, I tell them to watch this video by @miriam.codes
As far as I'm concerned it should be required viewing for anyone who is learning CSS.
youtu.be/aHUtMbJw8iA?...
As far as I'm concerned it should be required viewing for anyone who is learning CSS.
youtu.be/aHUtMbJw8iA?...
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"Your password cannot be a previous password"
"Excuse me, but I think YOU TRACKING AND STORING MY PASSWORD HISTORY IS A BIGGER FUCKING SECURITY ISSUE THAN ME USING THE SAME UNBREACHED PASSWORD MORE THAN ONCE"
"Excuse me, but I think YOU TRACKING AND STORING MY PASSWORD HISTORY IS A BIGGER FUCKING SECURITY ISSUE THAN ME USING THE SAME UNBREACHED PASSWORD MORE THAN ONCE"
December 23, 2024 at 5:52 PM
"Your password cannot be a previous password"
"Excuse me, but I think YOU TRACKING AND STORING MY PASSWORD HISTORY IS A BIGGER FUCKING SECURITY ISSUE THAN ME USING THE SAME UNBREACHED PASSWORD MORE THAN ONCE"
"Excuse me, but I think YOU TRACKING AND STORING MY PASSWORD HISTORY IS A BIGGER FUCKING SECURITY ISSUE THAN ME USING THE SAME UNBREACHED PASSWORD MORE THAN ONCE"
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The great thing about HTML is it's the web platform. It's baked. It works.
What happens when your framework stops being maintained?
What happens when your framework stops being maintained?
December 17, 2024 at 10:55 AM
The great thing about HTML is it's the web platform. It's baked. It works.
What happens when your framework stops being maintained?
What happens when your framework stops being maintained?
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Today, the W3C's Ethical Web Principles became a W3C Statement.
They include sustainability, privacy, internationalisation and accessibility… all aspects of the web that are commonly under threat and need our full attention.
Tnx @torgo.com and @hadleybeeman.bsky.social!
www.w3.org/TR/ethical-w...
They include sustainability, privacy, internationalisation and accessibility… all aspects of the web that are commonly under threat and need our full attention.
Tnx @torgo.com and @hadleybeeman.bsky.social!
www.w3.org/TR/ethical-w...
December 12, 2024 at 8:59 AM
Today, the W3C's Ethical Web Principles became a W3C Statement.
They include sustainability, privacy, internationalisation and accessibility… all aspects of the web that are commonly under threat and need our full attention.
Tnx @torgo.com and @hadleybeeman.bsky.social!
www.w3.org/TR/ethical-w...
They include sustainability, privacy, internationalisation and accessibility… all aspects of the web that are commonly under threat and need our full attention.
Tnx @torgo.com and @hadleybeeman.bsky.social!
www.w3.org/TR/ethical-w...
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SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT
is an anagram of
OVERFED MEN WASTE PLOT
is an anagram of
OVERFED MEN WASTE PLOT
December 11, 2024 at 2:48 PM
SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT
is an anagram of
OVERFED MEN WASTE PLOT
is an anagram of
OVERFED MEN WASTE PLOT
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