Swas
swashata.bsky.social
Swas
@swashata.bsky.social
⚡#JavaScript and #WordPress for life. VP Engineering @freemius . I tweet about dev tips and javascript.
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Feature prioritization is easy when you get started, but once a product matures it gets pretty tricky. Interesting nuggets of insights from Blocksy and @swashata.bsky.social!
🎯"I had to choose between a cost calculator users wanted vs Stripe subscriptions I thought we needed. Guess which one actually moved the needle?" — @Swas shares honest take on learning product sense the hard way 🎯

#ProductRoadmap

freemius.com/blog/softwar...
December 26, 2024 at 7:08 AM
Saturday brunch 😋😋
December 14, 2024 at 6:17 AM
This is going to be very nice.. We can shed some JS for sure for when this becomes available
#CSS scroll-state() container queries:
the "stuck" query

```css
@container scroll-state(stuck: top) {
box-shadow: var(--shadow-5);
border-radius: var(--radius-3);
margin: var(--size-5);
}
```

article coming soon!
(currently in Canary experiments)
December 5, 2024 at 4:39 AM
Reposted by Swas
One of my favourite UI patterns is using `backdrop-filter` to create a “frosted glass” effect.

When I see this effect in the wild, though, it’s almost never as lush and realistic as it could be. There’s an important optimization that nobody makes.

✨ I share the secret sauce in my brand-new post:
Next-level frosted glass with backdrop-filter • Josh W. Comeau
Glassy headers have become a core part of the “slick startup” UI toolkit, but they’re all missing that final 10% that really makes it shine. In this tutorial, you’ll learn how to create the most reali...
joshwcomeau.com
December 2, 2024 at 6:18 PM
Wow amazing, need to try this out 🤩
Tip: In Chrome DevTools, we added a new AI Assistance panel. Debug & tweak CSS using natural language prompts!
December 2, 2024 at 4:18 PM
Perks of working at @freemius.bsky.social

PM: How about we make feature X?

Engineering: Sure, how about we improve to do also Y?

PM: 👍

... One week later, we demo the feature where Y works flawlessly but X breaks 😅

How often does it happen to you 😬? Oh and guess what the feature is 😉
December 2, 2024 at 2:47 PM
Meanwhile at @freemius.bsky.social we're super careful about indentation 😁
November 28, 2024 at 4:29 PM