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James Harrold

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Frontend developer @ Abstrakt — specialising in Craft CMS, Twig, Tailwind & fast, maintainable code. Nottingham-based. https://weareabstrakt.com/

22 Followers  |  31 Following  |  7 Posts  |  Joined: 07.07.2025  |  1.5432

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This is CSS performance problem I see all too often.

The React website has some jank due due to their use of transition.

Here is how to find what causes it and how and fix it

07.08.2025 14:07 — 👍 162    🔁 20    💬 9    📌 4
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Testing Craft CMS | Viget If you’re building a Craft CMS project and not testing, this post is your practical, no-nonsense starting point.

🧪Curious how to get started with testing Craft CMS (@craftcms.com)? My latest article shows what testing means, why it's important and some no-nonsense jumping off points. ✅

Check it out here! 🔗 www.viget.com/articles/tes...

10.07.2025 17:02 — 👍 4    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
Form control styling - Tim Nguyen - CSS Day 2025
YouTube video by Web Conferences Amsterdam Form control styling - Tim Nguyen - CSS Day 2025

If you code websites, then you KNOW how it’s been to style form controls.

Watch this #cssday talk from @ntim.bsky.social to learn why it’s been so hard, and how we are going to fix it for the future.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=WgSi...

#css #webdev #formcontrols

01.07.2025 16:54 — 👍 93    🔁 26    💬 1    📌 0
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Tailwind Play An advanced online playground for Tailwind CSS that lets you use all of Tailwind's build-time features directly in the browser.

Finally had a go with Container Queries using @tailwindcss – super interesting and feels like a real game-changer for reusable components.

Check it out & let me know your thoughts

👉 play.tailwindcss.com/hqhByXijD5

#tailwindcss #webdev #css #frontenddev #componentdesign

17.07.2025 16:07 — 👍 6    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Until about a year ago I was still using SFTP, so I can't tell you how much of a game changer it's been 😂

16.07.2025 15:53 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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DevOps & Platform Engineering Suite DevOps & Platform Engineering Copilot

We’ve been using buddy.works for atomic deployments at weareabstrakt.com since before I joined. Took a bit to wrap my head around it, but this @nystudio107.com article really helped! 🚀

🔗 nystudio107.com/blog/executi...

#CraftCMS #WebDev #AtomicDeployments #Frontend

16.07.2025 13:46 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Been looking into the AI updates from Figma Config — Sites and Make are edging toward real design-to-build workflows. Auto breakpoints, layout suggestions, the lot. Can't say I'll be using it just yet, but feels like a solid step toward AI-assisted frontend.

#FrontendDev #NoCode #WebDesign

15.07.2025 13:38 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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A guide to learning Craft CMS in 2025 A guide to learning Craft CMS in 2025

Switched from WordPress to Craft CMS just over a year ago. Steep learning curve at times, but no regrets. Wrote up some of the best resources that helped me get started—hope it’s useful to other newbies too!

🔗 weareabstrakt.com/insights/cra...

#CraftCMS #WebDev #CMS #FrontendDev #DevResources

14.07.2025 13:20 — 👍 10    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 0
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Dolphin spotting on the North Devon coast

12.07.2025 22:09 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Hi, I’m James, a front-end dev based in Nottingham 🇬🇧

I specialise in building websites with Craft CMS, Tailwind, Twig & a bit of JS. I’m all about clean code, structured content, and making life easier for editors.

Looking forward to chatting dev ✌️

#frontenddev #craftcms #tailwind #twig #webdev

07.07.2025 15:38 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

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