Saron Yitbarek

It's so random! But then again, people always think she's a boy, maybe this is what people are saying to her??

Haha haven't unlocked that one yet, I'm sure it'll get here soon 😅

Awwww that's cute!

My toddler has taken to referring to me and her father as "little boy".

Her: Can you get me an apple please little boyyyyyyyyy?

I ... don't know how to feel about this.

🙏🏾 Thank you! It's what I see in my head and I find it really useful :)

CSS Grid: A helpful mental model and the power of grid lines Grid is a powerful, flexible tool that brings complex layouts to life.

Was surprised to see that, even though CSS Grid isn't a new feature, it's still high on the list of things devs find confusing, so wrote a post about it.

I focus on a new mental model I think is helpful. Let me know what you think!

webkit.org/blog/17474/c...

Awesome, good to know! Thanks for that feedback :)

I just learned web fonts have been supported for Initial Letter since Safari 18.4+. (Still prefixed, but before you couldn’t use a web font.)

Yay!!!

Have you used initial letter in CSS? Do you want to?

Position-area: Clear and explicit or short and sweet? When I first learned anchor positioning, I built a demo to help me figure out how it all worked.

Anchor Positioning has a way to declare where the item appears. Use the `position-area` property with pre-named areas! @saron.bsky.social realized maybe some of the names are confusing. Read more & help decide — should the names be changed?

webkit.org/blog/17417/p...

What do you think??

A new one for CSS-TRICKS!!!

Position-area: Clear and explicit or short and sweet? When I first learned anchor positioning, I built a demo to help me figure out how it all worked.

Wrote up a short post on a new position-area value we're considering, and would love to hear your thoughts on it.

Which option do you prefer?

webkit.org/blog/17417/p...

Because the future looks annoying as hell 😭

Omg my daughter just got to her multiple “why” phase. She generally stops at three but I can see where it’s going and I’m getting concerned 😅

So many bugs and few contributors 😩

Raising a human is easily the most confusing, challenging, and interesting project I’ve ever taken on. And it lasts at least 18 years! 😅

State of JavaScript 2025 Take the State of JavaScript survey

This year, the State of JS survey is coming early!

Go take it now! survey.devographics.com/en-US/survey...

Masonry updates and open issues. We're actively looking for web developer feedback on two key things we're deciding on and we'd love to hear from you.

Comment, file an issue, or just post below 👇🏾

www.w3.org/blog/CSS/202...

Thanks Tor ❤️ What a cool name btw!

I remember when I was in the depths of my depression, I couldn't wait to go to sleep so the pain could go away and the day would be over. These days, I hate going to bed because I want the day to keep going. So grateful for the progress I've made in my mental health. What a journey.

Saron (@saron@front-end.social) 0 Posts, 34 Following, 0 Followers · Web technologies evangelist at , 2x founder, developer, ex-podcaster, habesha (she/her)

Finally joined mastodon! See you there? front-end.social/@saron

After a million years of playing basketball and working out, I'm still shocked at how much better I feel and how much energy I have after exercising.

Man, there is so much to do around the house before bed. Time for an audiobook!

Omg such a good point. I loved school and learning, esp in those early years so I couldnt wait to share that love with my baby. But if you hated school, then you’re probably not in a rush!

*toddler looking distant and kinda sad*
Me: You ok?
Toddler: Yea
Me: What do you need?
Toddler: I need Starbucks

😂😂😂

Education, taken on primarily by my father, was everything to my family and how our lives turned out. That's probably not the case for a lot of folks, it just wasn't as critical and so they value it differently.

Just vented to ChatGPT about this and it explained the disconnect I'm experiencing so well:

"The key gap is this: for you, education = survival + freedom. For them (other parents), education = inevitable, so let’s focus on the “softer” stuff."

I think that's it.

To put it a different way, I think toddlers are capable of both learning how to self regulate AND also learning the alphabet. But I only ever hear about self regulation, as if they're incapable of doing the other, and I find that very surprising.

My daughter's learned a ton of cool things in her short three years but parents (and, frankly, preschools too) just don't talk about or emphasize much else beyond their feelings. Feelings are important, but they're so capable of more. I thought everyone felt that way, but they kinda don't :/

Of yea! I think the emotional regulation stuff is very important. I want that for my daughter too. But I think my daughter, and toddlers in general, are also very curious and capable of learning much more, but parents don't seem to care about that. It's *exclusively* social and emotional.

This is a @robfrelow.bsky.social appreciation post. I can't believe how lucky I got finding my husband on match.com sixteen years ago in the first week I started online dating. Man did I hit the jackpot on that one. So grateful to be on this journey with you ❤️