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  1. Ryan holding hands with Santa Claus, Covid-style

    2021

    A look back at 2021.

  2. You can now wear Crocs in NBA 2k for the low price of five dollars.

    Games as a Service are Ruining Gaming

    I'm exhausted by the daily grind of video game chores.

  3. A selection of movie posters from my Movie a Year challenge list on Letterboxd.

    My Movie a Year Challenge

    I watched one movie from each year since 1975.

  4. Angry Germans from the Simpsons with caption, 'actually, it is all of our website'

    It's Your Website

    No one cares about your stack.

  5. A search for 'butt' using Algolia

    Adding Algolia search to an Eleventy site with Netlify

    After months of struggles I finally found a relatively easy solution.

  6. Owen Wilson and Tom Hiddleston in Loki

    Variants

    Thoughts on traveling the sacred timeline.

  7. Extreme Makeover Homepage Edition

    Extreme Makeover Homepage Edition

    I am the Ty Pennington of Lighthouse scores.

  8. Mike's attempt at a clickbaity YouTube thumbnail

    Cool CSS

    Turning my CSS methodology into the last framework I'll (hopefully) ever have to build.

  9. Dae Su from Oldboy contemplates 15 years in confinement

    2020

    Well, that sucked.

  10. A fireteam advances at dawn.

    Why I Love Modern Warfare (Again)

    Once more into the fray.

  11. Extra Life 2020: November 14, 2020

    Extra Life 2020

    Our seventh year of helping sick children.

  12. An illustration of Mike with the phrase,

    Goodbye, Groupon

    Leaving the longest job I've ever held.

  13. A refreshed design of Groupon's deal page.

    Simple Groupon

    Demonstrating the power of design tokens for a hackathon.

  14. The residents of Quarantine island

    Why I Love Animal Crossing

    A small comfort amidst a pandemic.

  15. Masked up to brave the grocery store.

    Quarantine Diary 1

    Notes from a pandemic.

  16. Still from the movie, Waves.

    My Year of Film

    My attempt to watch one film per day in 2020.

  17. Mike and his family with Santa Claus.

    2019

    A look back at 2019.

  18. Extra Life 24-hour Marathon - November 2, 2019 at 8am Central Time

    Extra Life 2019

    Leveling up fundraising in year six!

  19. Title card from the Netflix series, Dark

    Why I Love Dark

    The best show on Netflix you (probably) haven't seen.

  20. Butterfly man meme. React devs looking at literally every layer of a Sketch file: Is this a DIV?

    Don't Let Your Engineering Team Bleed Out

    Thoughts on being a CSS medic.

  21. The lovely folks of Groupon's Design Union.

    What's Next?

    Am I having a mid-life crisis?

  22. A screenshot of Slay the Spire

    Why I Love Slay the Spire

    My latest video game obsession is killing my productivity.

  23. Characters from the game Apex Legends

    Why I Hate Battle Royales

    The latest trend in video games is not for me.

  24. My newborn son, Ryan

    Ryan

    Reflections on being a new dad.

  25. An illustration of Jeff, Devindra and Dave, hosts of the Slashfilmcast.

    500 Episodes

    My favorite podcast celebrates 10+ years.

  26. A photo of Mike's family with Santa and Mrs. Claus.

    2018

    A look back at the longest year in history.

  27. A photo of Ronaldo and a bust of him that looks horribly disfigured.

    Should Painters Sculpt?

    In which I ponder that age old question.

  28. Several blind monks feeling up an elephant.

    Driving Your Design System with Tokens

    Design tokens are the key to a maintainable, cross-platform design system

  29. Olivia's foot

    Four Years

    It's been awhile.

  30. Extra Life 24-hour Marathon - October 25 at 8 AM Central

    Extra Life for Lurie Children's Hospital

    I'm playing video games for 24 hours to honor my daughter, Olivia.

  31. Groupon's CSS framework for internal tools.

    CSS at Groupon

    A look at our CSS frameworks at Groupon.

  32. Dr. Evil doing airquotes with the caption

    Building a Dream Team

    My beef with the term "full-stack developer."