Now that Tailwind CSS 1.4 is out it's a great time to upgrade your old, tired app. Okay, maybe your app already had version 1.3, but if not, the latest two versions (1.3 and 1.4) bring some amazing improvements. Most notable are the new space between utilities and built in PurgeCSS support.

Recently I added a signup form for my email list to the site. Using ConvertKit's API, Tailwind CSS, and AlpineJS and the Javascript Fetch API made it easy to whip up. The result is a form that's much more customizable than the embeddable forms provided by ConvertKit. This article breaks down how I did it, and how you can too.

Although the Laravel framework has its own conventions, there are several others I tend to follow that (I think) make me more efficient, so I want to share them with the world. These are my personal “best practices” for conventions in Laravel models, Laravel Livewire components, and Tailwind CSS utility classes.

Torchlight is a syntax highlighting service created by the legendary Aaron Francis (Thank you Aaron, it's awesome!). It generates beautiful code blocks and I love how they look. However, I wanted to take it a step further and add a "Copy to Clipboard" button to make...

Ever notice icons and text not lining up perfectly when you build buttons? Here's a simple fix to get things aligned juuust right.

Anyone can design something that looks good. It just takes some attention to the right details. With design, details matter, but how do you know which details matter most? The answer is that it just takes a little practice and observation. In this article, I'll show you how...