Vesa Piittinen

User centric frontend specialist between "normal" programming and design. Loves perf and minimalism. Prefers HTML, CSS, Web Standards over JS, UX over DX. Hates div disease.

Espoo, Finland Joined on May 7, 2019

Education

Self-taught programmer

Work

Senior Developer at VR Group

Vesa Piittinen

Oct 12

Hello, :focus-visible!

#webdev #css #a11y

3 min read

Recent Comments

re: Laptops For Developers Oct 9

My next Windows laptop feature request list: Ryzen 4800U or...

re: Comments Are The Only "Code Smell" Oct 8

Yup, and my comment wasn't really to question anything in you...

re: Comments Are The Only "Code Smell" Oct 8

Maybe I've had bad experiences or bad luck, but I've noticed ...

re: Comments Are The Only "Code Smell" Oct 8

I disagree with the above samples. I hope I don't go too much...

re: Comments Are The Only "Code Smell" Oct 8

Descriptive, long variable names can be good. However you sho...

re: Server Side Includes, the hottest of the web in 1995 Oct 2

Thanks! My best shot: you're almost guaranteed to not over-a...

re: How long until CSS variables will replace CSS-in-JS color enums? Sep 25

The less than 6% can be targetted using a polyfill, and it is...

re: How do you prefer to learn? Videos, Books, both? Sep 21

Thanks! I wouldn't call any experience a wrong direction. We...

Vesa Piittinen

Oct 2

Server Side Includes, the hottest of the web in 1995

#html #css #tutorial #webdev

27 3

7 min read

Vesa Piittinen

Oct 1

Maintenance free unsupported browser notification

#javascript #webdev #tutorial

4 min read

Vesa Piittinen

Sep 25

How long until CSS variables will replace CSS-in-JS color enums?

#discuss #javascript #css #react

5 3

1 min read

Vesa Piittinen

Sep 11

Cross-platform package.json scripts

#node #npm #javascript

2 min read

Vesa Piittinen

Sep 6

Making those React tests faster and nicer

#testing #react #productivity

7 min read

Vesa Piittinen

Sep 3

How to display/output as template string?

#help #javascript

5 2

1 min read

Vesa Piittinen

Aug 30

Tabbordion v2 first beta finally out

#watercooler #opensource

1 min read

Vesa Piittinen

Aug 9

The dilemma of a silent quick learner

#learning #education #personal #mentalhealth

41 8

4 min read

Vesa Piittinen

Aug 5

Experiences on recruitment

#career

4 min read

Vesa Piittinen

Jul 31

Components not solved by hooks?

#discuss #react #hooks

1 1

1 min read

Vesa Piittinen

Jul 30

React class functionality in function components

#react

4 min read

Vesa Piittinen

Jul 26

Code Golfing: the shortest localStorage check step-by-step

#javascript #codegolfing #webdev

8 min read

Vesa Piittinen

Jul 23

Quick Tip: Scrollable containers without scrollbars

#css

2 min read

Vesa Piittinen

Jul 22

The Customer Service of Web Development

#webdev #productivity #architecture #performance

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4 min read

Vesa Piittinen

Jul 18

Understanding React SSR, SPA, hydration

#react #gatsby #redux #webdev

5 min read

Vesa Piittinen

Jul 11

Solving by thinking is not the only way

#productivity

3 min read

Vesa Piittinen

Jul 4

The code can look awful

#webdev #productivity

10 3

4 min read

Vesa Piittinen

Jun 27

What would you choose if you'd go against the trends?

#discuss #webdev

22 18

1 min read

Vesa Piittinen

Jun 6

You Should Not SPA

#webdev #webperf #html #a11y

5 min read

Vesa Piittinen

Dec 28 '19

Deep dive into WAI-ARIA tabs and accordions

#a11y #html #css #javascript

11 min read

Vesa Piittinen for Verkkokauppa.com

Dec 17 '19

Container Queries And Element Resize Detection As We Enter 2020

#react #css #javascript #codequality

11 min read

Vesa Piittinen

Dec 12 '19

Short syntax mediaquery utility?

#help

4 1

1 min read

Vesa Piittinen

Dec 7 '19

Tabs in React: Bringing the Past to the Future

#react #css #html #javascript

11 min read

Vesa Piittinen

Oct 14 '19

Implementing hook-like states and effects to DOM-based library

#react #javascript

4 min read

Vesa Piittinen for Verkkokauppa.com

Sep 25 '19

The Five Year Journey to SPA

#spa #react #node #ecommerce

9 min read

Vesa Piittinen

May 14 '19

Building a JSX + DOM library Part 4

#javascript #jsx #dom #react

5 min read

Vesa Piittinen

May 12 '19

Building a JSX + DOM library Part 3

#javascript #jsx #dom #react

6 min read

Vesa Piittinen

May 11 '19

Building a JSX + DOM library Part 2

#javascript #jsx #dom #react

5 min read

Vesa Piittinen

May 10 '19

Building a JSX + DOM library Part 1

#javascript #react #jsx #dom

5 min read

Vesa Piittinen

May 7 '19

Creating your own "React", but only output DOM elements

#react #jsx #dom #nomjs

8 min read

Vesa Piittinen

skills/languages

learning/trying

Hello, :focus-visible!

Recent Comments

Server Side Includes, the hottest of the web in 1995

Maintenance free unsupported browser notification

How long until CSS variables will replace CSS-in-JS color enums?

Cross-platform package.json scripts

Making those React tests faster and nicer

How to display/output as template string?

Tabbordion v2 first beta finally out

The dilemma of a silent quick learner

Experiences on recruitment

Components not solved by hooks?

React class functionality in function components

Code Golfing: the shortest localStorage check step-by-step

Quick Tip: Scrollable containers without scrollbars

The Customer Service of Web Development

Understanding React SSR, SPA, hydration

Solving by thinking is not the only way

The code can look awful

What would you choose if you'd go against the trends?

You Should Not SPA

Deep dive into WAI-ARIA tabs and accordions

Container Queries And Element Resize Detection As We Enter 2020

Short syntax mediaquery utility?

Tabs in React: Bringing the Past to the Future

Implementing hook-like states and effects to DOM-based library

The Five Year Journey to SPA

Building a JSX + DOM library Part 4

Building a JSX + DOM library Part 3

Building a JSX + DOM library Part 2

Building a JSX + DOM library Part 1

Creating your own "React", but only output DOM elements

react-lazy

nomjs

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