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 https://merri.net

Education

Self-taught programmer

Work

Senior Developer at VR Group

Vesa Piittinen

Jun 13

Astro SSR is still on the way but I have it in production already

#astro #webdev #html #css

10 min read

The perfect image lazy loading

I guess Lighthouse recommends WebP because both are Google's....

May 20

What jobs did you have before software development?

I had a sort of job as a computer handyman. And then I collec...

Apr 11

How has JavaScript development changed over the last decade?

From front-end dev perspective... In 2013 we could have mayb...

Mar 28

What was your win this week?

I started writing a new DEV.to article. It is different from...

Feb 4

Should I ever have a role="button"?

Make button contents wrap like a link. Have more than a singl...

Jan 6

Should I ever have a role="button"?

Try display: inline; on a button and see if anything happens,...

Jan 6

When are you most productive?

Do you want to have a comment that is way too long for a ques...

Jan 6

Semantic HTML in React with zero new ideas

I agree as far as the button use case goes. It would be bette...

Jan 6

View all 164 comments

Vesa Piittinen

Jun 8

The tiny trick of the day: html[data-local-storage]

#html #javascript #webdev #css

3 min read

Vesa Piittinen

Mar 15

The perfect image lazy loading

#html #javascript #webdev

8 2

2 min read

Vesa Piittinen

Jan 6

Should I ever have a role="button"?

#html #css #javascript #react

15 7

7 min read

Vesa Piittinen

Jan 1

Semantic HTML in React with zero new ideas

#react #javascript #html #css

29 2

7 min read

Vesa Piittinen

Oct 31 '21

Icons for React & co, the web standards way thank you

#webdev #react #css #html

5 min read

Vesa Piittinen

Jul 30 '21

Time of Day, username, and layout shifting

#react #gatsby #javascript #webdev

9 min read

Vesa Piittinen

Jun 16 '21

Personal retro: one year as "senior"

6 min read

Vesa Piittinen

Jun 3 '21

Why not to "Abandon React!!1"

#react #javascript #webdev

9 6

6 min read

Vesa Piittinen

Jun 1 '21

React class components in the World of Hooks

#react #javascript #webdev #typescript

21 1

4 min read

Vesa Piittinen

Jun 1 '21

Thoughts for a Major React Refactor

#webdev #javascript #react #gatsby

6 min read

Vesa Piittinen

Apr 16 '21

JavaScript is short-lived

1 3

1 min read

Vesa Piittinen

Dec 11 '20

This is true

#watercooler #javascript

1 min read

Vesa Piittinen

Dec 7 '20

VoiceOver does not read pseudo elements with all: initial

#webdev #a11y #css

2 1

1 min read

Vesa Piittinen

Nov 21 '20

My Button is better than your Button

#react #css #design #a11y

2 min read

Vesa Piittinen

Oct 12 '20

Hello, :focus-visible!

#webdev #css #a11y

3 min read

Vesa Piittinen

Oct 2 '20

Server Side Includes, the hottest of the web in 1995

#html #css #tutorial #webdev

29 4

7 min read

Vesa Piittinen

Oct 1 '20

Maintenance free unsupported browser notification

#javascript #webdev #tutorial

4 min read

Vesa Piittinen

Sep 25 '20

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 '20

Cross-platform package.json scripts

#node #npm #javascript

2 min read

Vesa Piittinen

Sep 6 '20

Making those React tests faster and nicer

#testing #react #productivity

9 2

7 min read

Vesa Piittinen

Sep 3 '20

How to display/output as template string?

#help #javascript

5 2

1 min read

Vesa Piittinen

Aug 30 '20

Tabbordion v2 first beta finally out

#watercooler #opensource

1 min read

Vesa Piittinen

Aug 9 '20

The dilemma of a silent quick learner

#learning #education #personal #mentalhealth

41 8

4 min read

Vesa Piittinen

Aug 5 '20

Experiences on recruitment

#career

4 min read

Vesa Piittinen

Jul 31 '20

Components not solved by hooks?

#discuss #react #hooks

1 1

1 min read

Vesa Piittinen

Jul 30 '20

React class functionality in function components

#react

4 min read

Vesa Piittinen

Jul 26 '20

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

#javascript #codegolfing #webdev

8 min read

Vesa Piittinen

Jul 23 '20

Quick Tip: Scrollable containers without scrollbars

#css

2 min read

Vesa Piittinen

Jul 22 '20

The Customer Service of Web Development

#webdev #productivity #architecture #performance

8 1

4 min read

Vesa Piittinen

Jul 18 '20

Understanding React SSR, SPA, hydration

#react #gatsby #redux #webdev

46 1

5 min read

Vesa Piittinen

Jul 11 '20

Solving by thinking is not the only way

#productivity

3 min read

Vesa Piittinen

Jul 4 '20

The code can look awful

#webdev #productivity

10 3

4 min read

Vesa Piittinen

Jun 27 '20

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

#discuss #webdev

22 18

1 min read

Vesa Piittinen

Jun 6 '20

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

DEV Community is a community of 877,885 amazing developers

Recent comments

The perfect image lazy loading

What jobs did you have *before* software development?

How has JavaScript development changed over the last decade?

What was your win this week?

Should I ever have a role="button"?

Should I ever have a role="button"?

When are you most productive?

Semantic HTML in React with zero new ideas

What jobs did you have before software development?