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How I Built a Tiny Tool That Makes Responsive Design Feel Effortless

Olawale Bashiru on November 12, 2025

Setting the Stage Ever wondered why the features your favorite product promises often take longer than planned? Or why it sometimes feel...
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BASHY SAMA

You didn’t just build a random dev tool, you solved an actual everyday irritation in a way that fits into day-to-day workflow. The decisions around Shadow DOM, rAF, and staying dependency-free show you were thinking long term and not just hacking stuff together.

Developers who care about DX will understand the value of this immediately. Nice work!

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Olawale Bashiru

Thank you so much my mentor, @bashy_io

I am glad you find this impressive!

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Varshith V Hegde

This is actually awesome !!!

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Olawale Bashiru

Thank you so much, you should consider testing it out and share your feedback too @varshithvhegde

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John Harding

Sounds like a great tool 🔥

However what I appreciated most about this article is the description of your choices and mindset. This is a great mentoring piece!

So many folks would only concentrate on the tool & tech chosen. Not why they were chosen.

Kudos!

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Olawale Bashiru

Thank you for such an elaborate and kind feedback @john_harding_0d8e406f9b04

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Muhammad Usman

You did a great job

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Olawale Bashiru

That is so kind of you @web_dev-usman

If you can, please share whatever improvements you think I need to make.

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Muhammad Usman

Hey bro, I'm sure you have noticed series increase in your views, because I have shared this ink with my squad
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Olawale Bashiru

Thank you so much, @web_dev-usman

I really appreciate the gesture :)

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Automatic

Nice one! I code on mobile, so I’m wondering — will it support mobile users too? 🤗
Good work, @olawalethefirst.

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Olawale Bashiru

Thank you @automatic_9a1a5b02ba0d308

I am curious, what do you mean by 'code on mobile'? But just so you know, as long as your application runs in the browser, this tool can be integrated into your framework.

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Automatic

I code directly on my phone using [Acode editor]. Cool to know it integrates with any browser-based framework — thanks for the clarification!

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George

Just enable "Show media queries" in Chrome DevTools...

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Olawale Bashiru • Edited

Oh, I agree you can do this @feketegy but it doesn't give a named definition of the media queries or the currently active query that our app configuration specifies. A value that breakpoint-overlay provides at its core.

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Nadeem Zia

Very interesting to read, amazing work

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Olawale Bashiru

Thank you for dropping a review @nadeem_rider

I really do appreciate it.

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Maulik Paneliya

awesome

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Olawale Bashiru

Thank you @maulikevince

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Rvn

I don't understand the theme of your post but thanks for sharing it🥰

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Olawale Bashiru

I am sorry you don't; @00rvn00

The summary of the write-up is: I developed a tool to make frontend developers more effective at their job.

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Cecey Diamond

This is a very interesting thought and implementation. I like the fact that you are settling for a badge overlay. And I can't wait to see this in its functional state

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Olawale Bashiru

Thank you @cecey_diamond_a085cea65ba

You can check it out in its functional state by cloning a live example in the github repository. Thank you so much for your once again!

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Gafar Bashiru

Really impressed by how you’ve turned a simple idea into an effective tool. Well done!

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Olawale Bashiru

Thank you Gafar

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Ben Majidadi

This is really inspiring. Kudos

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Olawale Bashiru

You are amazing for such uplifting feedback, Thank you @ben_majidadi_804b85cc5bef

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Folusho Alo

Great work bashiru ❤️

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Olawale Bashiru

Thank you brother, I appreciate the feedback. @folusho_alo_b8fcbe04b6b72 ❤️

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Uju

This is amazing!!

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Olawale Bashiru

Thank you, Uju; you're amazing for dropping a feedback. @goodhair

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Veronica Nwana

Wow, this is impressive!

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Olawale Bashiru

This is so kind of you, Veronica. I genuinely appreciate your honest review. @veronica_nwana_5d06a400ac

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James

I'd love to be able to play with a live demo without installing the demo app locally, but this looks very cool