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Stop Fighting z-index: Stacked Layers with React Portals
A layering trick we picked up from studying DoorDash's DOM while building a design system, and the version I eventually ported into this blog.
March 10, 2024
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[Elixir/Phoenix] LiveView - Smooth Image Loading with LQIP
A step-by-step guide to Low-Quality Image Placeholders (LQIP) in Phoenix LiveView: the CSS, the JS Hook, and the template integration.

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Latest Posts

Stop Fighting z-index: Stacked Layers with React Portals

[Elixir/Phoenix] LiveView - Smooth Image Loading with LQIP

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