Web developer @ OddBird since
Ed (he/him) is a web developer building fast, accessible sites with Python & PHP.
Ed is passionate about helping clients and colleagues use and master web technologies to solve problems and achieve their goals. An avid Python & Django developer for over 8 years, he’s been recently enjoying PHP & WordPress development as well. Ed participates in spaces built around open source software as a contributor and speaker, and also acts as a mentor and organizer at his local community in El Salvador. He enjoys playing video games, binge-watching a good TV show, and volunteering at his local church.
Color contrast checker with Oklch, Oklab, P3, and more
OddContrast is a color format converter, featuring newer color formats like Oklch, Oklab, and the Display P3 color space. It’s also a color contrast checker to help designers meet WCAG 2 accessibility standards.
Cascade Layers, CSS Anchor Positioning, Popover
Along with our work for the W3C developing specifications for the CSS language, OddBird has started and maintains a number of powerful polyfills for new web platform features including Cascade Layers, CSS Anchor Positioning, and the Popover attribute.
Automated style guides
Design systems streamline development, communication, and consistency – but often rely on dedicated teams and extended budgets. We wanted a tool that helps create and maintain living style guides & pattern libraries in an agile process, and on a budget. Herman helps you keep your development process simple – and your UX consistent – as you scale over time.
Integrated design-system management in Sass
OddBird’s Accoutrement tools help keep design tokens meaningful to both humans and machines – opening the door for automation, while improving readability. These tools also integrate with Herman, our automated pattern-library generator.
An object map is a place to document information about objects in your digital system, keeping everyone involved on the same page. During our conversation, we walk through examples and discuss the benefits of using object maps.
SQLAlchemy is a Python library for interacting with relational databases. It is a popular alternative to Django’s ORM used by frameworks such as FastAPI. In this article we will help curious Django developers write their first queries with SQLAlchemy, and highlight key differences.
FastAPI path operations are the equivalent of Django views. In this article we explore the differences, advantages, and gotchas of using them from the perspective of a Django developer.
During our conversation, we discuss what htmx is, how it improves user experience, and walk through some examples of common UI patterns using htmx.
If you’ve ever found yourself in a specificity war, you’ll understand how important having control over style priority can be. During our conversation, we discussed what CSS Layers are and how you can use them in your project.
Learn how to leverage Web Platform Tests to ensure your polyfills are implementing upcoming browser features correctly, including how to generate a comprehensive report of failing/passing tests on each change.
OddBird sponsored Python Web Conference 2023 and sent me to attend. In this article I showcase my favorite talks and activities from this excellent online event, including a list of useful resources for web application security, introductions to new PaaS providers, and a comparison of the most popular Python web…
Learn how to run Playwright in headed mode to interact with the browser’s user interface from outside Docker containers.
A hands-on workshop using pytest and Playwright
Keeping your project dependencies up to date can become an unwieldy task when Dependabot opens a dozen pull requests every week. We present an alternative approach that uses only one scheduled pull request for all upgrades.