David Norman Front End Developer &
UX Designer &
Tired Dad

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About Me

about-david.js
1 // Information about the dude
2 const david = {
3   name: "David Norman",
4   role: "Senior Front End Developer & UX Designer",
5   location: "Costa del Yorkshire",
6
7   // What I do
8   passion: "Crafting beautiful, functional, and accessible web experiences",
9   skills: [
10     "React", "TypeScript", "Astro", "CSS/Sass",
11     "Design Systems", "Figma", "AI", "Dad duties"
12   ],
13
14   // Current status
15   status: "Procrastonating. Probably.",
16
17   // Other
18   interests: [
19     "3D Printing", "Mechanical keyboards",
20     "Home automation", "Sim racing"
21   ]
22 };
23
24 export default david;

Musings

Things I managed to focus on long enough to write about.

Could be waffle, could be useful, who knows?

29 December 2025

How native CSS is finally catching up with what we've been doing for years now

An exploration into how modern CSS can potentially replace preprocessors like SCSS by bringing logic, nesting, and dynamic variables directly into the browser. Learn to leverage a "native-first" workflow that reduces build-tool dependency and improves runtime performance.

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22 December 2025

What exactly am I doing here?

David, weirdly talking in third person, decides to start posting stuff that interests him, but asks "why?".

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