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How to you prefer to work with colors & color combinations? I’m getting more curious about how web pages look and feel. Currently, when I want to pick a color, I fire up VS Code, make a CSS file and drag the sliders around, super-zoomed in to actually see stuff. Then I copy the HSL values into a Clojure file.
I like https://paletton.com/. There are probably better tools, but I always remember this one.
I use http://oklch.com and try to keep lightness and chroma coordinated across the site
Interesting! “Chroma” appears to be useful. I’ve been messing around in HSL-space, but couldn’t figure out how to get “sharp” colors in a sense.
Because I'm terrible at it and can't be bothered to spend much time. I've been using genAi for this. I describe the look and feel I want, the theme, and all that, and ask it for a CSS file. And I go from there.
The color palette/css for this site for example was all done like that: https://xadecimal.com/subscription-game-ratings/
I like https://stripe.com/blog/accessible-color-systems https://www.radix-ui.com/colors https://tailwindcss.com/docs/customizing-colors Refactoring UI has some good tips on effectively using different colors: https://www.refactoringui.com/
I recently stumbled upon Huetone https://huetone.ardov.me which I find incredibly useful to create well balanced, consistent and accessible color scales. I don’t like that it is so easy to screw your work by accidentally removing scales though and even though you can create your scale with OKLch the output will always be converted to standard hex values, which is suboptimal. However, the tool is open source so you can also run or “fix” it locally. The guy who created it is even working on a new version right now with improved UI & visualizations, which I am looking forward to.
1If you had to buy a Macbook would you choose M2Pro (32GB RAM) or M3Pro (36GB RAM) for programming (in general)? The price difference is significant. The opinions on the Internet favour M2Pro slightly.
i would not be influenced by the generation of processor. They are all quite fast and allow for very long battery life. Unless you know that the performance benefits will actually impact you, I would use the other constraint you listed: price.
Thanks. M3Pro should be better for 3d graphics which is not my case. M2Pro has more power cores which should be more suitable for programming/compilation etc.
highly recommend a refurbished MBP, I have a M2 from that generation and it has performed very well
M2. I have a M1 pro but I am thinking about asking for a mb air next time. Even that « old » M1 is a massive powerhouse for running just emacs/docker/terminal/browser.
And… it’s heavy. I used a air for a bit recently and frankly I couldn’t tell the difference for programming (plugged on an external screen)
Quite a long read, but too relatable not to share: https://mihaiolteanu.me/defense-of-lisp-macros
The tricky part with Lisp I think is that there isn't a boring Lisp. For example, a Lisp with mostly straightforward semantics, static types, and no garbage collection. I think every time you bring the "managed runtime", and the weirder nested scopes, dynamicism, and all that. While I love that stuff it's awesome, I feel it's what ends up making it niche.