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curtgrimes··on Show HN: I wrote a modern Command Line Handbook
These two tweaks should improve it (by preventing the largest text and book graphic from overflowing the viewport horizontally on some smaller screen sizes):

  diff --git a/index.html b/index.html
  index a0f978c..040e50e 100644
  --- a/index.html
  +++ b/index.html
  @@ -21,3 +21,3 @@
         h1 {
  -        font-size: 3.8em;
  +        font-size: clamp(2.2em, 7vw, 3.8em);
           margin-bottom: 0;
  @@ -60,2 +60,3 @@
         .hero-img {
  +        max-width: 100%;
           transform: rotate(2deg);
  
Also, I really like what I see in your book so far and I am already learning things on the first few pages. Thanks!
curtgrimes··on Troubled Amazon drone delivery program faces latest challenge: Annoyed residents
You are implying that the drone noise you heard is the same as an Amazon drone’s noise. That is not necessarily true. It’s possible that the Amazon drones are quieter than the drone from your “asshole neighbor”.

You can’t logically compare the sound of two different drones to arrive at your conclusion of “all drones = bad”.

curtgrimes··on Breaking Free from DRM: Hacking My Air Purifier
They shouldn’t have bought an air purifier with DRM to begin with. That is the real problem.
curtgrimes··on RawJS is a better way to call document.createElement()
Two more I noticed:

“last years framework” should be “last year’s framework”

“How long with it take to find and fix bugs as our app grows?” should be “How long will it take to find and fix bugs as our app grows?”

curtgrimes··on The `hanging-punctuation property` in CSS
As of November 2023, only available in Safari.

https://caniuse.com/css-hanging-punctuation

curtgrimes··on YouTube Lets You Sort Videos by Color Now, for Some Reason
For me? Almost none.
curtgrimes··on Pixar was never a masterpiece factory
Not to mention a little movie named Frozen.