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Indie App Spotlight: ‘Notepad.exe’ is an ultra-fast, lightweight code editor for your Mac

Welcome to Indie App Spotlight . This is a weekly 9to5Mac series where we showcase the latest apps in the indie app world. If you’re a developer and would like your app featured, get in contact . Writing a little bit of code shouldn’t be a hassle. Typically you have to set up a project and go through layers of menus before you can even start to write. Notepad.exe flips that script, and believes…

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Indie App Spotlight: ‘Notepad.exe’ is an ultra-fast, lightweight code editor for your Mac

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Comfort Table — طعم يشبه المنزل 🍲 | Perfect Landing

<!DOCTYPE html> Comfort Table — طعم يشبه المنزل 🍲 *, *::before, *::after { box-sizing: border-box; } :root { --cream: #fdf8f0; --warm-white: #faf3e8; --white: #ffffff; --brown-dark: #3d2a1e…

  • Comfort Table evokes home-like essence
  • Color palette includes cream, warm white, white
  • Typography uses Georgia, Times New Roman

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Cutting Chai — the comfort food that isn't food, drawn in CSS

This is a submission for Frontend Challenge: Comfort Food Edition , CSS Art: Comfort Food What I Built A kulhad of masala chai, steaming, on a wooden table.

  • Artist recreates kulhad's squat shape using clip-path with 18 points
  • Steam effect created with separate wisps and mix-blend-mode: screen
  • Biscuit texture achieved through radial and linear gradients, mask-image property

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Solution to Challenge 3 - Visual Testing with API Mocking

Challenge #3 is done — here's my solution to Challenge 3: Visual Testing with API Mocking I'm not a big fan of mock APIs for end-to-end tests, but when testing a dashboard with daily API changes, you…

  • Author prefers visual testing over mock APIs for dashboard chart issues
  • Visual testing detects UI changes automatically with image snapshots
  • Playwright offers free visual testing with screenshot comparison

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