https://peterbenoit.com/blog/ When I'm not hiking, I'm coding. When I'm not exploring, I'm building. Notes on all of it. en-us Fri, 17 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://peterbenoit.com/blog/baseline-trailhead/ https://peterbenoit.com/blog/baseline-trailhead/ I wasn't feeling great last weekend, but I went anyway. That's kind of my rule with Bowie. He doesn't negotiate. Fri, 17 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://peterbenoit.com/blog/first-thing-open-project/ https://peterbenoit.com/blog/first-thing-open-project/ Opening a project cold can be a challenge. I built a VS Code extension to solve that: structure analysis, git diagnostics, and plain-text summaries in one file. Thu, 09 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://peterbenoit.com/blog/inert-attribute/ https://peterbenoit.com/blog/inert-attribute/ The inert attribute solves focus trapping without JavaScript ceremony. A 40-line focus trap function replaced by four lines that actually work. Tue, 07 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://peterbenoit.com/blog/enshittification-of-trust/ https://peterbenoit.com/blog/enshittification-of-trust/ How car buying became a three-layer trust collapse requiring fake identities and AI agents just to negotiate safely. Sat, 04 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://peterbenoit.com/blog/pretext/ https://peterbenoit.com/blog/pretext/ Pretext is a tiny JavaScript library that measures and lays out multiline text without touching the DOM. No reflow. No getBoundingClientRect. Just arithmetic. Fri, 03 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://peterbenoit.com/blog/peters-evil-overlord-list/ https://peterbenoit.com/blog/peters-evil-overlord-list/ Peter Anspach's Evil Overlord List has been on the same URL since 1996. I've been meaning to write about it for twenty-five years. Here's why it still matters. Wed, 01 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://peterbenoit.com/blog/safe-area-inset/ https://peterbenoit.com/blog/safe-area-inset/ env() safe area insets return 0 unless you opt in first. Here is the viewport meta attribute that changes that, and the four lines of CSS that follow. Mon, 30 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://peterbenoit.com/blog/things-the-web-killed/ https://peterbenoit.com/blog/things-the-web-killed/ A look back at the web technologies that didn't make it: SOAP, Flash, framesets, the blink tag, and everything else the platform eventually outgrew. Fri, 27 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://peterbenoit.com/blog/ddev/ https://peterbenoit.com/blog/ddev/ After years of fighting MAMP, Valet, and handrolled Docker configs, ddev quietly solved local PHP development for me. Here's what clicked. Wed, 25 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://peterbenoit.com/blog/immich/ https://peterbenoit.com/blog/immich/ A practical guide to getting Immich running on Windows with Docker, including the gotchas nobody warns you about: exFAT drives, Windows Firewall, and those stubborn marker files. Sun, 22 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://peterbenoit.com/blog/css-starting-style/ https://peterbenoit.com/blog/css-starting-style/ @starting-style gives CSS transitions a declarative 'from' state for elements entering the DOM. No JavaScript required. Tue, 10 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://peterbenoit.com/blog/marshall-swamp/ https://peterbenoit.com/blog/marshall-swamp/ Spring makes the Marshall Swamp Trail into a green corridor of maples, oaks, and palms. And a reminder that Florida's floodplain forests are doing serious ecological work. Tue, 10 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://peterbenoit.com/blog/color-mix/ https://peterbenoit.com/blog/color-mix/ For years I reached for Sass just to darken or lighten a brand color. native CSS color-mix() in oklch does it better. Sat, 28 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://peterbenoit.com/blog/yearling-trail/ https://peterbenoit.com/blog/yearling-trail/ The Ocala National Forest in January has a stillness that's hard to find elsewhere in Florida. Open prairies, limestone sinkholes, and a homestead that's mostly returned to scrub. Thu, 22 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://peterbenoit.com/blog/scroll-driven-animations/ https://peterbenoit.com/blog/scroll-driven-animations/ The Scroll-Driven Animations spec lets you tie CSS animations to scroll position or element visibility. No JavaScript required. Tue, 20 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://peterbenoit.com/blog/silver-springs/ https://peterbenoit.com/blog/silver-springs/ The humidity finally broke, and I spent a morning on the Sandhill and Swamp Trails. Away from the glass-bottom boats, deep in old cypress. Fri, 14 Nov 2025 00:00:00 +0000