Niklas Stadigs nstadigs

CSS is Complex. We can do better.

Posted on https://twitter.com/karlhorky/status/1082622697325166592

Ok, thread time.

CSS is unnecessarily complex. And we can do better.

There have been side conversations here and there, but I want to consolidate the information and opinions here. This will be a running thread, and I'll add to it as new things crop up.

CEC-Detection

Want to control a TV over HDMI-CEC via a remote RasPi? Include the following as a switch:

platform: command_line
switches:
    tv_power:
      command_on: "ssh pi@<ip_address> -i /home/homeassistant/.homeassistant/id_homeassistant 'echo on 0 | cec-client -s -d 1'"
 command_off: "ssh pi@ -i /home/homeassistant/.homeassistant/id_homeassistant 'echo standby 0 | cec-client -s -d 1'"

Can't share the complete code because the app's closed source and still in stealth mode, but here's how I'm using React Router and Redux in a large app with server rendering and code splitting on routes.

Server

Wildcard Express route configures a Redux store for each request and makes an addReducers() callback available to the getComponents() method of each React Router route. Each route is responsible for adding any Redux reducers it needs when it's loaded. (This isn't really necessary on the

	/*
	Disclaimer: This is just a drafted api and not real (yet).
	*/

	import { useState } from "react"

	import ReactHomey, {
	// Components
	Light,
	Fan,

	[
	{ "name": "Amazon", "url": "https://www.amazon.de/gp/help/customer/contact-us?", "note": "Select, in this order: 'Digitale Dienste' -> 'Datenauskunft beantragen' -> 'Datenauskunft für eine spätere Zusendung beantragen' -> 'Daten aus allen Kategorien anfordern' -> Namen eingeben und Nachricht vervollständigen. -- Amazon Support Staff will review your request and send you an email, asking about a postal address. If you don't answer to their mail, your request won't be fulfilled." },
	{ "name": "McDonalds", "url": "https://corporate.mcdonalds.com/corpmcd/gdpr-rights-center.html" },
	{ "name": "willhaben.at", "url": "https://datenschutz.willhaben.at/" },
	{ "name": "Spotify", "url": "https://www.spotify.com/account/privacy/" },
	{ "name": "Google", "url": "https://takeout.google.com" },
	{ "name": "PlayStation", "email": "[email protected]" },
	{ "name": "Humble Bundle", "email": "[email protected]" },
	{ "name": "REWE Group AT", "email": "[email protected]" },
	{ "name": "BILLA", "url": "https:

	import React from 'react';
	import { css as EmotionCSS } from 'react-emotion';

	import { jsxstyleFactory } from './jsxstyleFactory';

	const cx = (css, styles, className) =>
	EmotionCSS([{ ...css, ...styles }, className]);

	const jsxstyle = jsxstyleFactory(cx);
	export const Box = jsxstyle.Box;

	#!/bin/bash
	# Sway WM screen + audio recorder
	# Usage: ./record -d [display] -a [audio_device] -o [project_output_name]
	#
	# Displays can be listed with `swaymsg -t get_outputs`.
	# Audio devices can be listed with `arecord -l`.
	# Probably best not to put spaces in the "-o" argument, sorry...
	#
	# Dependencies: ffmpeg, alsamixer
	#

	// Observable is an Union Type, with the following variants
	const Empty = () => ['EMPTY']
	const Cons = (head, tail) => ['CONS', head, tail]
	const Future = promise => ['FUTURE', promise]

	// race between 2 promises; each promise will resolve to a lazy value
	const lazyRace = (p1, p2) => Promise.race([p1,p2]).then(lazy => lazy())

	// function composition
	const compose = (...fns) => (arg) => fns.reduceRight((res, f) => f(res), arg)

	:80 {
	root /serve
	}