I occasionally hack on web apps either as part of my job or just for fun, and the pattern I've settled on for most things should be pretty familiar to people: nginx on the front-end of course static files or an express app to serve web content static json files…
Over the last 2 or so years I've written a lot of add-ons and in particular a lot of very very simple add-ons that are either quick examples to show someone how to do something, or to try to reproduce a bug in Firefox or the SDK. And because I'm…
I had the privilege of attending and speaking at FOSDEM this past weekend on our plans to help web developer extend the Firefox Developer Tools: It's now Time for @canuckistani to speak about the essential developer tools! Cc @mozilla #fosdem pic.twitter.com/hR1I8eMdRm— Mozilla FR (@mozilla…
Back on the old blog I posted about how I run multiple version / profile pairs of Firefox on OS X using a mix of shell script and AppleScript with a dash of yak shaving. I still use this all the time, but it continues to be a problem for others…
I'm a big fan of Zombie movies and comics. I suspect I am not alone in this, Zombies have never been more popular than they are right now. One of my favourite parts about these movies is how they typically end: a small group of survivors in a post-apocalyptic wasteland…
I wrote a quick add-on tonight to fill a gap in how I use Firefox to browser the web. The Gap The usability gap happens when I have some reference like documentation or a calendar app open as a pinned tab (I'm addicted to pinning things I know I'll need…