Newsletter #4 - WAS Passed, Feedback Tracked, and Mario 3D on the Horizon 🎮📣
Hola, friends!
This past month, I took a little break and enjoyed some sunny holidays in Spain! ☀️ I found a bit more time to write, but not so much to code—plus, things have been quite intense at my full-time job. Still, I managed to pull off a couple of exciting things…
1. I PASSED the WAS Certification! 🎓 After some good study sessions back in January (post-Christmas brain reboot, anyone?), I finally took the IAAP WAS exam in February. I just got the email last week, and I passed! The exam was tough, not gonna lie, but I learnt a lot by preparing it.
2. Accessibility Issue Tracker is Live! I created a simple tool to let people send feedback or report accessibility bugs across my projects. The magic? It automatically emails me and logs the issue to a Google Sheet via API. You can try it here: 👉 issues.manuelsanchezdev.com
If you want to build something similar, I wrote about it in one of my latest posts!
Latest Blog Posts:
Accessible HTML Forms Guide – We dive into how to create accessible forms and explore custom validation approaches that are both user-friendly and screen reader-friendly.
Next.js, React, TypeScript + Google Sheets – Automate all the things!
Mastering Generics in TypeScript – Because
<T>deserves love too.Technical Debt: Examples & Fixes – Fix your mess. Or mine.
Design Debt in UX/UI – Because design can go bankrupt too.
Cool Stuff I Found on the Internet:
🎨 Style your scrollbar like it’s 2099: scrollbar.app
✨ Bring your UI to life with animejs.com
🏎️ Remember the guy who open-sourced the Mario Kart JS project? He’s now working on a Mario 3D game. Stay tuned for more pixel-powered adventures.
That’s all for now!
Stay awesome,
Manuel