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A brief history of Times New Roman

Times New Roman gets its name from the Times of London, the British newspaper. In 1929, the Times hired typographer Stanley Morison to create a new text font. Morison led the project, supervising Victor Lardent, an advertising artist for the Times, who drew the letterforms.

Speed matters:
Why working quickly is more important than it seems https://jsomers.net/blog/speed-matters

Estimates - A necessary evil?
https://thorsell.io/2025/12/07/estimates.html

AWS CEO Explains 3 Reasons AI Can’t Replace Junior Devs
Matt Garman pushes back on AI replacing junior developers and explains how AI should be used in the workplace.
https://www.finalroundai.com/blog/aws-ceo-ai-cannot-replace-junior-developers

Use Cases for Field Sizing
A quick look at field-sizing and where it can be used. https://ishadeed.com/article/field-sizing/

Start implementing view transitions on your websites today https://piccalil.li/blog/start-implementing-view-transitions-on-your-websites-today/

Advanced Select Dropdown - https://slimselectjs.com/

Easy setup, easy money

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