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(he/him) Co-owner and Creative Director @cloudfour.com, a small web design and development consultancy that makes a big impact. I also write, draw and make games. https://tylersticka.com https://cloudfour.com
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RIP Brian Wilson 💜 Saw him perform Pet Sounds in 2016 with Al Jardine and (I believe) this same lineup of musicians: www.youtube.com/watch?v=gx5P...

Finished #1000xResist for the first time today, and… wow. Phenomenal game! #fanart

#UsagiYojimbo is one of my all-time favorite comic book series! If you’re curious to learn why, there’s a Humble Bundle of digital UY #comics happening now: www.humblebundle.com/books/usagi-...

Delightful morning read: How one of my favorite comic series was adapted to the Commodore 64 back in 1988 www.timeextension.com/features/how... #RetroGaming #UsagiYojimbo

Stopped by Excalibur yesterday for their Memorial Day Weekend sale. Found 28 comics on my list, all 50% off. Still kind of stunned by my haul 😳 #comics #pdx

📝 Wrote about my recent move from Notion to Obsidian. daverupert.com/2025/05/noti...

I made an itty-bitty #AlfredApp workflow so I could use “smart” punctuation more easily: tylersticka.com/journal/alfr...

It’s weird to me when a team-oriented SAAS product that charges per member doesn't have a concept of free/cheaper “admin-only” members to manage billing details without contributing. You’d think they’d want to remove any barrier to getting paid.

Hey you! Do you wear #tshirts? 👕 Do you like #ducks? 🦆 How about #UFOs? 👽 If you answered “yes” to some or all of these questions, then dig this new merch for my buddy @spaceninja.com’s podcast @veryexcitingtime.com… art by yours truly! cottonbureau.com/p/WGDZKA/shi...

GSAP is now free. 😍 gsap.com/blog/3-13/

It looks like I may need a #keyboard replacement soon, would love some recommendations. I’d like to go #mechanical this time, mostly for the freedom to repair and tinker. 1/3

Quick FYI everyone, I’m cool now: tylersticka.com/journal/fina...

Thrilled for the shoutout from @tylersticka.com about my book, Design for Developers 🫶 cloudfour.com/thinks/desig... My book lays the foundational skills for anyone wanting to learn more about how to design for the web. No design experience required. It's an evergreen resource!

I wish I would've had these tips back when I was starting out in web design. The interplay between design tools and the browser — not to mention modern tooling — open up so many opportunities. @tylersticka.com really reminds me why designing for the web is STILL fun.

I’m fortunate to have worked with a lot of amazing designers over the years. Some were curious about designing in the browser with basic #HTML and #CSS, but weren’t sure where to begin. This advice helped point them in the right direction: cloudfour.com/thinks/desig... #WebDesign #DesignProcess

If a designer was interested in following more designer-developers / design engineers / folks who design in the browser for inspiration, whose work would you point them to? #WebDesign

Love BAFTA’s pick for “most influential game of all time” www.bafta.org/stories/the-... #FanArt #VideoGames #Shenmue

Last night, I finished my backlog of #VideoGames. Only took me ten years! 🙈 tylersticka.com/journal/vide...

Alternative text for short-form video - @tylersticka.com #HTML #accessibility #video github.com/whatwg/html/...

What if PlayStation… but crab? 🦀 www.youtube.com/watch?v=dSBN...

Cowardly Defaults and Courageous Overrides with Modern CSS from @tylersticka.com on @cloudfour.com cloudfour.com/thinks... #FrontEnd #CSS #WebDev

It used to be quite challenging to set the precedence of individual #CSS rules without some pain. (This encouraged the practice of authoring many small utility classes that do very little on their own.) Thankfully, that’s no longer the case. Here’s a simple example: cloudfour.com/thinks/cowar...

Finished Asura’s Wrath the other day. The title was accurate, Asura seemed quite upset. #FanArt #AsurasWrath #Capcom

Do you know the secret behind (most) Progress Bars on the web? 🤔 They don't usually measure anything but just serve as an indicator that the loading has not stalled. Tyler Sticka (@tylersticka.com) explains more: cssw.io/progress-bar...

I’ve been recommending `<video>` elements for short-form, looping, inline clips (GIFs, etc.) for a while. The biggest pain point I hear from folks is the lack of an `alt` attribute. Last week I made an issue for that: github.com/whatwg/html/... Could probably use more reactions/discussion? #HTML

During one of my earliest professional projects, I encountered a progress bar that was, as the engineering team put it, “complete nonsense.” Here’s how it worked, why it worked that way, and the more honest alternatives it inspired: cloudfour.com/thinks/truth... #UX #UI #Design