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Entry (Sources) and Additional TopicsDate#
Fixing My Tooltip Accessibility Mistake (jaf)87
accessibility, tooltips, html, aria, attributes
Accessibility Bugs Are Often Architecture Bugs (hac)86
accessibility, architecture, bugs, components, consistency, modals, forms, automation
4 Tiny Mistakes That Secretly Destroy App Performance85
performance, web-apps, cors, code-splitting, dependencies, backgrounds, images
10 Common Component Architecture Mistakes in Figma Design Systems (and What to Do Instead) (ali/zer)84
components, architecture, design-systems, figma
“box-shadow” Is No Alternative to “outline” (mat)83
accessibility, shadows, css
3 Color Contrast Mistakes Designers Still Make82
contrast, colors, images, wcag, accessibility
I’ve Reviewed 500 Java Projects—Everyone Makes This Same Dumb Mistake81
java, strings
Mistakes I See Engineers Making in Their Code Reviews (sea)80
code-reviews, processes, communication
Scrum Mistakes: What Teams Get Wrong and How to Fix It79
scrum, agile, processes, releasing
Avoid These AI Coding Mistakes (ian)78
ai
The One Mistake Everyone Makes in AI77
ai
10 Programming Mistakes That Will Ruin Your Life76
programming
7 Architecture Mistakes Even Senior Engineers Make (and How to Fix Them)75
architecture, career
Why Your Design System Is Failing (and How to Fix It)74
design-systems
5 Common Mistakes When Creating Design Specs73
videos, design, documentation
Top 5 CSS Navigation Menu Mistakes (zor/css)72
navigation, css, usability
10 Common Web Development Mistakes to Avoid Right Now71
mobile, performance, accessibility, seo, navigation, security, analytics, testing
10 Digital Accessibility Mistakes to Avoid70
accessibility, alt-text, images, contrast, colors, keyboard-navigation, aria, semantics, headings, labels, forms, pop-ups, testing
Dumb Leadership Mistakes I’ve Made (lau)69
leadership
10 Bad TypeScript Habits to Break in 202468
typescript
Top 10 Angular Architecture Mistakes You Really Want to Avoid67
angular, architecture
50 TypeScript F*ck Ups66
books, typescript
Homepage Design: 4 Common Mistakes (nng)65
videos, homepages, design, usability
Performance Mistakes You Might Not Realize You Are Making64
videos, performance, angular
Web Forms: Costly Mistakes You Want to Avoid (geo)63
books, forms, usability, accessibility, maintainability
A Simple Mistake That Can Screw Up Your Light/Dark Theme (and How to Fix It) (kev)62
videos, dark-mode, css
Basic Accessibility Mistakes I Often See in Audits (cfe)61
accessibility, auditing, html, semantics, focus, links, buttons
Avoid These 5 Mistakes as a Web Developer60
career, learning
Common Vue.js Development Mistakes and How to Avoid Them59
vuejs
First, Do No Harm: Mistakes to Avoid in Creating Accessible User Experiences58
accessibility, user-experience
All 12 “useState” and “useEffect” Mistakes Junior React Developers Still Make in 202457
videos, react, hooks
How to Highlight Required and Optional Form Fields (ada)56
how-tos, forms, usability
3 Engineering Mistakes That Kill Startups55
architecture
10 Common Mistakes in Angular Development54
angular, best-practices
3 Common IA Mistakes (That Are All Due to Low Information Scent) (nng)53
information-architecture, information-scent, usability
Are You Making These Five Mistakes When Writing Alt Text?52
accessibility, writing, alt-text, images
Bad UX Writing: 5 Mistakes to Avoid (uxm)51
user-experience, writing
Common ARIA Mistakes and How to Avoid Them (ale)50
accessibility, html, aria
Turn Around Your Git Mistakes in 17 Ways49
git, productivity
It’s Good to Make Mistakes (tem)48
accessibility, design
My Five Biggest Design System Mistakes47
design-systems
15 Common Beginner JavaScript Mistakes46
javascript
The 10 Most Common JavaScript Issues Developers Face45
javascript
What You Need to Know About ARIA and How to Fix Common Mistakes (pop)44
accessibility, html, aria
Bad Bad UX: 20 Common Mistakes in User Experience43
user-experience
The “Form” Element Created the Modern Web—Was It a Big Mistake? (wir)42
html, forms, history
4 Web Accessibility Remediation Mistakes to Avoid41
accessibility
Design Mistakes That Hurt Your Web Site’s Conversion Rates (uxm)40
design, user-experience, user-conversion, metrics
4 Accessibility Mistakes Plaguing Most Government Websites (mgi)39
accessibility
Making the World’s Fastest Website, and Other Mistakes38
performance
SPAs Were a Mistake (cfe)37
single-page-apps
Common Mistakes When Writing CSS With BEM36
css, naming, bem
Common npm Mistakes Every Developer Should Avoid35
npm
5 Ways to Undo Mistakes With Git34
git, command-line
Avoid the Most Common 18 Mistakes to Make Your UI/UX Design Better33
design, user-experience
5 Hidden Mistakes That Can Ruin a Developer’s Career32
career
The Biggest Mistake in Writing for the Web31
videos, writing, content, user-experience
Top 10 Enduring Web-Design Mistakes (nng)30
design, usability
Dyslexia, [Typos,] and Web Compatibility (kar)29
support, interoperability, web-platform, dyslexia
Modern Software Over-Engineering Mistakes28
programming, software-design
5 Career-Ending Mistakes Web Developers Make27
career, business-relations, communication
10 Common Mistakes Web Developers Make26
html, css, javascript, career, performance
A Simple Developer Error Is Exposing Private Information on Thousands of Websites (owe)25
version-control, git, vulnerabilities, security
18 Critical Oversights in Web Development24
errors, logging, caching, best-practices, software-design-patterns, testing, automation, auditing
5 Common Mistakes With “rel=canonical”23
html, metadata, seo, google
List of Mistakes in the Design of CSS (fan)22
css
David Walsh on Redesigning With Sass (chr/css)21
sass, preprocessors, examples
Why Web Accessibility Matters and How It Can Benefit Your Business or Website20
interviews, accessibility, economics, assistive-tech, w3c
Common Debugging Mistakes (nza)19
debugging
My Worst CSS Mistakes (dav)18
css
SEO Mistakes: Read the Fine Print17
seo
The Seven Deadly Sins of Email Marketing Management (dig)16
email, marketing
SEO Mistakes: Hosted Doorway Pages15
seo
SEO Mistakes: Crappy Doorway Pages14
seo
Weblog Usability: The Top Ten Design Mistakes (nng)13
blogging, usability
Top 5 Web Design Mistakes (nza)12
design, images, javascript, colors, fonts
AJAX Mistakes11
ajax, javascript
PHPitfalls: Five Beginner Mistakes to Avoid (dig)10
php
PHP Security Mistakes9
php, security
Comments on “10 Design Mistakes” (mer)8
design
Top Ten Web Design Mistakes of 2003 (nng)7
design, usability
Seven Deadly Sins of Web Writing (ger)6
writing
Common Style Mistakes (coo)5
php, security
Top Web Design Mistakes (sim)4
usability, urls
Top 10 Web Design Mistakes of 2002 (nng)3
design, usability, retrospectives
Who Commits the “Top Ten Mistakes” of Web Design? (nng)2
design, performance, usability
“Top Ten Mistakes” Revisited Three Years Later (nng)1
design, frames, urls, scrolling, retrospectives