Given that my cat loves to chase my mouse cursor as I work, for a bit of fun I thought I'd making an animated fly cursor using HTML/CSS/jQuery: I based this on the tutorial by Chris Coyier at CSS Tricks. Check out the original article here. Here it is in action 😆:

During some work with Tailwind CSS, I came across AlpineJS which is presented as a "lightweight, JavaScript framework", "a rugged, minimal tool for composing behavior directly in your markup. Think of it like jQuery for the modern web.". While the mention of jQuery might instantly cause PTSD for the majority of us, it's actually pretty good. You can create quite complex applications with two-way model binding straight from plain HTML (no React, webpack, etc). Here's a basic todo list example I…