Hey, I'm Devin!

Not too long ago I had the opportunity to construct a measurement system inside of Inspect that depicts and calculates the distances between two layers. In-between each layer, a line is drawn with a label that displays the distance. Supporting lines are added to the nearest edges of the hovered layer to help give the user an idea where the measurement lines reach.

In this article, I’ll explain some of my ideas and how I managed to take a fairly complex problem, break it down, and deliver something of value to an end user. I hope by you reading through this article; you’ll have a better understanding of how to dissect a problem you may be encountering. I know when I was handed the ticket to implement this functionality, it was intimidating.

This post features my challenges, frustrations, and why I ultimately landed on using Hugo as a static site generator to build my blog. The past three iterations of this website were written using Hugo, Next JS, and then back to Hugo again. Hugo gave me so much out of the box, and practically everything I needed, whereas Next JS, required me to write the functionality I wanted explicitly. This article is not meant to hate on any frameworks and instead voice my own experience.

Throughout the past four years, I’ve had the opportunity to work for a unique, design focused company called InVision. For those not familiar with InVision, it is growing to be the operating system for digital product design. Its product line provides tools for designers, developers, and stakeholders to collaborate on designing and building websites, mobile applications, and almost anything else that is displayed on a screen.

The entire company is dispersed across the globe with people across all continents and in almost all time zones. There is no central office, but some make use of coworking spaces like WeWork. All communication happens on Slack and meetings take place on Zoom.