Joe Bell
- @joebell
- Director, Big Attic
- He/They
- Tallinn, Estonia
UI Engineer (he/him).
Lover of CSS, Design Systems, Next.js + JAMstack.
Building plaiceholder.co, giveandbake.com.
Prev. @SkyUK, @LADbible…
Lover of CSS, Design Systems, Next.js + JAMstack.
Building plaiceholder.co, giveandbake.com.
Prev. @SkyUK, @LADbible…
Positions
Director
- Big Attic
- Jul 2018 - Present
Consultant Frontend Engineer
- Orchest
- Mar 2021 - Jul 2021
Consultant Frontend Engineer
- Azumio
- Mar 2020 - Jul 2020
Consultant Frontend Engineer
- Coingaming
- Jan 2019 - Dec 2019
Consultant Frontend Engineer
- Sky Betting & Gaming
- Mar 2019 - Jun 2019
Consultant Frontend Engineer
- LADbible Group
- Jul 2018 - Nov 2018
Front End Developer
- Sky UK
- Jun 2015 - Jul 2018
Front End Developer (Student Placement)
- Mixd
- Jan 2015 - May 2015
Creative Developer (Student Placement)
- dynamic.
- Oct 2014 - Apr 2015
Undergraduate Teaching Assistant
- University of Leeds
- Oct 2014 - Dec 2014
Designer / Developer (Intern)
- Ecru
- Dec 2012 - Sep 2014
Assistant / Webmaster (Weekends)
- It's About Time
- Jan 2008 - May 2011
2021
Sep 15, 2021
Updated a Blog Post
Wrote About Next.js
Updated "Updating Static Next.js Pages Instantly" to align with changes to SWR 1.0
Sep 13, 2021
Released an open-source project
Released Stitches Mixins 1.0
Now with support for Stitches.js 1.0 🎉
Aug 27, 2021
Wrote a Blog Post
Wrote About CSS
Wrote About Next.js
Loading Images With the “Blur Down” Technique
An experimental approach to deblurring images on load
Read more
Aug 24, 2021
Wrote a tweet
Used Next.js
Experimented with adding transitions to the Next.js image component (see tweet)
Aug 23, 2021
Wrote a tweet
Experimented with CSS
Experimented with blurring low-res image placeholders to create a “glow” (see tweet)
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