19th February 2026
Research
Header Alignment Investigation - simonwillison.net
— Addressing a subtle header alignment issue on simonwillison.net, this investigation tracked down a persistent ~1px height mismatch between left and right headers caused by anchor elements generating taller inline boxes than plain text due to font metrics. Multiple fixes—including removing position:relative/top:1px hacks and setting explicit heights—proved fragile.
Recent articles
- Mr. Chatterbox is a (weak) Victorian-era ethically trained model you can run on your own computer - 30th March 2026
- Vibe coding SwiftUI apps is a lot of fun - 27th March 2026
- Experimenting with Starlette 1.0 with Claude skills - 22nd March 2026