Hi, my name is Austin Gil.

I’m a web developer creating award-winning digital products for international nonprofits, growing startups, and government agencies.

In my free time I write articles, contribute to open-source projects like Vuetensils and Particles CSS, live stream on YouTube and Twitch, host The Function Call podcast, and speak at events.

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Latest Articles

Vuetensils 0.10: Vue 3, Vite, Better Forms, And More

I’ve recently published the latest version of Vuetensils and wanted to take some time to share some of the features I’m most excited about. Vue 3 & Vite Great news…

New Job, Who Dis?

I got a new job as a Senior Developer Advocate at Akamai. This post shares my thoughts on the role, company, and industry. In short, I’m excited.

Making Accessibility More Accessible

Get more team members involved with accessibility by sharing tools they’ll actually use. A11y tools for design, development, QA, and CI/CD.

Building Super Powered HTML Forms with JavaScript

A talk on using JavaScript to progressively enhance forms to improve user experience without negatively impacting native functionality.

3 Ways To Write Function Overloads With JSDoc & TypeScript

This article will show you how use JSDoc to provide TypeScript type definitions for overloaded functions in JavaScript.

Setting Up a DSLR Camera Webcam on Linux

If you ever wanted to set up a DSLR camera as a webcam on Linux, it’s not easy. This post will walk you through some of the steps and tips.

OMG, SVG Favicons FTW!

This article explores the world of SVG favicons. We cover adding them to HTML, using emojis, inlining them as data URIs, supporting dark mode, and animations.

Watching for Changes in Vue.js Component Slot Content

In this article, we cover the challenge of watching Vue.js component’s slot content for any changes, and a solution using MutationObserver.

Opinion: WordPress is Still Pretty Darn Great

A lot of folks talk trash about WordPress, and I just don’t get it. There’s so much to love. Here are my thoughts on why it’s great.

Get Started With TypeScript the Easy Way

This article we will get you going with TypeScript without opening a terminal, installing dependencies, or initializing an NPM project. All you need is VS Code.

Side Projects

The Function Call
A friendly podcast about web development.

Vuetensils
A Vue.js toolset for building accessible, light weight, and custom designed applications.

bedrocss
An opinionated starting point for styling base HTML elements.

Style Check
A Single Page Application built with Vue.js to help developers audit their global styles.

Particles CSS
A customizable SCSS library for utility-first CSS.

Perx
A web app built with Vue.js and WordPress that helps travel-hackers browse credit cards based on their bonuses.

Carbon Grid
A simple, lightweight, responsive CSS grid system built on flexbox.

Murder Mystery
A single page app (SPA) for social-group fun.
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Color Converter
A progressive web app (PWA) that converts hex colors to RGB and RGBA.

Hi, my name is Austin Gil.

I’m a web developer creating award-winning digital products for international nonprofits, growing startups, and government agencies.

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