Hi, I'm Will.

I'm a design technologist in Atlanta. I like working on the front-end of the web. This is my site, Coder's Block, where I blog and share whatever side projects I've been working on.

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You can find me on Bluesky, GitHub, and CodePen.

Latest Blog Posts

Announcing WordPress Export to Markdown v3
March 21, 2025
Making Orbit Animations with CSS Custom Properties
September 16, 2024
Anchor Links and How to Make Them Awesome
May 20, 2024
Playing with Infinity in CSS
February 15, 2024

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Popular Blog Posts

Star Wars Scene Transition Effects in CSS
June 1, 2022
Diving into the ::before and ::after Pseudo-Elements
February 22, 2021
What Can You Put in a CSS Variable?
December 6, 2020
The Surprising Things That CSS Can Animate
June 8, 2020

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Favorite Projects

WordPress Export to Markdown
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Node.js utility that converts WordPress content into Markdown files for static site generators.
Hello Houdini
Introduction to the Houdini project, the CSS paint API, and the things they allow you to do with CSS.
Silky Smooth CSS Animation
Talk I gave at CSSConf 2016 about how browsers render animations and how to optimize them.
Align 4
Board game played against an AI. Uses multi-threaded JavaScript and a minmax algorithm.

more side projects

Favorite Bits

Code on TV — My code appeared on-screen in a Verizon commercial (at the 0:45 mark). It’s code I wrote for my Align 4 game.
Domo Dance Party — Just some dancing domos for no reason other than to play with CSS animation. They’re all square, so I guess you could call it square dancing?