Kilian Valkhof

Building tools that make developers awesome.

Devtools.fm podcast recording on Polypane, Electron, Superposition

CSS & HTML, Electron, Web, 4 November 2021, < 1 minute read

I recently sat down with the folks at Devtools.fm to talk about my experiences as an indie developer building Polypane and Superposition, my experience working with Electron and my thoughts on the framework, and on FixA11y, the browser extension I’m building in my spare time. Listen to it below:

For the shownotes, transcription and Youtube recording head over to the Devtools.fm Episode 16 page.

Polypane browser for responsive web development and design Hi, I'm Kilian. I make Polypane, the browser for responsive web development and design. If you're reading this site, that's probably interesting to you. Try it out!

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