Kristján Oddsson

I'm a software engineer with a penchant for working with Web Platform features and hacking on small projects. Here you'll find my posts and notes.

Posts

Web Performance — From the Lab to the Field In this post, I delve into the world of web performance and its profound influence on user experience. I share my experiences of optimizing my website, koddsson.com, by using real user monitoring and tools like Lighthouse CI.
Implementing View Transitions on koddsson.com How I implemented MPA View Transitions on koddsson.com
Stop trying to make things perfect A blog post with some thoughts on perfectionism
Emojis as favicons A blog post describing how to use JavaScript to quickly set a websites favicon to a emoji

Images

A white-colored cake

Picture of a cemetery at night. The entrance is a arch with a illuminated cross at the top.

A path in a forest or a wooden area. There’s a black and white medium sized dog sitting on the path. The dog is wearing a harness and a leash as well as a gray dog-hoodie.

A black and white dog sleeping on a couch with a head covering.

A picture of a floor. On the floor is a carpet and a table. On the table is an open laptop and some headphones and sunglasses. On the carpet is a black and white dog laying by my feet sleeping. The dog is wearing a gray shirt.

A black and white dog sitting on the floor. The dog is mid yawn.

A black and white dog asleep on a sofa. He’s resting his head on a pillow. The dog is wearing a camouflage shirt with orange accents. There’s a Nintendo Switch controller below his head on the pillow.

A black and white dog laying in their side on a gray mattress. The dogs body extends past the edge of the bed in a way where one would think he would have fallen off the edge by now.

A rocky beach with some bits of trash lying around. There’s some greenery. In the background across the water are some buildings. In the foreground is some concrete pavement and a black and white dog is standing on it.

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Notes

Dehydration is a scam made up by big gatorade

2 days ago
I hate starting to create slides for a project or presentation. In most situations, I’ve forgotten context or other things which makes it time consuming to finish. I try to avoid the last-minute rush by starting my slides early. Instead of waiting until I have everything perfectly planned out, I open Google Slides right away and create a new deck. Then, I just start tossing in context, data and bits and bobs as soon as I experience or find it. As I go, I loosely group related content together, moving slides around as the structure starts to take shape. It doesn’t have to make sense at first.

As the days pass, I gradually refine the content. By the time the presentation is close, I’m not scrambling to put everything together—I’m just making small improvements and fine-tuning the details.

This way of working feels much easier than the stress of procrastinating and then rushing to throw everything together at the last minute. Instead of feeling overwhelmed, I can gradually shape the slides over time, making the process far more manageable. Plus, by the time I present, I already feel comfortable with the material since I’ve been engaging with it over time, rather than rushing through it at the last minute. If you tend to procrastinate on slides and then stress about them at the last minute, give this approach a try. I find it makes the whole process a lot more manageable.

last year