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📝 Blog Post

Case-agnostic usernames

Usernames on CodePen allow uppercase and lowercase. For example, a combination of upper and lower case, like: http://codepen.io/SaraSoueidan/ You know what was wicked annoying? If you went to, for example: http://codepen.io/sarasoueidan/ It would fail (404). Now, it won’t. Even if you go to: http://codepen.io/SarAsOUeiDaN/ You’ll get redirected to the correct URL. HoT DigGiTY doG!

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Chris Coyier
Co-Founder
📝 Blog Post

ABCD Animal Book

I’m a big fan of Judith Neumann’s work here on CodePen. Her Pens are whimsical and just so full of life! She is a master of pure-CSS illustration. So naturally I was very excited to see her talent showcased in a new digital children’s book, ABCD Animal Book. Judith collaborated with her fellow CodePen CSS […]

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📝 Blog Post

@HotOnCodePen

We have @CodePen on Twitter. We share all kinds of stuff we think is cool (Mostly stuff on CodePen, but not always). We link to blog posts we write. We share new features and other important announcements. But it’s not really an awesome-stuff-only-firehose. There have been a number of Twitter bots that post all the […]

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Chris Coyier
Co-Founder
📝 Blog Post

CodePen TV!

New thing! Sit back, relax and enjoy basking in the amazing creative art that the CodePen community creates with CodePen TV. CodePen TV is a full screen view that randomizes animated, picked Pens. You’ll get a new one every 10 seconds. It’s also a (real) screensaver! A gift from us to you. See the Pen […]

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Chris Coyier
Co-Founder
🎧 Podcast

070: Deployment

Show Description Tim walks us through all the stuff involved with deploying CodePen to the 30-some servers that power it. Plus we learn what the Cattle vs Pets metaphor is all about. Show Links Capistrano [Solr](solar server farm) SideKiq Coffeescript TypeScript Docker AWS Lambda Ansible Codeship

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Chris Coyier
Co-Founder