Karna Malone

Senior Software Engineer

Karna Malone

Who am I?

I'm a Senior Software Engineer at Tait Communications in Christchurch. I enjoy architecting systems and building great products, and I'm always tinkering with new technologies. This site is a collection of personal projects I've worked on, along with the odd tutorial on things I've found interesting.

Projects

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Roy

Web Based Strategy Clicker

Agile

Custom new tab/homepage chrome extention

RedLaughRiot

Podcast site for RedLaughRiot

Yaza Cafe

Website for small Nelson cafe

Latest Tutorials

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Using variables in CSS

css - javascript

When styling your web app, you've probably found yourself copying hex colour codes, margin parameters or other styles to several elements to achieve a consistent design across your app.

Detecting system dark mode in CSS

css

The "dark mode" feature has been spreading to apps and websites far and wide recently. It brings a new and discrete look to your applications as well as offering some extra control to the user...

Local Storage vs Cookies (The storage showdown)

javascript

Local site storage can open up a ton of possibilities in web design and breath new life into an otherwise static web page. Whether you want to do something simple like "show a welcome message only once", or something more complex.

Building a custom chromecast web app

html - javascript

Chromecasts make streaming your favourite songs, games and movies easy. But if you're like me, you might be wondering what's going on behind the scenes when you cast an app, and how you can build your own.