The Law of Diminishing Returns

Striking the right balance can be tough. We don’t want cool mama bear's porridge or hot papa's bear porridge, but something right in the middle, like baby bear’s porridge.


The Law of Diminishing Returns originally published on CSS-Tricks, which is part of the

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One of Those “Onboarding” UIs, With Anchor Positioning

We can anchor one element to another. We can also attach one element to multiple anchors. In this experiment, Ryan riffs on those ideas and comes up with a new way to transition between two anchors and the result is a practical use case that would normally require JavaScript.


One of Those “Onboarding” UIs, With Anchor Positioning originally published on

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WordPress Multi-Multisite: A Case Study

What's it look like to create a dashboard within the WordPress admin for analyzing Google Analytics data across 900 blogs across 25 multisite instances? It involves designing a user-friendly interface, leveraging the WordPress REST API, implementing a plugin for data retrieval, and addressing challenges like rate limits and authentication.


WordPress Multi-Multisite: A Case Study or

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Follow Up: We Officially Have a CSS Logo!

Adam Argyle wraps up the search for a CSS logo, check out CSS' new look!


Follow Up: We Officially Have a CSS Logo! originally published on CSS-Tricks, which is part of the DigitalOcean family. You shou

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Alt Text: Not Always Needed

Most images require description for clarity, there are exceptions. This set of notes looks at different situations and contexts where alt text may not be needed and what to do in those cases.


Alt Text: Not Always Needed originally published on CSS-Tricks, which is part of the

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Solved by CSS: Donuts Scopes

Donut scoping addresses the challenge of preventing parent styles from leaking to nested content. Originating from a 2011 concept by Nicole Sullivan, the issue has evolved, culminating in 2024's @scope at-rule. This allows for more precise CSS styling, safeguarding content from unwanted inheritance while managing global CSS complexities.


Solved by CSS: Donuts Scopes originally published on

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Invoker Commands: Additional Ways to Work With Dialog, Popover… and More?

Web browsers are experimenting with two HTML attributes — technically, they’re called “invoker commands” — that are designed to invoke popovers, dialogs, and further down the line, all kinds of actions without writing JavaScript. Although, if you do reach for JavaScript, the new attributes come with some new events that we can listen for.


Invoker Commands

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Complete CSS Course

Do you subscribe to Piccalilli? You should. If you're reading that name for the first time, that would be none other than Andy Bell running the ship and he's reimagined the site from the ground-up after coming out of hibernation this year. You're likely familiar with Andy's great writing here on CSS-Tricks.


Complete CSS Course originally published on CS

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Anchoreum: A New Game for Learning Anchor Positioning

You've played Flexbox Froggy before, right? Or maybe Grid Garden? They're both absolute musts for learning the basics of modern CSS layout using Flexbox and CSS Grid. Thomas Park made those and he's back with another game: Anchoreum.


Anchoreum: A New Game for Learning Anchor Positioning originally published on CSS

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Tim Brown: Flexible Typesetting is now yours, for free

Another title from A Book Apart has been re-released for free. The latest? Tim Brown's Flexible Typesetting. I may not be the utmost expert on typography and its best practices but I do remember reading this book (it's still on the shelf next to me!) thinking maybe, just maybe, I might be able to hold a conversation about it with Robin when I finished it.


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