I wrote a post for Smashing Magazine that was published today about this thing that Chrome and Safari have called “Tight Mode” and how it impacts page performance. I’d never heard the term until DebugBear’s Matt Zeunert mentioned it in …
I am still an AI skeptic. The biggest risk I foresee is that if your sole responsibility is to write code, your job is at risk. It’s not time to panic, but I do see a lot of value in evolving your soft skills.
The Importance of Investing in Soft Skills in the Age of AI originally published on CSS-Tricks, which
I'm more thankful this time around because, last year, I didn't even get to write this post. But now that I'm back, writing this feels so, so, so good. There's a lot more gusto going into my writing when I say: thank you so very much! Let's tie a bow on this year and round up what happened around here in 2024.
Thank You (2024 Edition) originally published on
2024 has been one of the greatest years for CSS: cross-document view transitions, scroll-driven animations, anchor positioning, animate to height: auto, and many others. It seems out of touch to ask, but wha
Today, I want to focus on what I'll call the little triangle in the tooltip. It receives minimal attention but it amazes you by how many ways there are to make them. Let's start with the simplest and make our way up to the not-so-simple.
The Little Triangle in the Tooltip originally published on CSS-Tricks, which is part of the
When was the last time you developed a multi-step form? There’s so much to think about and so many moving pieces that need to be managed. But doing it by hand can be a good exercise and a great way to polish the basics. Fatuma Abdullaho walks you through her first multi-step form using vanilla HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.
What else do we want or need CSS to do? Chris kept a CSS wishlist, going back as far as 2013 and following back up on it in 2019. We all have things we'd like to see CSS do and we always will no matter how many sparkly new features we get. We'll round things up and put a list together — so let us know!
What ELSE is on your CSS wishlist? originally published on
How much attention do you pay to the alignments of your subscripts and superscripts? Lorenz Wöehr has you covered with a recipe for fluid scaling.
Fluid Superscripts and Subscripts originally published on CSS-Tricks, which is part of the
I had the pleasure of hosting a recent Smashing Magazine workshop on product design, subbing for Vitaly Friedman who usually runs these things.
What? A front-ender interviewing really smart people about their processes for user research, documenting requirements, and …
The CSSWG met to try and finally squash a debate that has been going on for five years: whether Masonry should be a part of Grid or a separate system. We've got coverage of both presentations for ya.
CSSWG Minutes Telecon (2024-12-04): Just Use Grid vs. Display: Masonry originally published on CSS-Tricks