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I’m inclined to take a few notes on Eric Bailey’s grand post about the use of inclusive personas in user research. As someone who has been in roles that have both used and created user personas, there’s so much in here What’s the big deal, right? We’re often taught and Read more…
Several weeks ago, I participated in Front End Study Hall. Front End Study Hall is an HTML and CSS focused meeting held on Zoom every two weeks. It is an opportunity to learn from one another as we share our common interest in these two building blocks of the Web. Read more…
No feature is truly “the worst” in CSS, right? After all, it’s all based on opinion and personal experience, but if we had to reach a consensus, checking the State of CSS 2025 results would be a good starting point. I did exactly that, jumped into the awards section, and there I found it: Read more…
When I first started messing around with code, rounded corners required five background images or an image sprite likely created in Photoshop, so when border-radius came onto the scene, I remember everybody thinking that it was the best thing ever. Web designs were very square at the time, so to Read more…
Stu Robson is on a mission to “un-Sass” his CSS. I see articles like this pop up every year, and for good reason as CSS has grown so many new legs in recent years. So much so that much of the core features that may have prompted you to reach Read more…
That’s what Donnie D’Amato asks in a recent post: You are asked to build a website but you can use only 4 CSS properties, what are those? This really got the CSS-Tricks team talking. It’s the nerdy version of “if you could only take one album with you on a Read more…
Color interpolation, loosely speaking, is the process of determining the colors between two color points. It allows us to create unique colors, beautiful palettes, better gradients, and smooth transitions. I recently wrote a Guide to CSS Color Functions but didn’t have the chance to explain color interpolation in any great Read more…
One of the newer CSS features that has piqued my interest: the light-dark() function. And I’ve been closely following it ever since it became Baseline back in May 2024. The light-dark() function, briefly If you don’t know, the light-dark() function takes two color arguments: one for light mode and one for dark mode. Hence, Read more…
As a developer with a passion for state machines, I’ve often found myself inspired by articles like “A Complete State Machine Made with HTML Checkboxes and CSS.” The power of pure CSS-driven state machines intrigued me, and I began to wonder: could I create something simpler, more interactive, and without Read more…
When you picture placing images in long-form content — like articles, case studies, or reports — the standard approach is inline rectangles, breaking up blocks of text. Functional? Sure. Inspiring? Hardly. Why do so many long-form articles feel visually flat? Why do images so often seem bolted on, rather than Read more…
