Last time, I asked, “Why do so many long-form articles feel visually flat?” I explained that: “Images in long-form content can (and often should) do more than illustrate. They can shape how people navigate, engage with, and interpret what they’re reading. They help set the pace, influence how readers feel, Read more…
There’s the idiom that says everything looks like a nail when all you have is a hammer. I also like the one about worms in horseradish seeing the world as horseradish. That’s what it’s felt like for me as I continue working on music for an album of covers I Read more…
A couple of days ago, the Apple team released Safari 26.0! Is it a big deal? I mean, browsers release new versions all the time, where they sprinkle in a couple or few new features. They are, of course, all useful, but there aren’t usually a lot of “big leaps” Read more…
I always see this Google Gemini button up in the corner in Gmail. When you hover over it, it does this cool animation where the little four-pointed star spins and the outer shape morphs between a couple different shapes that are also spinning. I challenged myself to recreate the button Read more…
CSS typed arithmetic is genuinely exciting! It opens the door to new kinds of layout composition and animation logic we could only hack before. The first time I published something that leaned on typed arithmetic was in this animation: CodePen Embed Fallback But before we dive into what is happening Read more…
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…
