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piccalil.li

A primer on the cascade and specificity

Often feared by developers, the cascade and specificity is actually really simple if you utilise the right mental model when authoring CSS.

dbushell.com

HTMX Is So Cool I Rolled My Own

The one where I reject JavaScript UI libraries.

thisiscolossal.com

Just Add Water: Grow Your Own Furniture with These Pop-Up Sponge Designs

A team of industrial designers prototyped a furniture collection that dramatically transforms from flat sheets into fully functional objects.

uxdesign.cc

How the meaning of colour varies per culture

When Amsterdam built its new stadium, authorities decided to design its seats in rainbow colours.

pudding.cool

The Flipbook Experiment

The results of making a crowd-sourced flipbook animation.

subframe.com

Subframe

Subframe is a design-to-code tool that lets you build stunning UI in minutes.

jakearchibald.com

HTML attributes vs DOM properties

They’re completely different, but often coupled.

frontendmasters.com

The Front End Developer/Engineer Handbook 2024

An overview of the front end profession in 2024.

frontendmasters.com

Things That Can Break aspect-ratio in CSS

CSS has an aspect-ratio property, which has had full support since around 2021.

journal.everypixel.com

Key Trends and Forecasts Influencing the GenAI Market in 2024

Explore key trends shaping the AI industry, focusing on copyright laws, licensing, and the ethical use of generative AI in content creation.

medium.com

Meet Ritmo, Musixmatch’s cross-platform design system

When Musixmatch initially embarked on its music and tech industry journey, it established itself primarily as a music player.

the-tardigrade.com

A lifetime of change

Leaving the future generation hope for a better planet.

blog.streamlinehq.com

Choosing the perfect icons for your typeface

A simple guide on how to pair icons and typefaces to create a consistent visual language.

clickwheeljs.com

Click Wheel JS

Add an Ipod Wheel to any website with this javascript library.

theturnsignalblog.com

Apple’s Risky Bet on CarPlay

With Apple's car project canceled, what's Apple's strategy with CarPlay and how do carmakers respond to it?

figma.com

The Right Code for Your Design System

Today, we’re announcing beta for Code Connect, a feature built to improve design system adoption by making code more accessible.

js-naked-day.org

JS Naked Day

The web should work without JavaScript.

shapeof.ai

The Shape of AI

Exploring how patterns and experiences will change in a world driven by Artificial Intelligence

designsystems.international

Product Design Is Lost

How the field of product design lost its way — and how it can find its way back

webkit.org

Help us invent CSS Grid Level 3, aka “Masonry” layout

If you’ve been making websites for years, you know how frustrating it was to lay out a web page with CSS floats.