Dark mode in 5 minutes, with inverted lightness variables
By now, you probably know that you can use custom properties for individual color components.
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The case for Weak Dependencies in JS
One issue with ESM (and other module systems) is that you can't have optional dependencies.
The --var: ; hack to toggle multiple values with one custom property
What if I told you you could use a single property value to turn multiple different values on and off across multiple different properties?
The failed promise of Web Components
Web Components had so much potential to empower HTML to do more, make dev more accessible to non-coders & easier for coders. Or that was the idea.
The Cicada Principle, revisited with CSS variables
Many of today’s web crafters were not writing CSS at the time Alex Walker’s landmark article The Cicada Principle was published in 2011.
Today's Javascript, from an outsider's perspective
Today I tried to help a friend who is a great computer scientist, but not a JS person use a JS module he found on Github.
LCH colors in CSS: what, why, and how?
I was always interested in color science. In 2014, I gave a talk about CSS Color 4 at various conferences around the world called "The Chroma Zone".
