Design your website like a nice restaurant

“Don’t be afraid to leave an impression.”

Slop

Merriam-Webster’s 2025 word of the year.

Cloudflare Radar 2025 Year in Review

Trends and patterns in internet usage over the year.

Wider support for Core Web Vitals

Firefox and Safari now support LCP and INP metrics.

State of HTML 2025

Trends in the web development ecosystem.

The new ChatGPT Images is here

It generates faster and more accurate results.

Mozilla’s next chapter

“Firefox will evolve into a modern AI browser.”

Don’t leave the screen reader hungry

What’s visible isn’t always what’s announced.

A guide to Web Guide

What our hybrid search future might look like.

Estimates, a necessary evil?

Why they are vital yet painful to produce.

Introducing Gemini 3 Flash

“It’s made for developers building production applications.”

Color contrast mistakes designers still make

“These accessibility gaps aren’t edge cases.”

HTML forms are badly designed

“A new wave of innovation is needed.”

The State of AI Coding 2025

A study on recent trends in AI software development.

From MVP to MLP

The rise of the Minimum Lovable Product (MLP).

Firefox is adding an AI kill switch

A switch to turn off all AI features.

State of AI vs. human code generation

”AI helps ship faster but produces 1.7× more bugs.”

Google’s spam problem is getting worse

”Spam is back in search. And in a big way.”

Are we still practicing UX?

Or are we just producing interfaces?

Semantics beyond the tag name

What it means to actually write semantic HTML.

Skewed analytics with Speculation Rules

Let third-party scripts trigger only on real visits.

Dialog view transitions

Smooth animations for native HTML dialogs.

Introducing CSS ‘grid-lanes’

The future of masonry layouts on the web.

Useful patterns for building HTML tools

Techniques for making your own tools using AI.

Newsletter lessons I wish I knew

20+ newsletter operators share their experiences.

Ad blockers helped kill the open web

“We failed to innovate monetization.”

“So many people are against AI because they see how it functions as a system for taking away from those with the least, to give even more to the already highly privileged.”

TailwindSQL

”Like TailwindCSS, but for SQL.”

Timing “Hello, World!”

Benchmarking the classic across 20 languages.

Typing SVG Generator

A web tool to create tailored typing animations.

The many lives of the page title

Don’t forget its vital role in user journeys.

The HTML elements time forgot

What got left behind in the march of progress.

Most parked domains are malicious

Over 90 percent now lead to harmful websites.

The slow death of magic

Innovation often means fewer, not more features.

Optimizing for 75% is fine

”Optimizing for 90% is where it gets interesting.”

“When do you really need a system? You need a design system when you start to suffer from its absence.”

New to the web platform (December 2025)

The latest browser features at a glance.

Logging sucks

“Your logs are still acting like it’s 2005.”

For the love of HTML ‘details’

“An untapped treasure trove of interactivity.”

The URL params performance penalty

How a new HTTP header could bypass a cache killer.

Padding for text decorations

How CSS ‘text-decoration-inset’ polishes underlines.

ssh tiny.christmas

Where you can carol with others.

Figma Sites template library

The making of Figma’s 50 website builder templates.

Building my faux lego advent calendar

“It feels like current software development.”

Drawing Truchet tiles in SVG

“These pictures put me in mind of an alien language.”

Lazy-loading optional fonts

Smooth font upgrades with progressive enhancement.

TTFB isn’t what you think

The fallacies behind a popular web performance metric.

Hold the line

Ethical content design in a broken system.

30 years of ‘br’ tags

“It’s a fantastic time to be building for the web.”

Building a website in 2003 and 2023

How’s your website coming along?

Diagonal billing

A clever solution for giving equal credits.

HTML to PNG

Turn HTML into ready-to-use images or PDFs.

Vibium

“Browser automation without the drama.”

Locate

In-browser page search for developers.

The year AI changed design

A transformation is underway, but its outline is still fuzzy.

OWASP Top 10 (2025)

The most critical web application security risks.

Design wrapped 2025

“This year reminded me why I love being a designer.”

2025 LLM year in review

Paradigm changes that stood out this year.

My LLM coding workflow going into 2026

Staying in control while coding with AI.

Web accessibility predictions 2026

“Several trends are already taking shape.”

ES2026 solves JavaScript headaches

“It could be a bumper year for new features.”

In 2026, AI will outwrite humans

What it means when human content gets scarcer.

Visual design trends defining 2026

“2026 marks the rise of ‘imperfect by design.’”

Hide a message in an emoji

Who thought an innocent emoji could smuggle data?

Absurd Website

A showcase of web projects nobody asked for.

firew0rks

Want a firework or fireplace in your terminal?

Happy New Year!

Who said 2026 is only black and white?

Messenger

Ever dreamt of a job delivering mail on a tiny planet?

PolyTrack

Race your custom car on tracks you design.

VoxCSS

A CSS voxel engine that renders HTML cuboids.

Best new icons of 2025

A look at the top news, trends, and icons.

Revisiting HTML streaming

Why it still matters for modern web performance.

Best data visualization projects 2025

From interactive experiences to thoughtful maps.

CSS custom properties with !important

When you spot the declaration gets !important.

Stack Overflow’s new era

Delivering trusted developer knowledge beyond AI slop.

Installing custom elements dynamically

A reusable pattern for on-the-fly custom element loading.

Two kinds of vibe coding

What if we go beyond understanding the details?

What’s next for AI in 2026

“Content is AI until proven human,” and more.

Why blogging will be huge in 2026

“The era of earned audiences is just beginning.“

A website to destroy all websites

How we can bring the web back to humans.

”A blog alarm clock lives inside me. As time passes, an uncomfortable pressure builds up until the alarm finally goes off, rattling my bones and my soul. Snoozing isn’t an option; the only way to turn the alarm off and release the pressure is to publish a blog post.”

Witr

A CLI tool that explains why a process is running.

World clock slider

A sleek time zone converter for the web.

Library of Time

The countless ways cultures display time.

Diffs

An open source diff and code rendering library.

Keeping CSS Grid simple

What to do when CSS Grid feels complex.

User alerts without overwhelm

Informing is easy, getting attention a challenge.

Web component starter template

The essentials to ship production-ready components.

The courage to reset

“Design suffers from a failure to unlearn.”

The dangers of SSL certificates

What if automated certificate renewal fails?

Code review in the age of AI

AI writes faster but humans must still prove it works.

CSS @scope is now Baseline

How to simplify selectors by defining scope roots.

JavaScript Frameworks 2026

The role of JavaScript frameworks is under pressure.

Google Stitch for UI design

What the AI-powered UI generator delivers.

Design system accessibility checks

Five key tests to run on every component.

50 problems with web APIs in 2025

When all you wanted was a simple game.

Focus State

A newsletter for digital product designers/builders.

I built an app in every frontend framework

“12 frameworks, 12 apps (and 12 years of pain).”

4 must‑know CSS features in 2026

“Toolbelt worthy, powerful, and game-changing CSS.”

Ideas are cheap, execution is cheaper

“We just couldn’t see it until code was free.”