DevelopmentOpinions
A eulogy for DevOps
DevOps aimed to improve deployment but caused delays.
DevelopmentTools
Declare your AIndependence
Cloudflare now lets you easily block AI bots.
BusinessResources
Zero-Click Search Study 2024
“Google continues to send less and less to the open web.”
DesignTools
Design Foundations
Analyze and extract basic website design elements.
DevelopmentOpinions
Thoughts on Node.js, Deno, and Bun
A comparison of the server-side JavaScript runtimes.
DevelopmentSamples
How to use CSS Container Queries now
Can Container Queries already be used in production?
DesignTools
Forms in Framer
The popular no-code design tool now includes form creation.
DevelopmentSamples
Feature detect CSS @property support
Testing browser support for custom property definitions.
DevelopmentResources
What is Mixed Content?
Ensuring site-wide HTTPS under the latest standard.
DevelopmentResources
What progressive enhancement actually is
Why everyone should get their optimal browsing experience.
DesignSamples
9 ideas about design
Ideas to make your next project more interesting.
BusinessOpinions
Should I remove this blog from Google Search?
To delist it, or not to delist it, that is the question.
DesignResources
Free Design Stuff
Curated design resources for personal and commercial use.
DevelopmentTools
Keyboard Simulator
A lab for keyboard fans to design their favorite model.
DevelopmentTools
Tiny Scan
An online tool to get in-depth insights into web addresses.
DesignResources
Spectrum
A collection of vector shapes to spice up your designs.
DevelopmentSamples
CSS one-liners to improve (almost) every project
Tiny code snippets with before and after shots.
DevelopmentResources
Digital Trust Index 2024
“94% of European websites fail accessibility requirements.”
DevelopmentSamples
Dynamic type on the web
Can iPhone/iPad settings change a website’s font size?!
DesignSamples
A plea for the lost practice of information architecture
Without IA, designs can turn into confusing labyrinths.
DevelopmentTrends
PHP version stats (July 2024)
The current PHP versions used across the community.
DevelopmentTools
Interop 2024 mid-year update
Half-year report on resolved front-end developer issues.
DesignTools
Affinity’s creative suite is now free for six months
The Adobe-rivaling offer includes Affinity Designer, Photo, and Publisher.
DesignResources
Lummi
Searchable and customizable images made by AI creators.
DevelopmentResources
Entering text in the terminal is complicated
What you can do to enhance the input experience.
DevelopmentResources
Zoom, zoom, and zoom
The three types of browser (and CSS!) magnification.
DevelopmentResources
‘If’ CSS gets inline conditionals
What to expect from an exciting new CSS proposal.
DevelopmentResources
The first local‑first conference in 15 minutes
Highlights from the thriving movement’s inaugural event.
DevelopmentSamples
Responsive video
How can we deliver the right-sized videos to save bandwidth?
DevelopmentSamples
Button width styles
Why should a button have a min-width?
DesignResources
Checking and documenting accessibility in mockups
Accessibility documentation in Figma (or similar design tools).
BusinessTools
Firefox arrives with selective translation
“It has been a while since Firefox received some meaningful feature additions.”
DevelopmentResources
State of text rendering 2024
The evolution of OpenType and open-source text stacks.
DevelopmentSamples
Eyebrow heading dots
How modern CSS can refine a tiny design pattern.
BusinessOpinions
Fixing websites is a growth opportunity for freelancers
How modern website creation offers a business chance.
DevelopmentTools
Seamless SVG copy-paste on the web
Now supported in Microsoft Edge and other Chromium browsers.
DevelopmentTools
What’s coming next for ESLint
The popular JavaScript linter becomes language-agnostic.
DesignTools
Affinity Photo vs. Photoshop
Can Affinity Photo replace Photoshop in your toolset?
DevelopmentResources
Accessible SVG Forms
How to build accessible, visually rich form elements.
DevelopmentResources
@property
Another exciting CSS feature lands in all major browsers.
DesignResources
Dark patterns in online subscription services
The majority of the examined services trick users.
DevelopmentResources
Misconceptions about view transitions
With growing API interest, let’s clear up some myths.
BusinessSamples
Web content, the social contract, and copyrights
How can we deal with website copyright violations?
DesignTools
Daminik
An open-source digital asset manager with built-in CDN.
DevelopmentFun
CSS Games
A collection of games built with just HTML and modern CSS.
DesignResources
Not Boring Sound Kit
A set of sounds designed for user interfaces.
DevelopmentSamples
The 3 types of CSS utility classes
“Composing primitives is what makes front-end development fun.”
DevelopmentSamples
Composition of JavaScript functions with multiple parameters
Concepts, techniques, and practical examples.
DesignSamples
Why designers need to be more like gardeners
And how it would benefit both people and the planet.
DevelopmentSamples
The magic of clip path
“‘clip-path’ is one of the most underrated CSS properties.”
DevelopmentResources
One year of getlocalcert.net
What you can expect from the free domain registration service.
BusinessOpinions
Google now defaults to not indexing your content
“Small bloggers or niche websites face a much higher bar for inclusion.”
DevelopmentOpinions
‘GitHub’ is starting to feel like legacy software
“Maybe it’s time to start exploring new platforms.”
DesignOpinions
What even is my role anymore?
The future of the interaction designer role.
DevelopmentResources
What ARIA still does not do
ARIA remains a developer’s promise to screen reader users.
DevelopmentTools
How to try experimental CSS features
Feature flag handling in Chrome, Firefox, and Safari.
BusinessTools
Private Browsing 2.0
Apple aims to set a new standard for private browsing.
DevelopmentTools
HTML 5 support in PHP 8.4
After 16 years, PHP gets an HTML 5 compliant parser.
BusinessOpinions
Mozilla disappoints us yet again
Firefox collects user data for ads unless you opt out.
DesignJobs
The 2024 UX Researcher Salary Report
What are fair and competitive salaries in various countries?
DevelopmentSamples
Things I know about Git commits
Learnings from 12 years of Git commits and commit history.
DevelopmentResources
The pitfalls of in-app browsers
Mobile web development has a hidden challenge.
BusinessSamples
The four newsletter growth quadrants
Newsletter growth often requires a mix of strategies.
DevelopmentSamples
Encoding differentials
Charset details are crucial when serving HTML documents.
DevelopmentSamples
Getting stuck
All the ways CSS ‘position: sticky’ can fail.
DevelopmentSamples
The many ways to hide things in the DOM
Hiding HTML elements from users and/or screen readers.
DevelopmentSamples
Styling tables the modern CSS way
State-of-the-art practices for crafting responsive HTML tables.
DevelopmentResources
Invoker commands in HTML
Another look at a much-wanted HTML enhancement.
DesignResources
Your survey is your user experience
Make sure your survey doesn’t harm your site’s UX.
BusinessOpinions
How many people actually recommend?
What the results of four longitudinal studies reveal.
BusinessTools
Google shortener links will soon be unavailable
What you need to know if you are a goo.gl user.
DevelopmentResources
Type definitions for CSS with @property
How to write safer, more resilient CSS custom properties.
DevelopmentOpinions
State of React 2023
Results of the first survey on the popular UI library.
DesignResources
2024 Logo Trend Report
Logos are getting reimagined through experimentation.
DesignResources
Mazeletter
Anything but an ordinary pattern generator.
DevelopmentResources
CSS Grid areas
A great way to have a visual of the grid layout in CSS.
DevelopmentResources
Everybody’s free (to write websites)
“Enjoy the power and beauty of PHP, or never mind.”
DevelopmentSamples
Get the screen width/height without JavaScript
Powered by @property and trigonometric functions.
DesignTools
Onlook
An open-source, local-first Webflow alternative.
DevelopmentResources
So you think you know box shadows?
Wild things you can do but really shouldn’t.
DevelopmentTools
Playwright vs. Puppeteer
Which web automation library is better in 2024?
DesignTrends
High UX salaries have held steady for 26 years
But the gap between UX juniors/seniors has grown.
BusinessResources
Macro vs. micro conversions
How they can help you optimize your product for success.
DevelopmentTools
A new path for Privacy Sandbox on the web
Google abandons plan to deprecate third-party cookies.
DevelopmentResources
Minimum WCAG-conformant interactive element size
What is actually needed for baseline compliance?
BusinessTalks
The Boagworld Show
The renowned web design podcast is coming back.
DevelopmentSamples
Beautiful shadows have beautiful colors
Shadows that also look great on a colored surface.
DevelopmentResources
CSS font-size-adjust is now in Baseline
Another win for web platform interoperability.
DesignOpinions
Why great design thrives on personal relationships
“It’s the human touch that truly makes design great.”
DevelopmentTools
How Chrome helps users install web apps
Chrome’s options for installing a Progressive Web App.
DesignResources
Never hide your email unsubscribe link
Avoid deliverability risks by making opting out easy.
DevelopmentOpinions
The backlash against AI scraping is measurable
Website restrictions on AI bots have gone through the roof.
DevelopmentOpinions
State of Developer Experience 2024
Leaders’ and developers’ views on engineering productivity.
DevelopmentSamples
Fit-to-width text: A new technique
How modern CSS helps to solve an ancient challenge.
DevelopmentResources
Google’s reCAPTCHA v2 is exploiting users
A study finds web puzzles have immense cost and no security.
BusinessTools
Apple Maps on the web launches in beta
Users worldwide can now access it from their browser.
DevelopmentOpinions
Stack Overflow Developer Survey 2024
70% of developers don’t see AI as a job threat.
BusinessTools
Google is the exclusive search engine on Reddit now
The exclusivity stems from a multi-million dollar AI deal.
DevelopmentResources
Get any element’s width/height via CSS
What sounds impossible is doable with modern CSS.
BusinessTools
Bing’s updated AI search will make site owners happy
It breaks with other search engine’s zero-click layouts.