Self-destructing CSS

What it is and when it matters.

PostgreSQL vs. SQLite

Choosing the right database for backend services.

HTML page headings in the header?

Why they don’t really belong there.

Git worktrees

“They’re particularly powerful with AI coding assistants.”

UI design with ChatGPT 5

AI-driven UI design as an alternative to Figma.

CMS market share trends

WordPress declines as SaaS web builders rise.

Lots to shout about in Quiet UI

A peek inside the promising new UI library.

The beauty of constraints

How project limits help achieve more with less.

CSS Selectors Playground

A visual way to learn and test CSS selectors.

Fun website buttons with SVG

Ever wonder how to make unusual buttons?

Bot or not

“I’m starting to think they don’t want to me to shop here.”

Ship-shape generators

Create and edit different CSS shape() types.

Local-first landscape

Get the perfect local-first tech for your project.

Midlife crisis

“Oh! Please tell me it’s not…”

The hotel WiFi problem

Ensuring JavaScript resilience in hostile environments.

The 12 emotional color journeys

A fresh perspective on color psychology in design.

SQL anti-patterns

Pitfalls to avoid in SQL query design.

Building a honeypot field that works

No need for reCAPTCHA or other annoying mechanisms.

Identifying accessibility data gaps

Where AI code generation struggles with accessibility.

Claude Code on the web

Delegate coding tasks straight from the browser.

Farewell to robots.txt (1994–2025)

“You were too good for this world.”

Designing for intention instead of navigation

What Perplexity’s AI browser reveals about UX’s future.

Introducing ChatGPT Atlas

OpenAI launches an AI browser with ChatGPT inside.

How to fix any bug

“This exact workflow saved my ass many times.”

What dynamic typing is for

Why it makes web development easier.

Design audit using ChatGPT 5

A structured approach to an AI design audit.

Importing vs. fetching JSON

When should JSON modules be used?

AI browsers, ad nauseam

The major browsers and the avalanche of newcomers.

ChatGPT’s Atlas

“The first browser that actively fights against the web.”

Tackling common UX hurdles with AI

How AI lets us rethink established design patterns.

NaN

The not-a-number number that isn’t NaN.

Are 73% of e-commerce visitors fake?

What’s broken in measuring online success.

Section layouts

How modern CSS can make them more dynamic.

fetch() vs. XMLHttpRequest in JavaScript

Has fetch() finally caught up with XMLHttpRequest?

Call to actions that gets clicked

How to design CTAs that drive measurable results.

AI usage may be declining

Five signs that generative AI is losing traction.

Want a take about the AWS outage?

“When everybody’s down, nobody is.”

The security paradox of local LLMs

They promise privacy but bring high security risks.

Ways your newsletter can pay off

A newsletter can open unexpected doors.

The web has gone grey

Let’s make the web a more colorful space!

Articles proclaiming the web’s death

Every era declares the web dead — it never is.

Purple

“Stop making the buttons purple!”

PWAscore

Compare Progressive Web App features across browsers.

Rich pictures

A creative way to tackle complex problems.

Let it run vs. make it run

Trust the browser or trust your code?

Transition to the other side

A little CSS magic with container query units.

Why do we need dithering?

When noise in digital images became beauty.

Tabs with ‘details’, grid, and subgrid

A modern HTML/CSS approach using no hacks.

Introducing query groups

A new feature in the Search Console Insights report.

AI productivity and workslop

“It’s hard to get any work done.”

Instant search engine indexing

Don’t wait for search engines to find your content.

I built the same app 10 times

”The dominant frameworks show dramatically different results.”

Start implementing view transitions

A practical guide to bringing your website to life.

Springs and bounces in native CSS

The magic of the linear() timing function.

Design systems for a new era

Figma helps teams scale design systems with AI.

AI image editing showdown

State-of-the-art image editing models compared.

The Pragmatic Engineer 2025 Survey (Part 3)

Which tools do software engineers use today?

Bad UX World Cup 2025

Who has crafted the most terrifying date picker?

Code like a surgeon

Who says AI should handle your core work?

HTTPS by default

Chrome 154 starts warning users about insecure HTTP.

CSS combinators you need to know

An overview with many practical examples.

Design tokens spec reaches stable

“A milestone for design systems teams and tool makers.”

Canva introduces all-in-one Affinity

It unites photo, vector, and layout tools for free.

Useful web inspection bookmarklets

Little helpers to inspect legacy code and technical debt.

New to the web platform (October 2025)

The latest browser features at a glance.

Optimizing for the surfaceless web

”The web you’re optimizing for doesn’t exist anymore.”

Why we’re moving on

A critique of React Server Components and Next.js 15.

Fine-tuned small AI models in 2026

“Now’s the time to start building up your dataset.”

Dark mode image strategies

How can we keep images accessible across modes?

Simple full-bleed and breakout styles

Modern CSS solutions for a classic layout problem.

Why NaN !== NaN in JavaScript

There is an IEEE 754 story behind it.

RSS feeds discovery strategies

How to keep your personal feeds fresh over time.

Original work, an endangered species

“Being different becomes valuable again.”

Dithering (part 1)

A visual introduction to how dithering works.

Dev Tools

A super handy collection of utilities for developers.

Disable AI in Firefox

The AI features you can disable in ‘about:config’.

Custom cursor accessibility

How OS settings affect CSS cursor sizing.

AI is dumber on Mondays

What can happen when you trust a black box.

The future of agentic coding

From coder to conductor to orchestrator.

Design systems don’t kill creativity

“Innovation is stifled when conformity becomes the default.”

View Transition API

Ways to create smooth, instant page transitions.

Getting creative with small screens

Design is storytelling, even on a small screen.

URLs are state containers

“The web’s oldest and most elegant features.”

To grow, we must forget…

But now AI remembers everything.

How I use every Claude Code feature

What to expect from the AI coding assistant.

The premortem

Your product’s autopsy before launch.

Easier SVG path animations

How ‘pathLength’ makes the animations effortless.

Lighthouse CI

Catch performance regressions before they ship.

Throttling specific requests in DevTools

Chrome Canary can now delay single requests or domains.

Removing XSLT for safer browsing

Google intends to drop XSLT support in Chrome.

Can a website make you feel safe?

Good design not only works but also feels right.

The weird parts of CSS ‘position: sticky’

What to do when sticky positioning fails.

Good fonts make good UX

“A font is a great tool for a great user experience.”

The inner workings of source maps

JavaScript source maps explained with examples.

Figma’s accessibility era?

What to expect from Figma’s accessibility retrofitting.

“Designing for edge cases isn’t a chore; it’s an investment in the integrity of your work. For those of us who care about craft, that’s where the real mastery shows.”

Zombie styles

Do your CSS files also contain any zombies?

Grayscale testing

The missing step in color accessibility.

State of Developer Ecosystem Report 2025

Trends and insights in the developer community.

Rethinking async loops in JavaScript

Using ‘await’ inside loops requires intention.