When CSS says ‘yes’ but browsers say ‘no’

@supports doesn’t always behave as expected.

What’s new in Node.js 26

What the changes mean for developers.

I left port 22 open for 54 days

What an open SSH honeypot revealed.

Programming still sucks

“AI didn’t take our jobs. Greed did.”

WebKit features for Safari 26.5

“The biggest May release of WebKit yet.”

“I successfully ignored crypto and NFTs, I’m thinking I might just wait until this AI coding thing just blows over…”

Tailwind CSS 4.2 and 4.3

New scrollbar and ‘zoom-*’ utilities, new colors, and more.

Banishing JavaScript to the ShadowRealm

The proposed API introduces a new kind of realm.

New HTML element for installing web apps

Try the native install button with no JavaScript required.

The HTML Sanitizer API

Safer web development with HTML sanitization.

Laws of Software Engineering

What every engineer wishes they knew sooner.

Browsers treat big sites differently

When a site is big enough, the rules quietly change.

Git Skills

Master Git with practical guides and interactive quizzes.

The end of Claude Code automation

Why Anthropic’s pricing shift undermines Claude scripts.

Pushing local AI models

“Let’s pick one winner and polish the hell out of it.”

State of Web Dev AI 2026

“AI is becoming increasingly difficult to ignore.“

A few words on DwarfStar 4 (DS4)

The rapid rise of a truly usable local LLM setup.

Chromium’s new CSS gap decorations

Ready for grid, flexbox, and multi-column layouts.

Avoid using CDATA in RSS

The case against CDATA in modern web feeds.

Web feeds in 2026

How web feeds are used online today.

Moving away from Tailwind

Learnings from rebuilding CSS without a framework.

Are PWAs cooked?

The current state of Progressive Web Apps.

AI engineer is a new role

“The agent is the easy part. The loop is the job.”

Fluid sizing with CSS round()

Using round() to make fluid sizing more predictable.

Azure Linux 4.0

Microsoft surprises with its first server Linux distribution.

Documentation foundations for humans and AI

How documentation is becoming shared infrastructure.

Declarative partial updates

Chrome’s new proposals for the web platform.

Prompts are technical debt too

“Prompts are a worse form of technical debt than code.”

XSS is deadly for passkeys

The hidden flaw in passkey authentication.

Build with modern web guidance

A set of skills to guide your AI coding agents.

WebMCP Demo

How AI agents interact with web pages today and tomorrow.

Testing Safari on a budget

Trade-offs for low-cost website testing in Safari.

The race to build a personal AI agent

Comparing OpenClaw, Hermes, Claude Code, Codex, and Gemini.

What’s missing in CSS layout

Developer pain points and feature gaps.

Making your website Fediverse-ready

How to verify your site and link author identity.

wf

Look up web platform features from your terminal.

The state of CSS centering in 2026

Centering in modern CSS is really about alignment.

Surveys will continue until diversity improves

“Some of us grow up, but the industry doesn’t.”

“AI makes you a good programmer in the same way cocaine makes you a good runner.”

Framework-agnostic design systems

A practical approach to web components.

CSS vs. JavaScript

Animation performance is more nuanced than expected.

Email Accessibility Report 2026

“The email ecosystem remains in a state of systemic failure.”

Using AI to write better code more slowly

“Try this other, slower style of ‘vibe coding.’”

Preparing your codebase for AI coders

“If you can’t beat them, join them.”

Our CSS isn’t opinionated enough

What if styles relied on semantic HTML?

CSS is filling the gaps with rules

Native gap styling for grid and flex layouts.

Don’t put ‘aria-label’ on generic elements

Why we must avoid labeling divs or spans.

Advanced slop prevention techniques

Independent review layers for shipping reliable code.

Panic announces Transmit 6

The revival of a beloved file transfer app.

Making RSS more human readable

“Owning a website means owning the little connective pieces too.”

Websites are not going to die

“The AI web will actually strengthen the IndieWeb.”

replacements.fyi

Performant, safer npm package alternatives.

Is AI another Frontend’s Lost Decade?

“The industry will realize it’s just one more tool in the toolbox.”

Entry and exit transitions with modern CSS

Techniques for transitions and view transitions.

The best loading states are none at all

Making the case for route transitions.

XML and JSON in 2026

“Nobody really has to think about them much anymore.”

How declarative partial updates work

From HTML streaming to out-of-order patching.

Passkeys are better than passwords

But they are not a silver bullet.

Context-aware headings in HTML

A long-awaited feature arrives in Firefox Nightly.

Seamless PWA origin migration

Change domains without losing Chrome users.

VoidZero is joining Cloudflare

“Vite, Vitest, Rolldown, Oxc, and Vite+ will stay open source.”

Lost, forgotten, and unfamiliar HTML

Visiting a few dark corners of the HTML spec.

Reading code with AI, not generating it

Using AI to make sense of an unfamiliar codebase.

Using local LLMs for agentic coding

“AI honeymoon pricing is over, but your work is not.”

Implementing Standard.Site

Syndicating blog posts across the AT Protocol ecosystem.

Fixing the plumbing of the web

”It is the work that gets us the web we want.”

JS Crossword

A crossword where the clue = eval(answer).

PolyCSS

A CSS 3D engine for the DOM.

“The developers who’ll be in highest demand in this age of AI will be the ones who don’t need it.”

Loop Engineering

“You don’t really need to be good at prompting anymore.”

The quiet problem with unnecessary async

“It changes the shape of the code around it.”

WebKit in Safari 27 beta

Customizable select, scroll anchoring, and so much more.

“Developers don’t like AI for the same reason they don’t like SEO; they resent being forced into a black-box discipline with rules that change without notice.”

“HTML is the new JSON”

Streaming HTML out of order for instant UI updates.

The field guide to Grid Lanes

How to create masonry layouts in pure CSS.

The great agent skills land grab

When do agent skills actually matter?

Announcing Stack Overflow for Agents

Trusted coding answers for your AI agents.

Demystifying the view transition pseudo tree

Customizing view transitions via pseudo-elements.

Media queries might look very different soon

Streamlining media queries with @function and if().

Can your AI pass the accessibility test?

”AI accelerates whatever process you already have.“

Upcoming breaking changes for npm

Version 12 tightens install defaults for security.

Ending responsive images

“Lazy loading changes everything.”

Dark mode with web standards

A web-native approach using CSS and minimal JavaScript.

Not the document outline algorithm

What to know when using HTML’s ‘headingoffset’ attribute.

Every frame perfect

Users should never see a broken UI state.

Web browsers on video game consoles

A detailed history of an underdocumented topic.

The right kind of AI sceptic

The case for a middle way between extremes.

CSS Wordle

Guess today’s CSS feature in six rows or less.

Prop For That

A JS library that backfills what CSS doesn’t provide us yet.

What the color?

Guess a color in different color spaces.

Building an HTML-first site

How it doubled a company’s users overnight.

Cleaning up after AI rockstar developers

“Craftsmanship is one thing we can never outsource to a machine.”

Introducing the MDN MCP server

Your AI tools can now access MDN resources directly.

The golden rule of Customizable Select

“Always include text in your options.”

Agentic code review

The state of code review in the AI era.

“AI is excellent at accelerating execution. But it won’t reliably tell you if you’re solving the wrong problem. You still have to move the ladder to the right wall.”

Discover MapKit JS 6

Modernized Apple Maps integration for your website.

The scope of CSS @function

“CSS functions have a fascinating superpower with scope.”

Releasing Babel 8

ESM only, ES5 no longer default, smooth migration path.

What are Git worktrees?

The sudden popularity of a feature introduced in 2015.