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Neat little tool to create a CMD+K interface. css-tricks.com/kbar/

kbar | CSS-Tricks

It’s not every day that a new pattern emerges across the web, but I think cmd + k is here to stay. It’s a keyboard shortcut that usually pops open a search UI

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An Intro to JavaScript Proxy by Travis Almand css-tricks.com/an-intro-to-j…

An Intro to JavaScript Proxy | CSS-Tricks

Have you ever been in a situation where you wish you could have some control over the values in an object or array? Maybe you wanted to prevent certain types

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On the `dl` css-tricks.com/on-the-dl/

On the `dl` | CSS-Tricks

Blogging about HTML elements¹? *chefs kiss*

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Building a Form in PHP Using DOMDocument css-tricks.com/building-a-fo…

Building a Form in PHP Using DOMDocument | CSS-Tricks

Learn how to build an HTML form in PHP using DOMDocument — a structured and expressive way to build logical markup.

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We normally think of gradients as having smooth or hard color stops, but @jimmmy shows how cool "grainy" gradients look. css-tricks.com/grainy-gradie…

Grainy Gradients | CSS-Tricks

Browse through Dribbble or Behance, and you’ll find designers using a simple technique to add texture to an image: noise. Adding noise makes otherwise solid

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Heck yeah, congrats @danielpost! css-tricks.com/social-image-…

Social Image Generator + Jetpack | CSS-Tricks

I feel like my quest to make sure this site had pretty sweet (and automatically-generated) social media images (e.g. Open Graph) came to a close once I found

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The point of "Just in Time" CSS is that it only generates the CSS that you actually need, because you asked for it, and no more. css-tricks.com/just-in-time-…

"Just in Time" CSS | CSS-Tricks

I believe acss.io is the first usage of "Atomic CSS" where the point of it is to be a compiler. You write CSS like this:

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Some creative thinking around checkbox state styling from @rpsthecoder. css-tricks.com/fun-times-sty…

Fun Times Styling Checkbox States | CSS-Tricks

We might leave a text input unstyled. We might leave a link unstyled. Even a button. But checkboxes… we don’t leave them alone. That’s why styling checkboxes

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So, Chrome Canary just shipped (err, dropped?) the EyeDropper API and it's awfully nice. css-tricks.com/eyedropper-ap…
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I think it's encouraging to see frameworks  offering additional tools that make the difficult task of displaying/optimizing images easier. css-tricks.com/frameworks-he…

Frameworks Helping Image Usage | CSS-Tricks

I recently blogged about how images are hard and it ended up being a big ol' checklist of things that you could/should think about and implement when placing

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Mars Theme: A Deep Look at Frontity’s Headless WordPress Theme css-tricks.com/mars-theme-a-…

Mars Theme: A Deep Look at Frontity’s Headless WordPress Theme | CSS-Tricks

Frontity is a framework for creating de-coupled (or "headless") WordPress sites. In this article, we dive into the process of spinning up such a site, with a detailed overview of the building blocks...

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You can send an HTML file over the wire including anything a website might need without requesting any other files. css-tricks.com/__trashed-7/

You don't need external assets in an HTML file | CSS-Tricks

A fun exercise from Terence Eden. You can send an HTML file over the wire including anything a website might need without requesting any other files. CSS and

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Here's Atif Afzal on using a that is permanently on the page where tooltips are added/removed and how they perform vastly better than plopping those same tooltips right into the . css-tricks.com/dont-attach-t…

Don’t attach tooltips to document.body | CSS-Tricks

Here's Atif Afzal on using a that is permanently on the page where tooltips are added/removed and how they perform vastly better than plopping

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Stefan Judis notes that there is a spec for custom media queries, but seemingly no momentum on it at the moment. css-tricks.com/can-we-have-c…
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Turns out SMIL has a JavaScript API, so it's possible to kick off an animation on demand while also respecting `prefers-reduced-motion`. css-tricks.com/fire-svg-anim…

Fire SVG animations (SMIL) when the SVG is visible | CSS-Tricks

When requirements read "when visible" your brain should go straight to IntersectionObserver. That's exactly what Zach is doing here to kick off an animation

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Firefox’s `bolder` Default is a Problem for Variable Fonts css-tricks.com/firefoxs-bold…

Firefox’s `bolder` Default is a Problem for Variable Fonts | CSS-Tricks

Variable fonts make it easy to create a large set of font styles from a single font file. Unfortunately, the default rendering of the and

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SVG syntax is so ripe for these "generator" design tools. wickedbackgrounds.com/backgr…
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Early Days for CSS Scoping css-tricks.com/early-days-fo…

Early Days for CSS Scoping | CSS-Tricks

There is a working draft spec for CSS scoping now. Other than a weird period where

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AWS Lambdas: Easy, Easier, Easiest css-tricks.com/aws-lambdas-e…

AWS Lambdas: Easy, Easier, Easiest | CSS-Tricks

I'd say cloud functions are one of the most transformative technologies in the last bunch of years. They are (usually) cheap, scale well, secure in their

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I might be extra qualified to verify this claim, as I work directly with Rachel. css-tricks.com/i-completely-…

I completely ignored the front-end development scene for 6 months. It was fine. | CSS-Tricks

Have you ever fretted that front-end web development moves so fast that if you stepped away for a while, you'd be lost coming back? Rachel Smith has:

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