Look mum, no breakpoints!
An excellent overview of how to approach fluid design on the web. Lots of excellent references and techniques, particularly those around using Flex layout with flex-basis to control widths, or […]
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Heat death of the internet
Perhaps the definition of a "lolsob" micro-essay on the state of the internet in […]
Why centring is so hard
Every web developer has torn their hair out trying to align an icon with some text, or two separate pieces of text with each other, or (god forbid) a whole sequence of text nodes, icons, form […]
Use your Mac the way I do
A phenomenally interesting journey through one person's assistive set-up, using only the left mouse button to navigate the web, code websites, play video games, and everything else […]
Find people on Fedi from the IndieWeb
A clever browser extension that uses rel="me" links to find people's Mastodon/Fediverse accounts from their personal […]
A global documentation platform
Andy brings up a very valid and very scary point: what happens when Mozilla shuts down MDN? Why is one of the most important sources of web knowledge not under community stewardship? And what can we […]
The good, the bad, the web components
An excellent overview of the current state of web components, including suggestions on how they could be […]
Quickly check Core Web Vitals
A quick way to check for PageSpeed metrics, Lighthouse scores (are those the same thing these days?), and Core Web Vitals, all in one […]
PWA quickstart
An interesting – albeit flawed – attempt at a zero-dependencies, web standards focused, PWA based UI framework, and a potentially useful quick-start template for using web components and native […]
A filterable, indie search engine
Another attempt at a privacy-focused, simplified search engine, with some interesting filter options – called "optics" – which let you customise your results. Only want to search personal sites? […]
Stripping the web of its humanity
The Arc browser recently added an auto-summarisation feature to its search. The result is a mash of misinformation and content theft, which Ben argues (and I fully agree) will ultimately create an […]
What can a website do?
A really lovely article about how to help people navigate the digital world that doesn't involve having to tackle huge, global issues. Start small. Start with people. Even one at a time, it […]
The time to unmaintainable is very low
A critique of npm (and other package managers), the move-fast hype cycle of tech products, and the tech debt it […]
A collection of single-purpose tools
An incredibly extensive collection of single-user tools. Need to check colour contrast? Grab image metadata? Generate a gradient? Yup, all of those are in here. The list is immense and the tools are […]
Moderate people, not code
Ryan always has some interesting thoughts around the ethics of online communities, and this is no exception. There's a lot of great questions and thoughts in here around whether or not we should be […]
Superscript, Subscript, & Accessibility
Are there any concerns with using superscript and subscript when crafting content for the web?
Follow any web feed from Mastodon
Just mention @birb in a post to Mastodon with a link, and RSS Parrot will search the site for any kind of feed, convert that feed to an RSS output, and then launch a Mastodon account that […]
Animated pride flags
If you ever wanted to make a cool, animated flag from scratch on the web, Josh has you covered. But the article is also full of clever tricks for animation in […]