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 […]
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Removing list styles without affecting semantics.
A simple tweak that simplifies the common approach to "lists that don't look like lists" with HTML/CSS and sidesteps any semantic/accessibility concerns. […]
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 […]
Make any feed an RSS feed
A clever service that takes any input URL and attempts to identify lists of links (i.e. a feed) and then convert this into an RSS feed that anyone can subscribe to. Great for pulling content out of […]
One Neat CSS Trick
Using pseudo-selectors like :where and :not to invert style rules, allowing for better code encapsulation and context sharing across a codebase.
Time to rethink mobile-first CSS?
An interesting look at whether the current mobile-first paradigm is problematic. Ultimately, the title feels a little like click-bait; to me the solution proposed remains mobile-first, but suggests […]
A Bookmark Feed
Mastodon makes saving interesting links for later very easy, but getting these into a feed reader or note-taking service seemed impossible until I came across a neat little hosted solution.
HTML web components
An excellent look into the new trend of no-or-low-JavaScript web components, which almost operate more like HTML fragments, with graceful fallbacks to native elements. Jeremy proposes terming these […]
Marbla
A playful and fun new variable font, which lets you control the amount of thickness in three novel ways: ink trap, ballooning, and curve. The result are letterforms that almost seem to disassemble as […]
Resurrecting web marginalia
A few careful thoughts about the utility of "web marginalia", in this case for discovery; things like blogrolls, feed lists, and webrings. John wonders if their demise is in part due to the loss of […]
A static-site CMS that runs in VS Code
A clever, open-source CMS designed for static site generators like Eleventy, Astro, and Hugo which use Markdown files and frontmatter metadata. The CMS itself runs directly in your IDE, giving you a […]
Bookmarklet for responsive image linting
Not overly tested, but covers a lot of the common gotchas around building responsive images for the web, and quickly identifies areas for improvement. Definitely feels like something that could be […]
Using data-attributes for style variations
An interesting approach to using data attributes to drive CSS utility classes. I'm not sure I like the overly granular control (it feels like it falls into the same category as Tailwind, but now with […]
Zero JavaScript CSS-in-JS
One of the core downsides to CSS-in-JS is that you have to compile it on the client, which means increased bundle sizes and slower rendering. Linaria is an attempt to fix that, by providing all of […]
Josh's custom CSS reset
Josh has added some additional thoughts to Andy's CSS reset. Personally, I like a combination of the two (with a dash of Stephanie's best practices thrown in for good measure), but wanted to capture […]
A modern CSS reset
Andy always has some interesting thoughts about CSS, and this reset is no exception. Lots of interesting things here that fit very nicely with both my own experience and other resets that I've […]
Andy's evergreen notes
Andy has built a career considering the impact of note-taking and ways to maximise it as a way to gain deeper insights and develop general knowledge. This notes microsite is one of their related […]
DDEV: A Worthwhile Investment?
Various notes from my battle to get a local development environment working for Craft CMS.