A New “Web” Readiness Report
The beauty of research is finding yourself on a completely unrelated topic mere minutes from opening your…
SMIL on?
I was chatting with Andy Clarke the other day about a new article he wants to write…
Automated Visual Regression Testing With Playwright
Comparing visual artifacts can be a powerful, if fickle, approach to automated testing. Playwright makes this seem…
Case Study: Combining Cutting-Edge CSS Features Into a “Course Navigation” Component
I came across this awesome article navigator by Jhey Tompkins: It solved a UX problem I was…
Revisiting CSS border-image
In my last article on “Revisiting CSS Multi-Column Layout”, I mentioned that almost twenty years have flown…
Consumer Spending on Mobile AI Apps Soaring Despite Trust Issues
AI-powered mobile apps are rapidly shaping the digital economy, driving consumer engagement and spending. However, as this…
A CSS-Only Star Rating Component and More! (Part 2)
In the last article, we created a CSS-only star rating component using the CSS mask and border-image…
A CSS-Only Star Rating Component and More! (Part 1)
Creating a star rating component is a classic exercise in web development. It has been done and…
The Rebirth of ‘Marketing Mix Modeling’
Lingering privacy challenges and ever-improving cloud and artificial intelligence technology are driving a marketing model renaissance. Marketing…
How to start dropshipping in 2025
If you’re looking to start an online business and don’t want to deal with managing inventory, product…
Bookshop.org, an Amazon Rival, Adds Ebooks
Five years ago, publishing entrepreneur Andy Hunter launched Bookshop.org to provide a “virtuous alternative” to Amazon, which…
The What If Machine: Bringing the “Iffy” Future of CSS into the Present
Geoff’s post about the CSS Working Group’s decision to work on inline conditionals inspired some drama in…
Set Up a Shopify Theme Dev Environment in 2025
Shopify merchants don’t need coding skills to alter a theme. Yet some businesses require more, such as…
Organizing Design System Component Patterns With CSS Cascade Layers
I’m trying to come up with ways to make components more customizable, more efficient, and easier to…
Baseline Status in a WordPress Block
You know about Baseline, right? And you may have heard that the Chrome team made a web…