Cross-Document View Transitions: Scaling Across Hundreds of Elements
In Part 1, we covered the gotchas that bite you first: the deprecated meta tag that silently…
Cross-Document View Transitions: The Gotchas Nobody Mentions
I wasted an entire Saturday on this. Not a lazy Saturday either, but one of those rare,…
New Ecommerce Tools: May 6, 2026
This installment of our weekly rundown of new services for merchants includes updates on supply chain software,…
New Ecommerce Tools: May 6, 2026
This installment of our weekly rundown of new services for merchants includes updates on supply chain software,…
Let’s Use the Nonexistent ::nth-letter Selector Now
“I think I’m done with reality.” — The Seventh Circle by Architects We’ve all, at some point,…
Markdown + Astro = ❤️
Markdown is a great invention that lets us write less markup. It also handles typographical matters like…
A Well-Designed JavaScript Module System is Your First Architecture Decision
Writing large programs in JavaScript without modules would be pretty difficult. Imagine you only have the global…
Alternatives to the !important Keyword
Every now and then, I stumble onto an old project of mine, or worse, someone else’s, and…
High-converting landing page design for ecommerce (with examples)
There’s no one-size-fits-all formula for the perfect landing page design. Converting visitors into customers is an ongoing…
Front-End Fools: Top 10 April Fools’ UI Pranks of All Time
April Fools’ Day pranks on the web imply that we’re not trying to fool each other every…
Framework for Quality AI Content Marketing
AI-generated marketing content is only effective when it attracts organic traffic from search engines, LLMs, and Google…
4 Reasons That Make Tailwind Great for Building Layouts
When I talk about layouts, I’m referring to how you place items on a page. The CSS…
Why OpenAI Acquired Promptfoo
If predictions are correct, AI agents can soon do “real” work, such as adjusting advertising budgets, updating…
New Ecommerce Tools: March 11, 2026
Every week we handpick and publish a list of new services for ecommerce merchants. This installment includes…
Popover API or Dialog API: Which to Choose?
Choosing between Popover API and Dialog API is difficult because they seem to do the same job,…
New Ecommerce Tools: February 25, 2026
This week’s rundown of new services for ecommerce merchants includes rollouts for third-party fulfillment, AI assistants, agentic…
New Book on the Purpose of Business
The newest offering from management guru Joseph Pine takes his acclaimed 1999 bestseller “The Experience Economy” a…
The Death of Page One: AI Storefronts Rewrite Retail Strategy
Artificial intelligence chatbots drove 28% more shopper referrals to retail apps during the Black Friday weekend in…
Google Discover for Ecommerce
As AI Overviews and shopping agents divert clicks away from traditional search results, Google Discover may provide…
Why Buyers Buy: Books for Marketers
Whether you’re looking for basic principles, deep dives, or inside info from top marketers, these hand-picked books…
What’s !important #4: Videos & View Transitions, Named Media Queries, How Browsers Work, and More
Neither Chrome, Safari, nor Firefox have shipped new features in the last couple of weeks, but fear…
Are Your Product Pages Invisible to AI? Retail’s New Fix
Two new product updates aim to help retailers use agentic AI more effectively by improving shopper trust…
Why E.U. Ecommerce Rules Seem Complex
Merchants often ask me to explain E.U. ecommerce regulations. I usually start with a warning: There is…
Postcard From Web Directions Dev Summit, 2025
Author’s Note: There are already wonderful recaps of the Web Directions Developer Summit I spoke at in…