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,…
Google Says AI Optimization Is Just SEO
Google has finally published guidance for AI optimization. Yet “Optimizing your website for generative AI features on…
What’s !important #11: 3D Voxel Scenes, Flying Focus, CSS Syntaxes, and More
If 3D voxel scenes (that you can style), flying focus animations, or new CSS syntaxes sound like…
Computing and Displaying Discounted Prices in CSS
CSS math isn’t just about how things look! It can also be used to work out useful…
Automated Steps For VCF Host Provisioning
May 5, 2026 Automated Steps For VCF Host Provisioning What Are We Solving Here? Ever since I…
Chrome Extensions for GenAI Visibility
There is no clear, step-by-step process for optimizing visibility in generative AI models. We’re left with testing…
What’s !important #10: HTML-in-Canvas, Hex Maps, E-ink Optimization, and More
Developers have been experimenting with HTML-in-Canvas, a hexagonal world map-analytics feature, a web-based OS for e-ink devices,…
The Importance of Native Randomness in CSS
Recently, I published a story about the new random functions that have landed in CSS and how…
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,…
Choosing the best WooCommerce hosting in 2026: A practical guide
The right host is invisible. Your checkout loads fast, your site stays up during the campaign spike,…
Recreating Apple’s Vision Pro Animation in CSS
Apple’s product animations, particularly the scrolly teardowns (technical term), have always been inspiring. But these bleeding-edge animations…
Enhancing Astro With a Markdown Component
There are two ways to enhance Markdown in an Astro project: Through MDX Through a Markdown Component…
Markdown + Astro = ❤️
Markdown is a great invention that lets us write less markup. It also handles typographical matters like…
How to migrate from Webflow to WooCommerce
Your business has outgrown Webflow. Whether it’s the integration limitations, the lack of data control, or the…
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…
Sniffing Out the CSS Olfactive API
A lot has happened in CSS in the last few years, but there’s nothing we needed less…
SEO Here to Stay, Say Marketing Leaders
Marketing leaders expect SEO and AI search to grow side by side, at least in the short…
What’s !important #8: Light/Dark Favicons, @mixin, object-view-box, and More
Short n’ sweet but ever so neat, this issue covers light/dark favicons, @mixin, anchor-interpolated morphing, object-view-box, new…
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…
Abusing Customizable Selects
Web browsers ship new features all the time, but what fun is it if we can’t build…
The Different Ways to Select in CSS
Temani Afif recently did this exercise and I thought I’d build off of it. Some of these…
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,…
AI Bots Don’t Need Markdown Pages
Markdown is a lightweight, text-only language easily readable by both humans and machines. One of the newest…
What’s !important #6: :heading, border-shape, Truncating Text From the Middle, and More
Despite what’s been a sleepy couple of weeks for new Web Platform Features, we have an issue…