Google’s Index Now Powers ChatGPT
Unlike top search engines, ChatGPT does not maintain an index of global websites. It has relied instead…
How to Discover a CSS Trick
Do we invent or discover CSS tricks? Michelangelo described his sculpting process as chiseling away superfluous material…
A First Look at the Interest Invoker API (for Hover-Triggered Popovers)
Chrome 139 is experimenting with Open UI’s proposed Interest Invoker API, which would be used to create…
A Primer on Focus Trapping
Focus trapping is a term that refers to managing focus within an element, such that focus always…
What I Took From the State of Dev 2025 Survey
State of Devs 2025 survey results are out! While the survey isn’t directly related to the code part of…
Setting Line Length in CSS (and Fitting Text to a Container)
First, what is line length? Line length is the length of a container that holds a body…
Llms.txt Could Help AI Find Your Store
A proposed standard would guide large language models such as ChatGPT, Gemini, and Claude to relevant web…
Scroll-Driven Sticky Heading
Scroll-driven animations are great! They’re a powerful tool that lets developers tie the movement and transformation of…
A Better API for the Intersection and Mutation Observers
In a previous article, I showed you how to refactor the Resize Observer API into something way…
Understanding and troubleshooting failed orders
Running an online store means making sure every part of the shopping experience goes smoothly. So when…
A Better API for the Resize Observer
Resize Observer, Mutation Observer, and Intersection Observers are all good APIs that are more performant than their…