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2026-07-17 10:44:45 UTC

If you're dealing with SVG icons you probably know the pain of overwriting colors. There's a new spec in the making that allows controlling CSS variables from "the outside". And it's shipping in Firefox already!
https://drafts.csswg.org/css-link-params-1/
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2026-06-26 14:09:08 UTC

TIL recap: Did you know that container size queries can detect landscape and portrait ratios?
https://www.stefanjudis.com/today-i-learned/size-container-queries-can-detect-landscape-portrait-orientation/
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2026-06-26 10:44:37 UTC

I know many of my followers aren't big AI fans. Still, the new MDN MCP server is super handy for pulling up docs and browser support data.
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/blog/introducing-mdn-mcp-server/
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2026-06-23 14:08:49 UTC

Our friends at WebKit released a new cheatsheet for `display: grid-lanes` (Safari-only so far) with a built-in configurator and lots of examples. It has strong CSSTricks vibes from back in the day!
https://gridlanes.webkit.org/
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2026-06-03 08:11:14 UTC

The State of CSS survey is currently open: Go take the State of CSS 2026 survey if you have a minute!
https://survey.devographics.com/survey/state-of-css/2026
I just finished it, and it took around 10 minutes. It's an important data point for spec makers and browser vendors, so let's get this all done. :D

2026-06-02 14:10:05 UTC

Luckily I haven't dealt with date handling for a while. If you need to, you're probably excited about `Temporal`, which goes stable in Node.js. Luciano's write-up on Node.js 26 is excellent. I didn't know that `Temporal` clamps dates!
https://nodejsdesignpatterns.com/blog/whats-new-in-nodejs-26/
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2026-05-14 11:23:31 UTC

That's funny.
If you're a Firefox user, you'll soon be able to mute tabs playing audio right from the URL bar by typing "shush" or "sssh" (or good old "mute").
Landing in FF 152.
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2026-04-22 10:44:47 UTC

Do you know that you can use `image-set` to serve different background images right in CSS? Now you do and `image-set` is "widely available" since last month! 🎉
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/Reference/Values/image/image-set
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2026-04-21 06:43:54 UTC

A new Git version just dropped and it comes with a new experimental `history` command!
`reword` can be used to change commit messages and `split` can untangle a single commit into multiple ones.
No more interactive rebase. 🎉
https://github.blog/open-source/git/highlights-from-git-2-54/
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2026-04-04 07:26:42 UTC

This is absolutely beautiful and very well done.
> Nothing you own is finished. Everything exists in a state of permanent incompletion, permanently needing.
https://www.terrygodier.com/the-last-quiet-thing
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2025-12-27 22:45:07 UTC

If you like using VS Code but don't like that it's "calling home", today I learned, there's also VS Codium.
https://vscodium.com/

2025-12-02 11:28:04 UTC

I was dealing with client-side cookies the other day and, of course, I used `document.cookie`. This API is "something", isn't it?
But then I remembered that `cookieStore` is a thing today, and it makes cookie handling way easier! 👇
`cookieStore` also emits change events. Not sure if I ever needed to listen for cookie changes, but hey, it's great to have it!
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/CookieStore
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2025-11-17 14:20:32 UTC

This week's Web Weekly is just about to go out and I think it turned out "very alright" this week. 🫣
If you want to keep up with all these new web platform features, you should check it out!
https://www.stefanjudis.com/blog/web-weekly-175/
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2025-11-16 19:00:45 UTC

When someone calls custom CSS properties "CSS variables" something in me wants to reply "That's not what they're called!".
It's time to let this go, though, bc TIL the spec lives at "/css-variables". 😂
Here are some more good arguments to convince someone like my past self.
https://blog.kizu.dev/css-variables/
Thanks @npub1p63…gl53 for writing this!
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2025-11-11 11:28:04 UTC

Did you know that you can localize quotes right in CSS?
Now you do! 🫵
https://www.stefanjudis.com/today-i-learned/how-to-use-language-dependent-quotes-in-css/
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2025-11-02 15:17:15 UTC

Some birdy (thanks @npub10h2…w5v7) told me that Chrome supports split views behind a flag. 😲 Good stuff!
chrome://flags#side-by-side
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2025-10-31 13:09:58 UTC

One for your bookmarks... 🫣
https://stopcitingai.com/
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2025-10-20 07:54:29 UTC

I just realized that the new CSS `field-sizing: content` magic allows textareas AND inputs AND select elements to grow. 😲
I thought it was only about textareas. 😅
So far, it works in Chromium and Safari TP.
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2025-10-15 15:43:55 UTC

Disclaimer: the following is Chromium-only and more than cutting edge, but it's kinda wild that we can implement custom functions like "light-dark()" ourselves eventually.
Here’s @npub159n…rz7e looking into the future. 👇
https://www.bram.us/2025/09/30/css-custom-light-dark/
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2025-10-06 14:09:19 UTC

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This doesn't solve the a11y issue though, or?
If the default focus color matches the background focus styles are broken or do I understand this incorrectly?

2025-10-06 13:57:10 UTC

I must admit that I've forgotten the double focus ring practice to guarantee accessible focus rings on all sorts of backgrounds, but it's such a smart way to solve the issue of hard-to-spot focus styles.
@npub18vj…g4zy did a fabulous job explaining the technique!
https://piccalil.li/blog/taking-a-shot-at-the-double-focus-ring-problem-using-modern-css/
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2025-09-27 08:10:47 UTC

This year's State of JS survey is open and it comes with easy to access code snippets and baseline info so that you'll def learn some new tricks when filling it out. 👏
https://survey.devographics.com/en-US/survey/state-of-js/2025
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2025-09-22 11:57:40 UTC

My small side project https://tiny-helpers.dev just passed 1k GitHub stars. 🎉
If you don't know it yet, the site lists 678 small utility tools for web developers that you usually won't find when googling. And over 200 people contributed already. 😊
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2025-07-17 11:07:37 UTC

Every time, I see @npub1wpv…rz2s using custom properties to "hide" usage notes and error messages in CSS, I can only stand up and say "Chapeau, my friend!". 🎩 👏
Love this approach to self-document CSS code.
https://piccalil.li/blog/a-revisit-of-the-every-layout-sidebar-with-has-and-selector-performance/
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2025-07-14 11:46:30 UTC

TIL — the CSS working group is working on `appearance: base;` which will give us:
- Identical styles across all browsers
- 100% WCAG 2.2 compliant controls
- Easy ways to customize all these form elements 💯
This talk is time very well spent. 👇
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WgSiqSqxTxw&t=59s
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2025-05-15 10:49:44 UTC

It was about time, wasn't it? 😅 👇
But now, with Firefox 138 all major browser engines support import attributes to import JSON from within your ECMAScript modules. 👇
✅ Chromium: 123+
✅ Safari: 17.2+
✅ Firefox: 138+ (released 2w ago)
PS. This syntax works in modern Node.js, too!
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2025-03-16 15:51:59 UTC

I just removed 15 dead helpers over on tiny-helpers.dev and it feels like a discover less and less small online tools for web devs… 👇
https://tiny-helpers.dev/
What are you favorite quick-to-use online tools these days? Maybe I can add some new ones.
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2025-02-28 15:12:05 UTC

Could it really be? Has the time really come?
SVG favicons are shipping in Safari Tech Preview. 🎉
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2024-11-23 17:40:48 UTC

Is anyone using Zen browser?
(an open source Firefox-based Arc clone)
I tried it a month ago, and was pretty rough but it seems like they're catching up quickly.
I love some Arc features, but the company’s business model and AI stuff make me hesitant to use it as my main driver.
https://zen-browser.app/
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2024-11-16 16:41:50 UTC

With the upcoming Firefox 133 release `fetch` gets a new baseline-supported parameter — `keepalive`.
Requests with the set `keepalive` option won't be cancelled when the page unloads or is closed. 💪
https://www.stefanjudis.com/today-i-learned/fetch-supports-a-keepalive-option-to-make-it-outlive-page-navigations/
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2024-10-28 13:50:27 UTC

For the bloggers: the W3C WebDX Community Group released a web component to display web feature baseline info. Drop `baseline-status` into your HTML and display some juicy browser compat data. 💯
https://github.com/web-platform-dx/baseline-status
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2024-10-20 14:06:04 UTC

💡 TIL — the new `node --run` flag doesn't run life cycle scripts.
Node.js v23 was released last week and ships a new and stable `node --run` flag. The flag allows running `package.json` scripts without npm. It's slightly faster than `npm run` (we're talking a couple of hundred ms) but doesn't run life cycle scripts (e.g. `prestart`).
So `npm --run` is not an `npm run` replacement.
Will you use it? I'd rather stick with `npm run` in this case... 🤔
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2024-09-15 14:06:04 UTC

Quick reminder: if your browser support allows it, `align-content: center` works on block layout elements these days. 💪 👇
https://caniuse.com/mdn-css_properties_align-content_block_context
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2024-09-11 10:28:04 UTC

It's me... 😂
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2024-09-09 08:00:04 UTC

I think about this a lot: when we all use AI for coding / writing / creating now, it'll hurt our ability to "create" in the long run, won't it?
I've just read someone calling this inability to create without AI — "AI Fog". Great naming! 💯
https://garrit.xyz/posts/2024-09-01-AI-fog
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2024-09-03 07:23:30 UTC

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Not sure. 🫣 Maybe Eric can share what led him into this deep investigation. :)

2024-08-26 17:37:35 UTC

If you go down that path and really must reimplement "link behavior" in JavaScript, here's a list of keyboard interactions you should support with your custom "JS link".
Native links support a ton of keyboard interactions:
- navigating to the target URL
- opening tabs or windows in fore or background
- downloading the target HTML. 😅
Maybe the native link is a better choice!
Thanks to @npub18vj…g4zy for this research!
https://ericwbailey.website/published/basic-keyboard-shortcut-support-for-focused-links/
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