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Entry (Sources) and TopicsDate#
ChatGPT Has 12% of Google’s Search Volume but Google Sends 190× More Traffic to Websites (ahr)19,824
traffic, search, chatgpt, google, metrics
How to Create a CSS-Only Elastic Text Effect (css/fro)19,823
how-tos, css, effects
Re-Creating a Pantone Color Deck in CSS (sto)19,822
css
Announcing TypeScript 6.0 Beta (dan/typ)19,821
typescript
Polypane 28: Project Improvements, Elements Panel Updates, and Chromium 146 (pol)19,820
release-notes, polypane, browsers
The Software Sovereignty Scale (dri)19,819
foss, licensing, legal
It’s About to Get a Lot Easier for Your JavaScript to Clean Up After Itself (wil/pic)19,818
javascript, garbage-collection
Shades of Halftone (max)19,817
effects
The 2026 Frontend Dogma Survey (fro)19,816
frontend-dogma, surveys
Vite, Rust, and the Future of JavaScript Tooling (eva+/bet)19,815
videos, interviews, vuejs, rust, javascript, oxc, bundling, tooling, ai
Trying to Make the Perfect Pie Chart in CSS (mon/css)19,814
css, html
Definitive Guide to Multi-Threaded Rendering on the Web (hac)19,813
guides, dom, rendering
What to Expect in Angular 2219,812
angular
A New Meta Tag for Respecting Text Scaling on Mobile (mat)19,811
accessibility, metadata, scaling
Your Design System Needs an Enforcer (nng)19,810
design-systems, processes
The Return of the Intuitive Designer in the Age of AI (uxd)19,809
design, user-experience, ai
CSS “@ scope”: An Alternative to Naming Conventions and Heavy Abstractions (sma)19,808
css, scope, naming
Measuring SVG Rendering Time (sto)19,807
svg, png, images, rendering, performance, web-vitals, metrics
How to Write Alt Text for News (sta/the)19,806
how-tos, alt-text, accessibility, images
Why Designers Secretly Love Constraints (Even When We Complain About Them) (web)19,805
design
Quick Tip: Do Not Replicate OS Behavior (nat)19,804
accessibility, tips-and-tricks
What’s New in ViteLand: January 2026 Recap (man/voi)19,803
release-notes, vite, vitest, rolldown, oxc
Clarity Is Not the Enemy of Depth (the)19,802
content, writing, accessibility
How to Improve Your HTML Game (j9t)19,801
how-tos, html, conformance, learning, career
Stop Installing Libraries: 10 Browser APIs That Already Solve Your Problems19,800
javascript, libraries, apis, web-platform
Introduction to the New HTML Element “<geolocation>” (mat)19,799
introductions, html, geolocation
[Webpack] Roadmap 2026 (eve)19,798
webpack
CSS Properties That Solve Annoying Problems (kev)19,797
videos, css
How to Shoot a Screen Using a Board of Keys (mwi)19,796
screenshots, keyboard-shortcuts, history, apple
Introducing Deno Sandbox (tin/den)19,795
deno
State of JavaScript 2025 [Results] (sac/dev)19,794
surveys, metrics, javascript
Deno Deploy Is Generally Available (lca+/den)19,793
deno
Combobox vs. Multiselect vs. Listbox: How to Choose the Right One (vit/sma)19,792
how-tos, forms, design-patterns, comparisons
Nice Select (arg)19,791
forms, css
How Eleventy Survived: Funding, Growth, and Open Source Reality (zac+/fon)19,790
podcasts, interviews, eleventy, foss
A Percise Parser (rem)19,789
javascript, parsing
Elastic/Bouncy Text Effect (css)19,788
css, effects
Performance-Optimized Video Embeds With Zero JavaScript (stf/fro)19,787
multimedia, performance
What Is JPEG XL: Do We Really Need Another Image Format? (aar/deb)19,786
jpeg-xl, images, quality, performance, metrics
Release Notes for Safari Technology Preview 236 (jon/web)19,785
release-notes, safari, apple, browsers
Building an RSS Aggregator With Astro (ray)19,784
astro, rss, syndication, functionality
Explicit Resource Management in JavaScript19,783
javascript
Stop Asking “Is This on Brand?”—It’s Killing Your Creativity (web)19,782
design, branding, creativity
Limiting Work in Progress Is a Superpower19,781
project-management, processes, productivity, agile, scrum
HTML Minifier Next 5, a Quick Upgrade Guide (j9t)19,780
guides, html-minifier
Tim Cook Sold Apple’s Soul (kev)19,779
apple
Google Helped Israeli Military Contractor With AI, Whistleblower Alleges (was)19,778
google, ai, ethics, privacy
A Broken Heart (api)19,777
performance, fonts, emoji
My Opinionated ESLint Setup for Vue Projects (ale)19,776
eslint, configuration, vuejs
Tickering With Node.js Core on ARM64 Windows (joy)19,775
nodejs, building, windows, microsoft
When Design Stops Asking Why and Starts Asking, “Can AI Do It?” (uxd)19,774
design, ai, processes, quality
The Too Early Breakpoint (sha)19,773
css, layout
“WCAG Is Difficult to Read, Don’t Read It” Is a Self-Fulfilling Prophecy (yat)19,772
wcag, standards, accessibility
AI Agents Explained (tre)19,771
ai-agents, ai
Practical Use of AI Coding Tools for the Responsible Developer (ska/sma)19,770
ai, tooling, prompting
Announcing Rspress 2.019,769
release-notes
New to the Web Platform in January (rac/dev)19,768
release-notes, web-platform, browsers, firefox, mozilla, chrome, google
How the Same Content Always Has Multiple Different Versions19,767
accessibility, content, comparisons
React’s “ViewTransition” Element (chr/fro)19,766
react, view-transitions
How to Make an HTTP Request in Node.js (loi)19,765
how-tos, nodejs, http
Is Learning CSS a Waste of Time in 2026?19,764
css, learning, career, discussions
Vibe Prototyping Is a Double-Edged Sword (edd/uxd)19,763
prototyping, vibe-coding, ai, design
OpenJS Foundation Security Program: Annual Report 2025 (ope)19,762
openjs, security
Cryptography Usage in Web Standards (w3c)19,761
standards, cryptography, security
Understanding Hydration in Frontend Frameworks: Definition, Challenges, and Optimization Strategies (ele/des)19,760
guest-posts, frameworks, hydration, optimization, concepts, strategies
How an Accessibility Designer Adds Keyboard Shortcuts to a Web App (eri)19,759
web-apps, keyboard-shortcuts, accessibility
The Next Decade of UX: Why Psychology Matters More Than Ever (tbf/nng)19,758
videos, interviews, user-experience, design, outlooks
How to Design Great Alt Text: An Introduction (deq)19,757
how-tos, introductions, alt-text, images, accessibility
How to Style the New “::search-text” and Other Highlight-y Pseudo-Elements (dxn/css)19,756
how-tos, css, selectors
Introducing ReliCSS: A Tool for Front-End Archaeology (stu)19,755
introductions, tooling, css, auditing
Are We Doing UX for AI the Right Way? (cxo/uxd)19,754
user-experience, design, conversational-design, ai, link-lists
7 Learnings From Anders Hejlsberg: The Architect Behind C# and TypeScript (git)19,753
lessons, scalability, typescript, foss, ai, collaboration
How AI Is Redefining the Way We Find Content (cle)19,752
ai, crawling, search, content, seo
Some Notes on Starting to Use Django (b0r)19,751
django
More Invoker Commands, and More Reasons Not to Use JavaScript Please (paw)19,750
html, examples
Unstacking CSS Stacking Contexts (sma)19,749
css, positioning
Try Text Scaling Support in Chrome Canary (jos)19,748
chrome, google, browsers, scaling, accessibility
We’re Creating a Knowledge Collapse and No One’s Talking About It19,747
ai, documentation, learning, career
Solving Shrinkwrap: New Experimental Technique (kiz)19,746
css, techniques
On the Need for Neutral Maintained Minifier Metrics (j9t)19,745
minification, tooling, html-minifier, htmlnano
9 Reasons to Choose Sketch in 2026 (fre/ske)19,744
sketch
Supporting Open Source in 2026: Why It Matters More Than Ever ($50,000) (mar/fro)19,743
foss, web-platform
Drawing Connections With CSS Anchor Positioning19,742
css, anchor-positioning
Improving Single Executable Application Building for Node.js (joy)19,741
nodejs
Density vs. Clarity: The Core Tension in Modern UI Design (web)19,740
design, information-design, minimalism, comparisons, figma
How Web Performance Impacts User Experience (deb)19,739
performance, user-experience, web-vitals, metrics
Why the Future of Design Is Less Flash and More Thought19,738
design, outlooks
There Is No Need to Trap Focus on a “dialog” Element (zel/css)19,737
modals, focus, accessibility
A Security Checklist for Your React and Next.js Apps (the)19,736
security, react, nextjs
Porting 100k Lines From TypeScript to Rust Using Claude Code in a Month (vje)19,735
migrating, typescript, rust, claude, anthropic, ai
SPAs Are a Performance Dead End (yeg)19,734
single-page-apps, performance
Using Maturity Models to Build Accessibility That Lasts (ted)19,733
accessibility
How to Use Font Ligatures19,732
how-tos, typography, fonts, tooling, adobe, figma, microsoft, css
npmx (dan/npm)19,731
websites, npm, packages
Software Design Principles That Matter19,730
software-design, principles, examples
6 Ways to Set Better Content Accessibility Goals in 202619,729
accessibility, processes
Anchor Interpolated Morph (AIM) (arg)19,728
css, animations, techniques
Responsive Hexagon Grid Using Modern CSS (css/css)19,727
css, functions, math, responsive-design
Understanding the Fundamentals of CSS Layout (pol)19,726
fundamentals, css, layout, grids, flexbox, positioning
The Context Collapse Problem19,725
ai, documentation
CSS Optical Illusions (alv)19,724
css, effects, examples
Claude’s New Constitution (ant)19,723
claude, anthropic, ai
Why Webflow Isn’t the Future—Yet (web)19,722
webflow, low-and-no-code
10 Digital Accessibility Predictions for 2026 (ons)19,721
accessibility, outlooks, wcag, career, ai, legal, assistive-tech
When Will CSS Grid Lanes Arrive? How Long Until We Can Use It? (jen/web)19,720
css, grids, masonry, layout
CTA Hierarchy in the Wild (jim)19,719
user-experience, buttons, youtube
10 Tips for Effective User Experience Evaluation19,718
user-experience, usability, content, design, testing, tips-and-tricks
Barriers From Links With ARIA (aar)19,717
accessibility, links, html, aria
The Conditionally Open Web (cor)19,716
open-web
Floating Action Buttons Are Bad, and What to Do Instead (eri)19,715
buttons, usability, material-design, google
The Accessibility Manager Moment No One Warns You About19,714
accessibility, leadership, legal, communication
Securing npm Is Table Stakes (nza+/cha)19,713
podcasts, interviews, npm, security, ai
Accessibility 101 and Core Concepts (kno)19,712
videos, introductions, accessibility, concepts
What Makes Generated UI Worth Keeping? (uxd)19,711
design, ai, branding, tooling
Demystifying Screen Reader Use for Manual Testing: Deneb Pulsipher and Kosi Asabere19,710
videos, accessibility, testing, screen-readers
CSS in 2026: The New Features Reshaping Frontend Development (log)19,709
css, functions
How to Favicon in 2026: Three Files That Fit Most Needs (sit/evi)19,708
how-tos, images, favicons
I Learned the First Rule of ARIA the Hard Way (css)19,707
accessibility, aria, semantics, html
Developing Trustworthy Information (jma)19,706
writing, content, ai
Faking a Fieldset-Legend (tyl/clo)19,705
html, forms, css
Node.js 16 to 25 Performance Benchmarks19,704
nodejs, performance, metrics, comparisons
Lowering the Specificity of Multiple Rules at Once (mat)19,703
css, cascade
Inside Turbopack: Building Faster by Building Less (she+)19,702
turbopack, performance
A Brief History of Programming… (fir)19,701
videos, programming, history
Animating Responsive Grid Layout Transitions With GSAP Flip (cod)19,700
css, grids, layout, animations, gsap, plugins
Rethinking “Pixel Perfect” Web Design (ami/sma)19,699
design, quality
View Transitions and Playing Video (chr/fro)19,698
javascript, view-transitions, multimedia
AI’s Missing Ingredient (cwo)19,697
ai, vibe-coding, creativity, design
Some Thoughts on the Open Web (mno)19,696
open-web, web
Design Tokens With Confidence (luk/uxd)19,695
design-tokens, json, css
What Figma Got Wrong About Design Systems (web)19,694
figma, design-systems
The State of WebAssembly—2025 and 2026 (uno)19,693
webassembly, retrospectives, outlooks
“Code Only” Props in Figma (nat)19,692
figma, props
Design in Code, Get Praise (ada)19,691
design, processes, communication
Vercel vs. Netlify vs. Cloudflare: Serverless Cold Starts Compared19,690
vercel, netlify, cloudflare, serverless, comparisons, metrics
jQuery 4.0.0 (tim/jqu)19,689
jquery, release-notes
AdonisJS v7 Is Feature-Complete and Entering Final Validation (vir/ado)19,688
release-notes, adonisjs
ASCII Characters Are Not Pixels: A Deep Dive Into ASCII Rendering19,687
deep-dives, ascii, rendering
When Design Kills Usability—Meet the Custom Cursor (mal)19,686
videos, design, usability, cursors
Chrome 145 Adds Experimental Support for Vertical Tabs (bra)19,685
chrome, google, browsers
Better Defaults for Popovers (mat)19,684
pop-overs, css, resets
State of UX 2026: Design Deeper to Differentiate (nng)19,683
user-experience, design, outlooks, career, ai
PWA (htt)19,682
web-almanac, studies, research, metrics, progressive-web-apps, web-apps, web-workers
Ecommerce (htt)19,681
web-almanac, studies, research, metrics, ecommerce, tooling, performance, web-vitals, lighthouse
The Astro Technology Company Joins Cloudflare (ast)19,680
astro, cloudflare
CMS (htt)19,679
web-almanac, studies, research, metrics, content-management, tooling, wordpress, user-experience, performance, web-vitals, lighthouse, apis
Security (vik+/htt)19,678
web-almanac, studies, research, metrics, security, tls, certificates, cookies, csp, http-headers, apis, sanitization, configuration
On Coding Agents and the Future of Design (jef)19,677
ai, ai-agents, design, outlooks
Software as Fast Fashion (tan)19,676
programming, ai, sustainability, economics
Fonts (htt)19,675
web-almanac, studies, research, metrics, fonts, performance, css
The Missing Link for Web Components (kin/fro)19,674
web-components, typescript, json, mcp, ai, tooling
Building a Scroll-Driven Dual-Wave Text Animation With GSAP (cod)19,673
gsap, animations, scrolling
The Incredible Overcomplexity of the Shadcn Radio Button (pau)19,672
html, forms, complexity
Performance (25p+/htt)19,671
web-almanac, studies, research, metrics, performance, web-vitals, hints, speculation
Third Parties (htt)19,670
web-almanac, studies, research, metrics, embed-code
Using “100vw” Is Now Scrollbar-Aware (in Chrome 145+, Under the Right Conditions) (bra)19,669
css, units, scrolling, chrome, google, browsers
Accessibility (bog+/htt)19,668
web-almanac, studies, research, metrics, accessibility, colors, contrast, zooming, scaling, internationalization, keyboard-navigation, skip-links, forms, labels, placeholders, multimedia, images, aria, overlays, ai
Why Designers Are the New Bureaucrats (web)19,667
design, processes
Accessible Faux-Nested Interactive Controls (eri/pic)19,666
accessibility, conformance, html, nesting
Privacy (htt)19,665
web-almanac, studies, research, metrics, privacy, legal, consent-management, do-not-track
Generative AI (chr+/htt)19,664
web-almanac, studies, research, metrics, ai, robotstxt, llmstxt
WebAssembly (htt)19,663
web-almanac, studies, research, metrics, webassembly
CDN (htt)19,662
web-almanac, studies, research, metrics, content-delivery, http, performance, http-headers, compression, tls, hints
Usability Heuristics and Competition in Games (uxd)19,661
usability, heuristics, design, aesthetics
SEO (htt)19,660
web-almanac, studies, research, metrics, seo, robotstxt, llmstxt, links, content, structured-data, amp, html, internationalization
Cookies (htt)19,659
web-almanac, studies, research, metrics, cookies
Page Weight (bar+/htt)19,658
web-almanac, studies, research, metrics, performance, web-vitals, lighthouse, google
StyleX vs. Tailwind: Meta’s Take on CSS-in-JS Maintainability (ric/the)19,657
tailwind, comparisons, css-in-js, maintainability, css, javascript
So You Think Your Website Is Doing Great (cit)19,656
html, javascript, css, quality
Beyond Manual Audits: How Automation Strengthens Accessibility (equ)19,655
accessibility, auditing, automation, wcag
Making GitHub Actions Suck a Little Less19,654
github-actions
Node.js January 2026 Security Release: What Changed and Why It Matters (nod)19,653
nodejs, security
The “Senior Developer” Is Now the New “Entry Level”19,652
career, ai
Smashing Animations: Theming Animations Using CSS Relative Colour (mal/sma)19,651
animations, colors, theming, css
The Unhinged World of Tech in 2026… (fir)19,650
videos, outlooks, ai, javascript
Live Region Support (aar)19,649
accessibility, live-regions, support, screen-readers, nvda, jaws, voiceover
Everything You Need to Know About Ruby 4.0 (hon)19,648
ruby
EPUB and HTML—Survey Results and Next Steps (rei/w3c)19,647
surveys, epub, html
ARIA Roles Can Remove Their Children’s Semantics (ste)19,646
html, aria, semantics, accessibility
Traditional Code Review Is Dead: What Comes Next? (the)19,645
code-reviews, ai, processes, infrastructure, scalability
18 Predictions for 202619,644
outlooks, ai, usability, user-experience
Introducing the “<geolocation>” HTML Element (tom+/dev)19,643
introductions, html, geolocation, chrome, google, browsers
The Invisible Work (hvp)19,642
leadership, productivity, processes
Mitigating Denial-of-Service Vulnerability From Unrecoverable Stack Space Exhaustion for React, Next.js, and APM Users (mco+/nod)19,641
nodejs, security, vulnerabilities, react, nextjs, tooling, monitoring, performance
Tuesday, January 13, 2026 Security Releases (nod)19,640
release-notes, nodejs, security
Simulating Crop Marks (chr/fro)19,639
css
Astro 6 Beta (mat)19,638
release-notes, astro
Just the Browser (cor)19,637
websites, browsers, chrome, google, firefox, mozilla, edge, microsoft
A Polyfill for the HTML “switch” Element (tom)19,636
html, forms, polyfills
Solid.js Best Practices (bre)19,635
solidjs, best-practices, examples
Is There Too Much Design in Design Systems? (sha)19,634
design, design-systems
Don’t Start With AI, Start With the Problem (cal/nng)19,633
videos, ai, processes
Aspire for JavaScript Developers (dav/mic)19,632
tooling, javascript, typescript
Manufacturing as Code Is the Future, and the Future Is Now19,631
programming, outlooks
OpenCode vs. Claude Code (bui)19,630
opencode, claude, anthropic, ai, comparisons
Stop Turning Everything Into Arrays (and Do Less Work Instead)19,629
javascript, methods, arrays
SVG Filters Are Just Amazing (ami)19,628
svg, filters
Focus Rings With Nested “contrast-color()”? (dav)19,627
css, selectors, functions, focus, contrast
Stop Using MySQL in 2026, It Is Not True Open Source (ott)19,626
mysql
Don’t Fall Into the Anti-AI Hype (ant)19,625
ai, career
How Wrong Can a JavaScript Date Calculation Go? (phi)19,624
javascript, time, apis
On Abbreviating Accessibility (ons)19,623
accessibility, microcontent
What Is the Minimum Markup Needed to Create a Modal?19,622
modals, minimalism, html, css, accessibility
Prompt Engineering Won’t Fix Your Architecture19,621
architecture, ai
How to Steal Any React Component19,620
react, components
Beyond the Mouse: Animating With Mobile Accelerometers (ami/fro)19,619
mobile, javascript, animations
Death to Scroll Fade (dbu)19,618
scrolling, effects, performance
How Markdown Took Over the World (ani)19,617
markdown, web
Not All Browser APIs Are “Web” APIs (pol)19,616
apis
Brief Note on Application Keyboard Shortcuts (aar)19,615
accessibility, keyboard-shortcuts, screen-readers
Your Brand Just Evolved: The Rise of AI-Generated Identities (web)19,614
design, branding, ai
Very Good Components (bee)19,613
websites, components, html
Popover Context Menus With Anchor Positioning (chr/fro)19,612
css, tooltips, pop-overs, anchor-positioning
Node.js Package Configuration Guide (nod)19,611
guides, packages, dependencies, configuration, commonjs, esm
Judging Severity in Accessibility Issues (joe)19,610
accessibility
What Makes a Good Tech Meet-Up?19,609
discussions, community
A Data Model for Git (and Other Docs Updates) (b0r)19,608
git
Async React19,607
videos, react, asynchronicity
Exploring React Performance (en-)19,606
videos, react, performance
Profiling With React Performance Tracks19,605
videos, react, profiling, performance
Designing Page Transitions19,604
videos, design, transitions, effects
Software Is Culture (fig)19,603
culture
2026 Accessibility Hiring Looks Busy, Yet the Patterns Show Underlying Weakness19,602
accessibility, career
Common Misconceptions About Testing Accessibility (tet)19,601
accessibility, testing
Modern Emails Using React19,600
videos, email, react
Date Is Out, Temporal Is In (wil/pic)19,599
javascript, time
Ethical and Resilient Blog Hosting (pad)19,598
hosting, blogging, ethics
npm to Implement Staged Publishing After Turbulent Shift Off Classic Tokens (sar/soc)19,597
npm, dependencies, security, github
Web Dependencies Are Broken—Can We Fix Them? (lea)19,596
dependencies, javascript, import-maps, web-platform
4 CSS Features Every Front-End Developer Should Know in 2026 (arg)19,595
css, functions, scrolling
Designing With AI-Readable Design Systems in Cursor (uxd)19,594
design, design-systems, ai, cursor, code-editors
5 Accessibility Checks to Run on Every Component (hdv/zer)19,593
accessibility, components, testing, keyboard-navigation, design-tokens, microcontent, zooming, screen-readers
Google Broke My Heart (per)19,592
google, search, licensing, legal
2025 JavaScript Rising Stars19,591
javascript, frameworks, libraries, react, vuejs, tooling, ai, mobile, desktop, state-management, css-in-js, testing, static-site-generation, graphql, retrospectives
We Fixed a 6-Year-Old JavaScript Memory Leak (deb)19,590
javascript, memory
JavaScript Frameworks—Heading Into 2026 (rya/thi)19,589
javascript, frameworks, outlooks, ai
How I Evaluate an ACR (VPAT) (aar)19,588
accessibility, compliance, vpat-acr, processes
Claude Devs Complain About Surprise Usage Limits, Anthropic Blames Expiring Bonus (tho/the)19,587
claude, anthropic, ai
Eric Bailey’s Predictions for the Future of Accessibility (eri)19,586
accessibility, outlooks
How to Create a Pixel-to-Voxel Video Drop Effect With Three.js and Rapier (cod)19,585
how-tos, javascript, effects, tooling, gsap
Streaming JSON in Just 200 Lines of JavaScript19,584
streaming, json, javascript
Anna Thielke’s Predictions for the Future of Accessibility19,583
accessibility, outlooks
Damian Sian’s Predictions for the Future of Accessibility19,582
accessibility, outlooks
Kai Wong’s Predictions for the Future of Accessibility19,581
accessibility, outlooks
The Nine Levels of JavaScript Dependency Hell (and)19,580
javascript, dependencies, maintainability
Pre-Tenuring in V8 (win)19,579
v8, javascript-engines
How to “@ scope” CSS Now That It’s Baseline (dxn/fro)19,578
css, scope, examples
I Built an App in Every Frontend Framework19,577
frameworks, libraries, react, vuejs, svelte, angular, lit, marko, jquery, alpinejs, solidjs, astro, qwik, comparisons
How GitHub Monopoly Is Destroying the Open Source Ecosystem (plo)19,576
foss, github, microsoft
WASI 1.0: You Won’t Know When WebAssembly Is Everywhere in 2026 (the)19,575
webassembly, components, standards
The Next Two Years of Software Engineering (add)19,574
programming, career, outlooks, ai
V7: Typographic Scales and Technical Pens19,573
design, typography, css, case-studies
How Browsers Work (dmy)19,572
websites, guides, browsers, urls, http, tcp, html, dom
TIL: Why ARM Has a JavaScript Instruction19,571
javascript
Sounds on the Web19,570
web, multimedia
21 Lessons From 14 Years at Google (add)19,569
lessons, google, career
Web Development Is Fun Again19,568
ai, creativity
The Package Management Landscape (and)19,567
dependencies, tooling, overviews, link-lists
The Code Review That Cost $2 Million19,566
code-reviews, economics, ai
Managing Infrastructure Across Multiple Environments19,565
infrastructure, dev-ops, maintenance
Building a JavaScript Runtime in One Month (the)19,564
javascript, runtimes, functionality
10 UX Design Shifts You Can’t Ignore in 2026 (uxd)19,563
design, user-experience, ai, outlooks
2026: The Year of My Website (the)19,562
indieweb, social-media
Security Basics for Vibe-Coders (owe/pro)19,561
fundamentals, security, vibe-coding, ai
JavaScript’s “for…of” Loops Are Actually Fast19,560
javascript, loops, performance
“!important” and CSS Custom Properties (chr/fro)19,559
css, custom-properties, cascade
On Using IndieWeb Protocols Like Webmentions and Keeping Your Website Separate From Social Media (pat)19,558
indieweb, webmentions, social-media
Teaching Agents About Performance Insights (web/per)19,557
performance, ai, ai-agents
Chrome DevTools Features I Use All the Time (and Why You Should Too) (kee/per)19,556
dev-tools, chrome, google, browsers, performance, accessibility, lighthouse, network, embed-code
What Happened to WebAssembly (emn)19,555
webassembly
More Efficiency, More Demand19,554
efficiency, ai, career
Building the Brain of Your Accessibility AI (ted)19,553
accessibility, ai
The Curious Case of the Shallow Session SPAs (sli/per)19,552
performance, single-page-apps, javascript, frameworks, metrics
From Theory to Tiny: Implementing Compression Dictionaries (rya/per)19,551
performance, compression, content-delivery
How Can You Tell What’s Allowed Inside Each HTML Element?19,550
html, conformance
Touch Targets and Web Accessibility19,549
accessibility, touch
Testing Methods: Status Messages (dec)19,548
accessibility, testing, wcag, notifications, link-lists
What’s !important: Conditional View Transitions, CSS/SVG Text Effects, the Best of CSS Bluesky, and More (dxn/css)19,547
css, retrospectives
8 Predictions for 2026: What Comes Next in AI? (phi)19,546
ai, outlooks
The 8 Trends That Will Define Web Development in 2026 (log)19,545
trends, outlooks, ai, frameworks, tanstack, typescript, edge-computing, presentational-html
Testing Methods: Name, Role, Value (dec)19,544
accessibility, testing, wcag, aria, link-lists
HTML Content Categories19,543
html, semantics
How to Design for (and With) Deaf People (vit/sma)19,542
how-tos, design, accessibility
7 Steps of a Web Performance Journey (ser/per)19,541
performance, processes
Introducing Flint (jos)19,540
introductions, tooling, linting
7 Real Predictions for Web Design in 2026 (web)19,539
design, outlooks, ai, aesthetics
“Why Do You Code?”—a Surprisingly Hard Question19,538
discussions, programming, career
Why Developers Are Ditching Frameworks for Vanilla JavaScript (the)19,537
frameworks, javascript, apis, performance, micro-frontends, architecture
Opening and Closing Dialogs Without JavaScript Using HTML Invoker Commands (sch)19,536
modals, html
Reliability by Design (uxd)19,535
design, ai, link-lists
pnpm in 2025 (koc/pnp)19,534
pnpm, retrospectives
Third Parties and Single Points of Failure (pau/per)19,533
performance, embed-code, metrics
How I Write Custom Elements With “lit-html” (fro)19,532
web-components, lit
How to Dynamically Install Custom Elements (hey)19,531
how-tos, web-components, naming, javascript
Testing Methods: Accessible Authentication (Enhanced) (dec)19,530
accessibility, testing, wcag, authentication, security
The Final Nail in the HTML5 Document Outline Coffin (tem)19,529
html, headings, accessibility
Tests for CSS Generated Content Alternative Text19,528
css, generated-content, alt-text, accessibility, support, voiceover, nvda, jaws, screen-readers
Testing Methods: Accessible Authentication (Minimum) (dec)19,527
accessibility, testing, wcag, authentication, security
Tips for Making the Performance Panel Less Overwhelming (duf/per)19,526
performance, dev-tools, browsers, chrome, google, tips-and-tricks
JavaScript Creator Warns Against “Rushed Web UX Over Native” as Windows 11 Leans Harder on WebView2 and Electron (win)19,525
windows, microsoft, web-apps, electron
Testing Methods: Redundant Entry (dec)19,524
accessibility, testing, wcag, forms
Trends That Defined JavaScript in 2025 (low/the)19,523
javascript, trends, retrospectives, react, frameworks, tooling, ai
Chrome DevTools for Debugging Web Performance (nuc/per)19,522
performance, debugging, dev-tools, chrome, google, browsers
You Can’t Design Software You Don’t Work On (sea)19,521
software-design, architecture
Testing Methods: Error Prevention (All) (dec)19,520
accessibility, testing, wcag, errors
Revisiting HTML Streaming for Modern Web Performance (per)19,519
performance, html, streaming
The Most Dangerous Person on Your Team Is “Dave” (and He Just Quit) (hac)19,518
collaboration, documentation, ai, prompting
Testing Methods: Help (dec)19,517
accessibility, testing, wcag
Chasing BFCache Navigations (per)19,516
performance, bfcache, caching
How to Stay Ahead of AI as an Early-Career Engineer (gwe/iee)19,515
how-tos, career, ai
Ruby Turns 30: A Celebration of Code, Community, and Creativity (jet)19,514
ruby, ruby-on-rails, history, anniversaries
Nobody Knows How Large Software Products Work (sea)19,513
programming, software-design, complexity, maintainability
TTFB Doesn’t Mean What You Think It Means (pro/per)19,512
performance, concepts, http
The Three Semantics of HTML (mat)19,511
html, semantics
Node.js in 2026 with Rafael Gonzaga (raf)19,510
podcasts, interviews, nodejs, outlooks
Why Object of Arrays (SoA Pattern) Beat Interleaved Arrays: A JavaScript Performance Rabbit Hole19,509
javascript, performance, arrays
Fixing TypeScript Performance Problems: A Case Study (vig)19,508
typescript, performance, case-studies
Testing Methods: Error Suggestion (dec)19,507
accessibility, testing, wcag, errors, link-lists
For the Love of “<details>” (dev/mat)19,506
disclosure-widgets, html
Web Components Are the Comeback Nobody Saw Coming (the)19,505
web-components, frameworks, developer-experience
Fixing the URL Params Performance Penalty (tun/per)19,504
performance, urls, caching, http-headers, examples
The AI Divide19,503
ai, studies, research
The Two Most Important Tools for HTML Developers19,502
tooling, html, conformance, minification, html-minifier, htmlnano
Five Accessibility Trends to Watch in 202619,501
accessibility, trends
Testing Methods: Labels or Instructions (dec)19,500
accessibility, testing, wcag, labels, forms, link-lists
2026 Predictions: The Next Big Shifts in Web Accessibility (web)19,499
accessibility, outlooks, ai, wcag, html
Optimizing for 75% Is Fine—Optimizing for 90% Is Where It Gets Interesting (jor/per)19,498
performance, web-vitals, optimization
The HTML Elements Time Forgot (val/mat)19,497
html, history
A Year of Vibes (mit)19,496
ai, retrospectives, wish-lists
“text-decoration-inset” Is Like Padding for Text Decorations (dxn/css)19,495
css
Did You Know Some ARIA Roles Remove Child Semantics?19,494
html, aria, semantics, accessibility
Testing Methods: Error Identification (dec)19,493
accessibility, testing, wcag, errors, link-lists
Insights From 100 Site Speed Reviews in 2025 (per)19,492
performance, retrospectives
Styling by Language: Using the “lang” Attribute for Multilingual Design (mat)19,491
html, internationalization, css
The Many Lives of the Page Title (kat/mat)19,490
html, user-experience, accessibility, wcag
Optimizing CLS for Infinite Scroll and Load More (ver/per)19,489
performance, web-vitals, scrolling, optimization
8 PostgreSQL Tricks (kem)19,488
postgresql, databases, tips-and-tricks
Testing Methods: Consistent Help (dec)19,487
accessibility, testing, wcag, consistency
Tech Talk: Improving Window Resize Behavior (ele)19,486
electron, resizing, debugging, case-studies
Accessibility Is Personal (css)19,485
accessibility, html
The Anatomy of an Accessible Text Field (ink)19,484
forms, accessibility, html, labels
Early Signs of EAA Enforcement Across Europe (deq)19,483
accessibility, eaa, legal, compliance
Testing Methods: Change on Request (dec)19,482
accessibility, testing, wcag, link-lists
Introducing CSS Grid Lanes (jen+/web)19,481
introductions, css, masonry, layout
Masonry Layout Is Now Grid-Lanes (sun/css)19,480
css, layout, masonry
5 Terminal Commands That Saved Me Hours of Clicking19,479
command-line, productivity
Targeting by Reference in the Shadow DOM (mey)19,478
shadow-dom, html, javascript
Design Wrapped 2025 (uxd)19,477
design, retrospectives
Semantics Beyond the Tag Name (kno/mat)19,476
html, attributes, aria, semantics, accessibility
A Short History of Performance Engineering (per)19,475
performance, history
A Decade of Accessibility Weekly (dav)19,474
accessibility, retrospectives
Understanding Don Norman’s Principles of Interaction19,473
design, interaction-design, usability
Open-Source Funding: Do We Need a “No Maintenance” Month? (j9t)19,472
foss, economics, community
Web UX: Study Guide (nng)19,471
guides, user-experience, usability, training, link-lists
The Anatomy of LCP—a Deep Dive Into Sub-Parts (per)19,470
deep-dives, performance, web-vitals, tooling
Forms Are a Badly Designed Part of HTML (jen/mat)19,469
html, forms, standards
4 AI-Powered, No-Code Tools to Speed Up Your Frontend Workflow in 2026 (ele/des)19,468
guest-posts, ai, low-and-no-code, tooling, productivity
You Can’t Opt-Out of Accessibility (val)19,467
accessibility, design, legal
Directional CSS With “scroll-state(scrolled)” (una)19,466
css, functions, scrolling
Testing Methods: Consistent Navigation (dec)19,465
accessibility, testing, wcag, navigation, consistency
How “aria-labelledby” Really Works19,464
accessibility, aria, attributes, html
Warp Speed to Accessibility: Fast-Tracking Inclusive Testing (a11)19,463
videos, accessibility, testing
Dialog View Transitions (med)19,462
modals, javascript, view-transitions
Your Post Is Cool, but Is It Accessible and Inclusive? (a11)19,461
videos, accessibility
3 Color Contrast Mistakes Designers Still Make (uxd)19,460
contrast, colors, images, wcag, accessibility, mistakes
The Rise of the Invisible Designer (web)19,459
design
What Continuous Improvement Model Is Best for Accessibility?19,458
accessibility, processes
Don’t Leave the Screen Reader Hungry (ger/mat)19,457
html, emoji, screen-readers, accessibility
The Old Ways Are the Best: 100 Lighthouse, 0 ms TBT, 32 ms Queries (per)19,456
performance, case-studies
AI and Productivity: Year-In-Review With Microsoft, Google, and GitHub Researchers (lau)19,455
ai, productivity, retrospectives
The JavaScript Bundler Grand Prix (kat/red)19,454
javascript, bundling, tooling, vite, turbopack, bun, rolldown, browserify, webpack, rollup, parcel, esbuild, history
Responsive and Fluid Typography With Baseline CSS Features (mia/dev)19,453
css, typography, responsive-design
Does Chrome Get the “<header>” Element Wrong?19,452
html, aria, chrome, google, browsers
German Auditors Reject Accessibility Overlays in EAA Context19,451
accessibility, auditing, overlays, legal, eaa
Testing Methods: On Input (dec)19,450
accessibility, testing, wcag, forms, link-lists
Different Page Transitions for Different Circumstances (chr/fro)19,449
css, javascript, view-transitions, animations
Why We Should Stop Talking Performance Metrics to Business Leaders (san/per)19,448
performance, metrics, communication, business-relations
Giving Pages a Clear Shape by Using Headings (mat)19,447
html, headings
Mozilla’s Next Chapter: Building the World’s Most Trusted Software Company (moz)19,446
mozilla, firefox, browsers, ai
New to the Web Platform in December (rac/dev)19,445
release-notes, web-platform, browsers, firefox, mozilla, chrome, google, safari, apple
CSS Layout: How to “Center a Div,” the Old School Way (the)19,444
css, layout, floats, centering, techniques, how-tos
State of HTML 2025 [Results] (sac/dev)19,443
surveys, metrics, html
Ripple: A New TypeScript-First Front-End Framework19,442
frameworks, typescript, ripple
Testing Methods: On Focus (dec)19,441
accessibility, testing, wcag, forms, focus, keyboard-navigation
Responsive List of Avatars Using Modern CSS (css/css)19,440
css, masking, responsive-design
Them’s the Breaks (tyl/mat)19,439
html
I Ported JustHTML From Python to JavaScript With Codex CLI and GPT-5.2 in 4.5 Hours (sim)19,438
migrating, ai, python, javascript, tooling, parsing, html
Accessibility as a Core Requirement (mha)19,437
accessibility, prioritization
Throttle Individual Network Requests (dev/dev)19,436
performance, chrome, google, browsers, dev-tools
Testing Methods: Pronunciation (dec)19,435
accessibility, testing, wcag, pronunciation, screen-readers
What Does “Hidden” Actually Mean in Accessible Name Computation?19,434
accessibility, naming, hiding
A Tale of Two Animations—the Compositor in the Skies (per)19,433
animations, css, performance
The “<time>” Element Should Actually Do Something (nol)19,432
html, time, semantics
The Wonderful World of Web Feeds (mau/mat)19,431
syndication, rss, atom, json
How to Load CSS (Fast) (per)19,430
how-tos, css, performance, critical-path
Automate Your Testing Workflows Using BrowserStack’s AI Agents (zor/css)19,429
videos, testing, automation, browsers
Testing Methods: Reading Level (dec)19,428
accessibility, testing, wcag, link-lists
Accessibility Is a Human Right, Cruelty a Human Wrong (zel)19,427
accessibility, fonts
Changes in the World of HTML Minifiers (apo)19,426
html, tooling, minification, html-minifier
Hell Is Other People’s Markup (llo/mat)19,425
html, auditing, tooling
Chrome DevTools Elements Panel Tips and Tricks (zor/css)19,424
videos, dev-tools, chrome, google, browsers, tips-and-tricks
New Front-End Framework Ripple Blends React and Svelte Together (inf)19,423
frameworks, ripple
The Design System of the Christmas Factory19,422
design-systems, accessibility, processes
Using the Browser Console for Accessibility Testing19,421
accessibility, testing, console, javascript, examples
Testing Methods: Abbreviations (dec)19,420
accessibility, testing, wcag, content, link-lists
A11y Considerations in Math on the Web (man/mat)19,419
accessibility, mathml, screen-readers, nvda, voiceover, support
The Ultimate Guide to UI Design in 2026 (web)19,418
guides, design, user-experience, simplicity, consistency, hierarchy, accessibility
The Vibe Coding Paradox (jun)19,417
programming, vibe-coding, ai
Intro to Performance of React Server Components (ade/per)19,416
introductions, performance, react, components, server-side-rendering
WebKit Features for Safari 26.2 (jen+/web)19,415
release-notes, webkit, safari, apple, browsers
Eleventy Core Dependency Watch (2025 Edition) (zac/11t)19,414
eleventy
What Else Could Container Queries… Query? (dxn/css)19,413
css, container-queries
The New “clamp()” Function in PHP 8.6 (ami)19,412
php, functions
Why Are My View Transitions Blinking? (pic)19,411
css, view-transitions
Accessibility Updates (w3c)19,410
videos, accessibility, wcag, standards
How HTML Changes in EPUB (rob/mat)19,409
epub, html, standards
Testing Methods: Unusual Words (dec)19,408
accessibility, testing, wcag, content, link-lists
Thoughts on Native CSS Mixins (chr/fro)19,407
css, mixins
Vote for the Web Features You Want to See (rvi/dev)19,406
web-platform, standards, support
Denial of Service and Source Code Exposure in React Server Components (rea)19,405
react, components, security
HTML Minifier Next: Presets, New Config Options, Minification Sharing, and Type Definitions (j9t)19,404
release-notes, html-minifier
How We Automate Accessibility Testing With Playwright and Axe (boj)19,403
accessibility, testing, automation, playwright, axe
Common Misconceptions About WCAG (tet)19,402
accessibility, wcag, standards
Useful Patterns for Building HTML Tools (sim)19,401
html, ai, tooling
Testing Methods: Language of Parts (dec)19,400
accessibility, testing, wcag, internationalization
React 19.2: Further Advances INP Optimization (per)19,399
react, web-vitals, performance, optimization
The “Two-Brain” Advantage: Why You Should Never Trust Just One AI (owe/pro)19,398
ai, processes, quality
A11y Freedom Beaver (ste/mat)19,397
accessibility, aria, html
Creating Scroll-Based Animations in Full view() (pre/css)19,396
css, animations, scrolling, functions
Frontend News #19: CSS “overscroll-behavior”, “scrollbar-gutter”, “text-grow” Properties, and More (zor/css)19,395
videos, css, scrolling
Why RSS Matters (wer)19,394
rss, syndication, social-media
“aria-busy” Is Not Your Friend (ger)19,393
accessibility, aria, nvda, jaws, voiceover, screen-readers
Testing Methods: Language of Page (dec)19,392
accessibility, testing, wcag, internationalization
The Slow Death of Magic (uxd)19,391
product-management, simplicity
Meeting WCAG Is an Achievement (yat)19,390
accessibility, wcag, compliance
Why Every Conference Needs a Nursing Room (bla)19,389
community, dei
The Inconvenient Truth: How Web Performance Case Studies Undermine Our Relationship With Business (mac/per)19,388
performance, metrics, economics
Discover Dialog (sar/mat)19,387
html, modals, javascript, css
Making Complex Web Apps Faster (pat/mic)19,386
performance, web-apps, apis, time, complexity
Anthropic Donates the MCP Protocol to the Agentic AI Foundation (fre/the)19,385
anthropic, mcp, protocols, foss, ai
Type-Aware Linting Alpha (cam/bos)19,384
linting, tooling, oxc
Comparing HTML Minifiers (j9t)19,383
html, minification, tooling, html-minifier, htmlnano, metrics, comparisons
Why Federated Design Systems Keep Failing (sha)19,382
design-systems, collaboration
Design Accessible Animation and Movement With Code Examples (pop)19,381
design, accessibility, animations, css, javascript, examples
Getting a Close Button to Hang Off of a Dialog (dar)19,380
modals, buttons, css, anchor-positioning
Blogging Is Dead. Long Live the Blog. (web)19,379
blogging, seo, ai, social-media, web
Thursday, December 18, 2025 Security Releases (nod)19,378
release-notes, nodejs, security
What’s Wrong With This HTML, and Is It Valid? (pat/mat)19,377
html, standards, conformance, web-platform
The Anatomy of a Web Performance Report (web/per)19,376
performance, documentation, web-vitals, lighthouse
Did You Know Your Browser Has Two Accessibility Trees?19,375
accessibility, browsers, chrome, blink, google
CSS Wrapped 2025 (una/dev)19,374
css, standards, retrospectives
That Time I Tried Explaining HTML and CSS to My 5-Year Old Niece (css)19,373
html, css, learning
Web Performance 2025: The Shift From Optimization to Prediction (fab/per)19,372
performance, optimization, retrospectives
Testing Methods: Dragging Movements (dec)19,371
accessibility, testing, wcag
Controlling Dialogs and Popovers With the Invoker Commands API (sta/mat)19,370
modals, pop-overs, apis, attributes, html
Testing Methods: Concurrent Input Mechanisms (dec)19,369
accessibility, testing, wcag
NoLoJS: Reducing the JS Workload With HTML and CSS (aar/per)19,368
html, disclosure-widgets, forms, modals, pop-overs, navigation, scrolling, positioning
Accessible by Design: The Role of the “lang” Attribute (col/mat)19,367
accessibility, internationalization, html, attributes, metrics
Dealbreaker Bugs in Native Popovers (mat)19,366
accessibility, pop-overs, bugs
Lies, Damned Lies, and Design System Adoption Statistics (ikn)19,365
design-systems
What Are DOM Mutations?19,364
accessibility, dom, javascript
How We’re Protecting Our Newsroom From npm Supply Chain Attacks (rya/pnp)19,363
npm, dependencies, security, case-studies
Testing Methods: Target Size (Enhanced) (dec)19,362
accessibility, testing, wcag, touch
How I Built a Form Management Platform With Angular 17 and SurveyJS19,361
functionality, forms, angular, tooling
Non-Blocking Cross-Browser Image Rendering on the Canvas (mys/per)19,360
canvas, javascript, images, performance
10 Usability Heuristics19,359
usability, heuristics
2025 in Review: What’s New in Web Performance? (deb)19,358
performance, web-vitals, lighthouse, apis, speculation, chrome, google, firefox, browsers, dev-tools, tooling, testing, mcp, ai, retrospectives, outlooks
IDREFs: What They Are and How to Use Them (kil/mat)19,357
html, forms, aria, accessibility
I Studied 50+ Engineers Who Got Promoted Fast: They All Did One Thing I’d Been Ignoring19,356
career, collaboration
Testing Methods: Motion Actuation (dec)19,355
accessibility, testing, wcag, mobile
Fast by Default (den/per)19,354
performance, processes
No More Tokens—Locking Down npm Publish Workflows (zac)19,353
npm, dependencies, security, github, processes
Standards Queues (bka)19,352
standards, web-platform, collaboration
Why You Need Design Maturity in a Product Organisation, and How to Get It (uxd)19,351
design, product-management
In 1995, a Netscape Employee Wrote a Hack in 10 Days That Now Runs the Internet (ben/ars)19,350
netscape, javascript, history
The Web Runs on Tolerance (ede)19,349
web-platform, standards, principles
Referencing HTML Elements Inside Shadow DOM (meh/mat)19,348
html, shadow-dom, web-components
Getting Creative With “the Measure” (mal/css)19,347
css, typography, readability
During Helene, I Just Wanted a Plain Text Website (spa)19,346
content
The Downsides of “scrollbar-gutter: stable;” (and One Weird Trick) (chr/fro)19,345
css, scrolling
A Little Bit Uncomfortable19,344
career, learning
Solving Small Text and Contrast Issues for Large-Screen Readability (a11)19,343
accessibility, contrast, readability, typography
Common Misconceptions About Disability (tet)19,342
accessibility, concepts
Public Design Systems Are Worth It (pjo)19,341
design-systems
TypeScript Strictness Is Non-Monotonic: Strict-Null-Checks and No-Implicit-Any Interact (huo)19,340
typescript, arrays
Intopia Launches Assistive Technology Survey 2025 (int)19,339
surveys, assistive-tech
Speculation Rules Improvements (tun/mat)19,338
performance, speculation, apis
The Timing Problem in Design Systems (mur)19,337
design-systems, components
End-to-End Browser and Accessibility Event Architecture19,336
accessibility, browsers, event-loop, browser-engines, javascript-engines, assistive-tech
Testing Methods: Label in Name (dec)19,335
accessibility, testing, wcag, labels, aria
HTML Semantics: The Short Descriptions of All 113 Elements (j9t)19,334
html, semantics, overviews
Critical Security Vulnerability in React Server Components (rea)19,333
react, components, security
[Next.js] Security Advisory: CVE-2025-66478 (seb)19,332
nextjs, security
Get the Core Right and the Resilient Code Will Follow (bel/btc)19,331
videos, resilience, design, communication
A Pragmatic Guide to Modern CSS Colours II (kev/pic)19,330
guides, css, colors, examples
From Reactive to Proactive: Building a Sustainable Accessibility Program (equ)19,329
accessibility, processes, culture, w3c
Scrollytelling on Steroids With Scroll-State Queries (css)19,328
css, scrolling
Masonry: Things You Won’t Need a Library for Anymore (pat/sma)19,327
css, masonry, layout, examples, web-platform
Understanding “aria-live” Timing: A Two-Layer Model19,326
accessibility, aria, live-regions, notifications
Exploring Large HTML Documents on the Web (per)19,325
performance, html, metrics