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Entry (Sources) and TopicsDate#
Tight Mode: Why Browsers Produce Different Performance Results (geo/sma)16,765
browsers, performance, chrome, google, safari, apple, comparisons
The “:empty” Pseudo-Class in CSS (cfe)16,764
css, selectors
Running Animations Without Keyframes (css)16,763
css, animations, tips-and-tricks
Prescriptive and Descriptive Information Architectures (jar)16,762
information-architecture, concepts
Let’s Standardize Async CSS (sco)16,761
css, asynchronicity
ECMAScript Feature: Import Attributes (rau)16,760
ecmascript
Creating Better Pull Requests (bel)16,759
version-control, code-reviews, documentation, collaboration
Automated and Manual Accessibility Testing Work Best Together (pop)16,758
accessibility, testing, comparisons
“aria-description” Does Not Translate (aar)16,757
accessibility, aria, browsers, localization
Accessibility Always a Focus in Drupal16,756
interviews, accessibility, drupal
A Couple CSS Tricks for HTML Dialog Elements (cas)16,755
css, modals, tips-and-tricks
10 Backend Terms Every Frontend Developer Should Know16,754
terminology, concepts, architecture, performance
Exploring Modern JavaScript Compilers: Why Oxc Matters for the Developer Community (hac)16,753
oxc, javascript, compiling, tooling
Eleventy, 2024 in Review (zac/11t)16,752
eleventy, retrospectives
8 Modern Dev Tools to 100× Your Productivity (let)16,751
productivity, tooling, link-lists
Sharing a Variable Across HTML, CSS, and JavaScript (chr/fro)16,750
variables, html, css, javascript
Remove the “direction” Property on Your Arrow Icons (ali)16,749
icons, images, microcontent
Node’s New Built-In Support for TypeScript (rau)16,748
nodejs, typescript, configuration
Lesser Known Uses of Better Known Attributes (sma)16,747
html, attributes
Getting All Comments From a Given User on a GitHub Discussion (www)16,746
github, graphql
CSS Wish List 2025 (mey)16,745
css, wish-lists
5 Technical JavaScript Trends You Need to Know About in 202516,744
javascript, trends, architecture, serverless, webassembly, state-management, typescript, type-safety, micro-frontends
Top PHP Alternative for Web Development?16,743
php, javascript, java, python, ruby, go, rust
Top React Best Practices in 202516,742
react, best-practices
What Is the Definition of Done?16,741
agile, scrum, documentation
Reckoning: Frontend’s Lost Decade (sli/per)16,740
videos, javascript, performance, web-platform
33 Anti-Patterns That Transform Product Managers Into Backlog Managers (d-p)16,739
product-management, anti-patterns, processes, agile
Progressive Enhancement Brings Everyone In (jay)16,738
progressive-enhancement, history, javascript, advocacy, link-lists
pnpm 10 (pnp)16,737
release-notes, pnpm
How to Design for High-Traffic Events and Prevent Your Website From Crashing (sma)16,736
how-tos, traffic, hosting, scalability, content-delivery, caching, compression, testing
Double-Keyed Caching: How Browser Cache Partitioning Changed the Web (add)16,735
browsers, caching, dependencies, network, content-delivery, performance
An Overview of the 50 Highest-Ranking Web Design and Development Glossaries (j9t)16,734
overviews, comparisons, terminology, concepts, link-lists
Accessibility Essentials Every Front-End Developer Should Know (mar)16,733
accessibility, fundamentals, html, semantics, forms, keyboard-navigation, modals, alt-text, focus, responsive-design, reduced-motion, aria
2024 JavaScript Rising Stars16,732
javascript, frameworks, libraries, react, vuejs, tooling, mobile, desktop, state-management, ai, css-in-js, testing, graphql, retrospectives
1-Billion Row Challenge With Node.js16,731
nodejs, performance
What’s Actually Happening With JS Frameworks16,730
videos, javascript, frameworks, trends
Use “translate” to Turn Off Element Translations (ste)16,729
html, localization
The Difference Between HTML Attributes and Properties (pau/clo)16,728
html, attributes, javascript, terminology
Relatively New Things You Should Know About HTML Heading Into 2025 (chr/fro)16,727
html, forms, toggles, pop-overs, javascript, import-maps, css, transitions
Quick Note: Limit Use of “Logo” in Alt Text (nat)16,726
accessibility, images, logos, alt-text, microcontent
Open Source in 2025: What Will Matter Most This Year? (ama)16,725
foss, sustainability
JavaScript Frameworks—Heading Into 2025 (rya/thi)16,724
javascript, frameworks, performance, complexity, maintainability
HTML Is Actually a Programming Language—Fight Me (tim/wir)16,723
html, programming
How to Order Attributes on HTML Elements16,722
how-tos, html, attributes, sorting, conventions
How to Find All Existing and Archived URLs on a Website (tca/moz)16,721
how-tos, urls, seo, sitemaps, tooling
Brief Note on Figure and Figcaption Support (aar)16,720
html, accessibility, screen-readers, support
A Day in the Life of a Software Engineer in 2025 (rak)16,719
career, programming
The Secret to Building Highly Responsive Systems16,718
videos, architecture, software-design, performance, scalability
Top 6 Must Try Frontend Libraries for All Developers16,717
libraries, tooling, link-lists
Scrum vs. Extreme Programming: Was XP Right All Along?16,716
processes, agile, scrum
How to Scrape Web Content for RAG With Readability.js (phi/dat)16,715
videos, how-tos, content, scraping, rag, ai
How to Become a Strong Software Architect16,714
how-tos, architecture, career, learning
Updated Brief Note on Description List Support (aar)16,713
html, lists, semantics, accessibility, screen-readers, support
This Is Not Your Last Job (chr)16,712
career
Tech Stack 202516,711
tech-stacks, react, remix, astro, zustand, tailwind, prisma, playwright, cloudflare
FTC Orders AI Accessibility Startup accessiBe to Pay $1M for Misleading Advertising (kyl/tec)16,710
accessibility, legal, ai
19 Cron Jobs for DevOps Engineers16,709
dev-ops, cron, automation
I Became a Better Developer by Doing This One Thing (and It’s Not Coding)16,708
career
What Is Google’s Navboost Algorithm? (sem)16,707
google, search, seo
TypeScript Generics: A Complete Guide16,706
guides, typescript, generics, examples
Refactoring a Web Performance Snippet for Security and Best Practice (the)16,705
performance, javascript, metrics, refactoring
Database Trends: A 2024 Review and a Look Ahead (and)16,704
databases, retrospectives, trends, outlooks
Cascading Spy Sheets: Exploiting the Complexity of Modern CSS for Email and Browser Fingerprinting (ros)16,703
studies, research, privacy, css, fingerprinting
View Transitions Snippets: Getting All Animations Linked to a View Transition (bra)16,702
javascript, css, view-transitions, apis
You Don’t Need Next.js16,701
migrating, nextjs, react, metrics
The Future of htmx (ale/htm)16,700
htmx, outlooks
The Cyber-Cleanse: Take Back Your Digital Footprint (cyb)16,699
privacy, security
Designing Websites for Bad Performance (per)16,698
performance, caching, web-workers, hints, optimization
Fabulous Font-Face Fallbacks (sto/per)16,697
performance, css, fonts, typography
Breaking Up With Long Tasks or: How I Learned to Group Loops and Wield the Yield (rvi/per)16,696
performance, javascript, loops
Kagi, Orion, and Gopher (geo)16,695
orion, kagi, browsers
A Gentle Introduction to Using a Vector Database16,694
introductions, databases, vector-databases, javascript, ai, openai
Do I Need This Node Dependency? (bri)16,693
nodejs, dependencies
CSS Is Emotional: The Psychology of Specificity16,692
css, cascade
Using DevTools to Validate Web Performance Improvements (nuc/per)16,691
performance, dev-tools, browsers, chrome, google
The 20 Commandments of Software Engineering16,690
principles, programming, complexity, documentation, commit-messages, code-reviews, dependencies, maintenance, collaboration
Your App Should Have Been a Website (and Probably Your Game Too)16,689
mobile, native, web-apps, browsers, web-platform
TypeScript Without Build Tools (chr/fro)16,688
typescript, monorepos, tooling, link-lists
Shallow Clones Versus Structured Clones (phi)16,687
javascript
Page Weight (dws+/htt)16,686
web-almanac, studies, research, metrics, performance, storage, web-vitals
December 2024 Google Core Update (mor/sem)16,685
google, search
Consistency Means Nothing (pjo)16,684
consistency
5 Reasons Your Direct Traffic Can Suddenly Drop (moz)16,683
traffic, analytics
After Rome Failure, VoidZero Is the Newest Attempt to Create Unified JavaScript Toolchain (inf)16,682
voidzero, javascript, tooling
Why Metrics Cannot Measure Software Development16,681
programming, metrics, efficiency, productivity
Using Iframes to Embed Arbitrary Content Is Probably a Bad Idea (tem)16,680
iframes, embed-code, keyboard-navigation, scrolling, screen-readers, accessibility
The Must-Have SEO Checklist for Developers for 202516,679
seo, checklists, metadata, urls, performance
Media (ste+/htt)16,678
web-almanac, studies, research, metrics, multimedia, images, html
Datalists Are More Powerful Than You Think (two/mat)16,677
html
The Ultimate Tech Stack for Startups in 202516,676
tech-stacks, nextjs, tooling
Improve Accessibility of User Authentication (cer)16,675
accessibility, authentication, forms, labels, validation
CSS: How to Indicate Container Overflow, When There Is Overflow (j9t)16,674
how-tos, css, overflow, techniques
Boost Website Speed With Prefetching and the Speculation Rules API (sch/mat)16,673
performance, hints, speculation, apis
My Favorite Web Performance Graphs of the Year (fab/per)16,672
performance, metrics, visualization
Is It “Frontend” or “Front-End” or “Front End”? (mar)16,671
guest-posts, terminology
Linux Commands and Concepts Every Developer Should Know16,670
unix-like, command-line
Why Heading Order Matters in HTML (gra)16,669
html, headings, accessibility
“text-box” (fon)16,668
css, typography, spacing
Principles of Web Accessibility (hey)16,667
accessibility, principles
Node.js Now Supports TypeScript by Default (mat)16,666
nodejs, typescript, support
Misleading Icons: Icon-Only-Buttons and Their Impact on Screen Readers (ale/mat)16,665
html, buttons, icons, images, accessibility, screen-readers
AI Needs So Much Power, It’s Making Yours Worse (blo)16,664
ai
Don’t Let Your Redesign Ruin Performance: A Case Study (mac/per)16,663
performance, redesigning, case-studies
The Underrated “<dl>” Element (luh/mat)16,662
html, lists
Nothing Moves16,661
design, animations
Baseline Data Choices (chr/fro)16,660
browsers, support, progressive-enhancement
Correlation or Causation: How Web Performance Proves Its Value (per)16,659
performance, testing, metrics
Preloading Fonts for Web Performance With “link rel=preload” (acc/mat)16,658
performance, preloading, fonts, html, hints
The Curious (Performance) Case of CSS “@import” (erw/per)16,657
performance, css, history
Crawling December: CDNs and Crawling (gee+)16,656
seo, crawling, content-delivery
Concurrency vs. Parallelism16,655
programming, concurrency, concepts, comparisons
The Search Input: They Almost Got It Right (stv/mat)16,654
html, forms, labels, screen-readers, assistive-tech, accessibility
CSS “margin-trim” and Line Height Units (jen/5t3)16,653
css, margins, typography, units
Relearning Dart16,652
dart, flutter
Why Are We So Rubbish at Accessibility? (car)16,651
accessibility, craft, culture
The Devil Is in the “<details>” (mat)16,650
html, disclosure-widgets
The Design Leader Dilemma (boa/sma)16,649
design, leadership, principles, policies, prioritization
JavaScript Benchmarking Is a Mess16,648
javascript, performance
How to Use Baseline Data (rac/5t3)16,647
how-tos, web-platform, browsers, support, documentation
CSS Wants to Be a System (dav)16,646
css
A CSS Wishlist for 2025 (mon/css)16,645
css, wish-lists
15 Principles for Secure Programming (rak)16,644
security, principles, validation, testing
Accessibility First: How to Design Inclusive Frontend Experiences16,643
how-tos, design, accessibility, html, semantics, alt-text, keyboard-navigation, aria, contrast, forms, focus
Mastering npm Scripts: Automate Everything in Your Frontend Workflow16,642
npm, dependencies, environments, ci-cd, automation
Create Stunning Dashboards With ReactJS: Step-By-Step Guide16,641
guides, react, visualization
AWS S3 Deep Dive16,640
deep-dives, aws, s3, storage
Build Your Own Site Speed Testing Tool With Puppeteer (per)16,639
performance, testing, puppeteer
Frontend Engineer at Adobe Interview Experience16,638
career, interviewing, adobe
PSA: Stop Using the “title” Attribute as Tooltip (dni/mat)16,637
html, attributes, tooltips, toggles, accessibility
Please Keep Your HTML Tables Clean and Lean, if You Really Need to Use Them (cer)16,636
accessibility, html, tables
On Long Term Software Development (ber)16,635
maintainability, maintenance, dependencies, foss, testing, complexity
My Approach to Running a Link Blog (sim)16,634
blogging, links, content, writing, community
Don’t Hide Skip Links (oze)16,633
accessibility, skip-links, hiding
Broadcast Channel API (5t3)16,632
apis, javascript
Unattributed Navigation Overhead (UNO) (tim/per)16,631
performance, metrics
Matt Mullenweg, WordPress, and the Battle for Control of the Internet (web)16,630
automattic, wordpress, wp-engine, web
Important Topics for Frontend Developers to Master in 202516,629
learning, javascript, typescript, css, frameworks, git, apis, testing, performance, security, ci-cd, websockets
Grouping Form Fields (mat)16,628
html, forms
CSS “light-dark()” (may/5t3)16,627
css, functions, dark-mode
Data-Driven SEO and Web Performance (tod/per)16,626
seo, performance, web-vitals
8 Most Important System Design Concepts You Should Know16,625
videos, architecture, system-design, concepts
Scroll-Driven and Fixed (chr/fro)16,624
css, animations, scrolling, positioning
No ARIA Is Better Than Bad ARIA (kar)16,623
videos, accessibility, aria, html
My Favourite Colour Is Chuck Norris Red (val/mat)16,622
html, colors
JS Import Maps (5t3)16,621
javascript, dependencies, import-maps
Biggest Privacy Erosion in 10 Years? On Google’s Policy Change Towards Fingerprinting16,620
google, privacy, fingerprinting
“AsyncLocalStorage”: Simplify Context Management in Node.js (tre)16,619
nodejs, javascript, asynchronicity
AI and the Future of Accessibility With Dr. Gregg Vanderheiden16,618
podcasts, interviews, accessibility, assistive-tech, ai, outlooks
A Progress Update on “reading-flow” (rac)16,617
css, layout
Is Figma Dev Mode a Worthwhile Tool for Developers? (ele/des)16,616
guest-posts, figma, developer-experience, tooling
Detecting Web Performance Regressions Using Statistical Tools (pet/per)16,615
performance, regressions, tooling
CSS Layouts: Creating Structure and Flow (ath)16,614
css, layout, flexbox, grids
11 YAML Configurations for DevOps Automation16,613
yaml, configuration, dev-ops, ci-cd, automation, examples
I Reduced AWS Bills by 80% Just by Optimizing Node.js Code16,612
aws, economics, nodejs, optimization
The Cloud and the Climate: Navigating AI-Powered Futures (mrc)16,611
podcasts, interviews, cloud-computing, ai, sustainability
The Bad Apple Effect: How Negativity Can Sabotage Teams’ Performance16,610
collaboration, culture, engineering-management
Getting Oriented With HTML Video (sco/mat)16,609
html, multimedia, web-components
CSS Multi-Column Layout Module Level 2 (rac/w3c)16,608
css, standards, layout
CSS Display Module Level 4 (tab+/w3c)16,607
css, standards, layout
CSS “box-decoration-break” (kil/5t3)16,606
css
BITV 2.0 and the Future of Digital Accessibility in Germany (lev)16,605
bitv, legal, compliance, accessibility
New to the Web Platform in December (rac)16,604
release-notes, web-platform, browsers, safari, apple, chrome, google
Speculative Loading and the Speculation Rules API (qcn/per)16,603
performance, speculation, apis
Have an Accessible New Year With These 12 Resolutions16,602
accessibility, captions, wcag, testing, headings, modals
The Future of CSS: Construct “<custom-ident>” and “<dashed-ident>” Values With “ident()” (bra)16,601
css, functions, transitions
The European Accessibility Act: Understanding Digital Accessibility (coo)16,600
accessibility, legal, eaa
Microdata for Books (ala/mat)16,599
html, microdata
How to Create Multi-Step Forms With Vanilla JavaScript and CSS (css)16,598
how-tos, forms, javascript, css
Declarative Shadow DOM (sch/5t3)16,597
shadow-dom, dom, web-components
Announcing a Free GitHub Copilot for VS Code (bur/vsc)16,596
microsoft, github, github-copilot, vs-code, code-editors, ai
State of JavaScript 2024 [Results] (sac/dev)16,595
surveys, metrics, javascript
WebAssembly JavaScript Interface (w3c)16,594
standards, webassembly, javascript, apis
Stylish Holidays! Creating a Scroll-Driven Christmas Tree in CSS (uti)16,593
css, svg, animations, scrolling, effects
HTML Conformance: A Comparison of 6.5 npm Validator Packages (With 1.5 Recommendations) (j9t)16,592
html, conformance, tooling, npm, comparisons
How to Make Your Angular Projects More Accessible16,591
how-tos, angular, accessibility, examples
How I Gained a New Perspective on ARIA (mei/mat)16,590
accessibility, aria
CSS “::target-text” for Text Highlighting (tre)16,589
css, selectors
CSS “content-visibility” (kno/5t3)16,588
css
Become a Better Developer With Clean Code Essentials: YAGNI, KISS, and DRY in Software Engineering16,587
fundamentals, principles, minimalism, simplicity, maintainability
Developer Guide: How to Implement Passkeys16,586
guides, how-tos, authentication, security, passkeys
Recap of the State of the Word 202416,585
wordpress
Why Product Owners Should Not Assign Work16,584
agile, scrum, processes, product-management
When Users Interact (blu/per)16,583
performance, user-experience, metrics, link-lists
Re-Imagine the Web With View Transitions (bra)16,582
css, view-transitions
You Don’t Need the “isOpen” Class (mau/mat)16,581
html, aria, accessibility
The Top 20 Tools UX Designers Should Know (uxm)16,580
design, user-experience, tooling, link-lists
React 19 and Web Component Examples (chr/fro)16,579
react, web-components, examples
Never Forgive Them (edz)16,578
web, ai, user-experience, economics
How to Automate OWASP Security Reviews in Your Pull Requests? (cod)16,577
how-tos, security, owasp, automation, code-reviews, coderabbit
Ethical Web Principles: Building a Better Web (tor/w3c)16,576
web, ethics, principles, processes, advocacy
CSS “text-wrap” (mey/5t3)16,575
css, typography
11 Essential JavaScript Hooking Techniques for Reverse Engineering in 2024 (xiu)16,574
javascript, debugging, techniques
Creating Shared Ownership for Web Performance From a Cryptic CSS Values (per)16,573
performance, web-vitals, monitoring, css
The Gift You Do Not Want: A Div in a Button’s Clothing (mat)16,572
html, buttons, accessibility
HTML “inert” Attribute (stv/5t3)16,571
html, attributes
Exploring Hono JS: Fast, Minimal, and Easy to Use Web Framework16,570
hono
Advanced and Creative TypeScript Techniques for Professionals16,569
typescript, type-safety, techniques
Towards Measuring INP on All Browsers and Devices (iva/per)16,568
performance, web-vitals, browsers
Potential Dangers of Status Messages (cer)16,567
accessibility, wcag, microcontent
Page by Page: How Pagination Makes the Web Accessible (mat)16,566
accessibility, pagination, html, css, svg
How to Dehumanize Accessibility With AI (ash)16,565
how-tos, accessibility, ai
Animating Entry Effects (ty/5t3)16,564
css, animations, transitions, effects
Your JavaScript Bundle Is Too Fat16,563
javascript, bundling, performance, dependencies, code-splitting, lazy-loading, tree-shaking, minification, optimization
Easily Check for Web Accessibility Problems in Ten Minutes or Less16,562
accessibility, testing, keyboard-navigation, zooming
Improving User Experience for Multilingual Web Browsing (mat)16,561
user-experience, internationalization, html
How Strict Should We Be When Testing for WCAG Conformance? (sib/tpg)16,560
videos, accessibility, wcag, compliance
“calc-size()” and Interpolate Size (kev/5t3)16,559
css, functions, animations
ARIA in HTML (sco+/w3c)16,558
standards, accessibility, aria, html
“align-content”: The Simplest Way to Center Content With CSS (tre)16,557
css, centering
Why Your Logs Cost More Than Your Compute16,556
logging, economics, processes
Top 10 Flutter Libraries in 202516,555
libraries, flutter, dart
Customize Interpolation Syntax in Angular at Component Level16,554
angular, components, customization
Updated Drafts for Review: W3C Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 3.0 (w3c)16,553
accessibility, wcag, w3c, standards
Preventing Ageism in Design: Digital Accessibility for Older Adults (tpg)16,552
accessibility, design, dei
HTML and CSS I Didn’t Even Know About Before I Started Creating Content in Japanese (mat)16,551
html, ruby-markup, css, internationalization
Ethical Web Principles (tor+/w3c)16,550
web, principles, ethics, w3c
Distributed Tracing in Node.js With OpenTelemetry (bet)16,549
nodejs, observability, tracing, opentelemetry
State of Node.js Performance 2024 (raf/nod)16,548
nodejs, performance, metrics
The “Perilous Pitfalls” of Accessibility Maturity16,547
accessibility, leadership, product-management
Responsive Tables and Readable Paragraphs (chr/fro)16,546
tables, responsive-design, css
Makeshift Hot Reload (eva/mat)16,545
html, metadata
Designer Problems: “Make the Logo Bigger!” (web)16,544
design, logos, images
Angular Signals: Reactive Programming Simplified16,543
angular, signals, reactivity
An Introduction to CSS Scroll-Driven Animations: Scroll and View Progress Timelines (sma)16,542
introductions, css, animations, scrolling
A Deep Dive Into CommonJS and ES Modules in Node.js (app)16,541
deep-dives, modules, commonjs, esm, nodejs
Lifelong Learning in Tech (ema+)16,540
learning, community
Why You Should Use Laravel: Benefits of Laravel16,539
laravel, php
TypeScript: Zero to Hero Plus Cheat Sheet16,538
typescript, cheat-sheets
Simple Web Performance Mentoring (per)16,537
performance, monitoring, web-vitals, tooling, webpagetest
Spot Non-Composited Animations in Chrome DevTools (bra)16,536
css, animations, dev-tools, browsers, chrome, google
WordPress Parent Company Must Stop Blocking WP Engine, Judge Rules (ver)16,535
automattic, wordpress, wp-engine, legal
Wolvic 2024: A Year in Review (wol)16,534
wolvic, igalia, browsers, retrospectives
To Whom Does the World Belong? (bos)16,533
ai, legal, licensing
Submit to the Quirks of HTML (fel/mat)16,532
html, forms
Solved by Modern CSS: Feature Image (sha)16,531
css, images
Site Reputation Abuse: Is Your Website at Risk? (moz)16,530
seo, google
Set Up a Micro-Frontend Architecture in 15 Mins With Vite16,529
architecture, micro-frontends, vite
On-Page SEO Checklist: The Complete Task List for 2025 (sem)16,528
seo, checklists, html, semantics
HTTP (pro/htt)16,527
web-almanac, studies, research, metrics, http, protocols, hints, apis
CSS Wrapped 2024: 17 Features Transforming Modern Web Design (web)16,526
css, browsers, support, retrospectives
8 Types of Load Balancing16,525
load-balancing, architecture, servers, nginx
5 Technical Trends to Help Web Developers Stand Out in 202516,524
trends, career, javascript, security, ai, low-and-no-code
Accessibility Best Practices for Single Page Applications (SPAs)16,523
accessibility, best-practices, single-page-apps
Cloudflare Radar 2024 Year in Review16,522
retrospectives, web, web-platform, metrics, comparisons, traffic, ip, http, embed-code, browsers
Drizzle Database Migrations (ada/fro)16,521
migrating, databases, tooling
Putting Performance in Relatable Terms (eth/per)16,520
performance, communication
Top 5 DevOps Skills That Will Pay Big in 202516,519
career, dev-ops, ai, observability, git, kubernetes
AI Is Killing Coding (imp)16,518
code-editors, ai, cursor
Yet Another Anchor Positioning Quirk (mon/css)16,517
css, anchor-positioning
WebKit Features in Safari 18.2 (jen+/web)16,516
release-notes, safari, apple, browsers, webkit
Native HTML Light and Dark Color Scheme Switching (pep/mat)16,515
dark-mode, html, css, javascript, functionality
Mastering SVG Arcs (sma)16,514
svg, images
AI and Accessibility: Ethical Considerations and Solutions (a11)16,513
accessibility, ai, ethics
Accessibility Fail Friday: “1” for “Yes” and “0” for “No”16,512
accessibility, forms
Understanding the Main Thread in the Browser (per)16,511
browsers, javascript, dom
What Makes a Great Engineering Manager? (tre)16,510
engineering-management, career
The Heartfelt Story Behind CSS’s New Logo (web)16,509
css, history
Past HTML, Future HTML? (j9t/mat)16,508
html
Douglas Crockford Is Not Your Dad (tec)16,507
websites, json, comments
Buttons and Links16,506
accessibility, buttons, links, wcag
Will AI Eat the Browser? (onm)16,505
ai, xr, browsers, web
Your Website Is a Restaurant (boo/per)16,504
web-platform, performance
Publishing a Simple Client-Side JavaScript Package to npm With GitHub Actions (sim)16,503
dependencies, javascript, npm, github-actions
Almost, but Not Quite, Entirely Unlike… (tin/mat)16,502
accessibility, buttons, html, ai
The State of UX in 2025: A Love Letter About Change (fab)16,501
user-experience, design, outlooks
CSS “@supports”: Write Future-Proof CSS (tre)16,500
css, feature-detection, progressive-enhancement
What Do the State of CSS and HTML Surveys Tell Us? (rac)16,499
web-platform, html, css, community
The Evolution of Instant Web: What It Means for Performance Tooling (per)16,498
performance, tooling, web-vitals
The Importance of Graceful Degradation in Accessible Interface Design (ele/sma)16,497
design, accessibility, user-experience, graceful-degradation, progressive-enhancement
Tools for Unmoderated Usability Testing (nng)16,496
usability, testing, tooling
Node.js Delivers First LTS With “require(esm)” Enabled, Enhances Security and Release Automation (sar/soc)16,495
nodejs, esm
Native CSS Nesting Is Here (tre)16,494
css, nesting, examples
“aria-labelledby = self” (wes/mat)16,493
accessibility, aria
The Importance of Hover States16,492
design, interaction-design, link-lists
CSS Wrapped 2024 (arg+)16,491
css, browsers, support, retrospectives
When Is a Skip Link Needed? (tpg)16,490
accessibility, skip-links, keyboard-navigation, focus
What Is HTML Optimization? What Is It Not? (j9t)16,489
html, optimization, terminology
The Complete Guide to ARIA Live Regions for Developers (flo/a11)16,488
guides, accessibility, aria, live-regions
React v19 (rea)16,487
release-notes, react
Multi-State Buttons (pre/fro)16,486
buttons, css
Knowing CSS Is Mastery to Frontend Development (hel)16,485
css, frameworks, career
Forced Colors Mode Futility (css/mat)16,484
colors, contrast, css, accessibility
Exploring the Core Concepts of Node.js Readable Streams (pav)16,483
nodejs, streaming, concepts
Build a SolidJS App With Deno (den)16,482
solidjs, deno
The World Doesn’t Need More Managers—It Needs People Who Care Enough to Lead16,481
design, leadership
React vs. Angular: Which Framework Should We Choose in 2024 and 2025? (bhu)16,480
frameworks, react, angular, comparisons
How Does the React Compiler Perform on Real Code (ade/per)16,479
react, compiling, rendering, memoization, performance
A Leap in the Evolution of Airtable’s Codebase: Scaling TypeScript to Thousands of Projects16,478
typescript, scalability, case-studies
Just Say “No” to JavaScript (nic/inf)16,477
javascript, typescript, programming
Release Notes for Safari Technology Preview 209 (jon/web)16,476
release-notes, safari, apple, browsers
It’s Not AI, It’s State-of-the-Art Exploitation (laq)16,475
ai, myths
How to Include Web Accessibility in Your Web Development Process (pop)16,474
how-tos, accessibility, processes, tooling, webaim
How to Include Web Accessibility in Your Content Writing Process (pop)16,473
how-tos, accessibility, content, writing, processes
How to Fix Storybook Screenshot Testing (not)16,472
how-tos, testing, screenshots, images, storybook, vitest
How React Compiler Performs on Real Code (ade)16,471
react, compiling, rendering, memoization
Googling Is for Old People: What This Means for Web Designers (web)16,470
design, mobile, search, google
Control the Viewport Resize Behavior on Mobile With “interactive-widget” (bra/mat)16,469
css, units, viewport, resizing, mobile, metadata, html
Angular 19: Standalone Updates16,468
angular
24 Best AI Tools for Developers in 2025 (moz)16,467
tooling, ai, link-lists
Astro 5.0 (eri+)16,466
release-notes, astro
Pure CSS Halftone Effect in 3 Declarations (ana/fro)16,465
css, effects, halftone
What a Web Performance Engineer Needs to Know About Cloud Cost Savings (per)16,464
performance, cloud-computing, economics, efficiency
You Should Have a Website (nor)16,463
manifestos, career
Why We Switched to Astro (and Why It Might Interest You) (ste)16,462
migrating, nextjs, astro
The Pixel Canvas Shimmer Effect (hex)16,461
web-components, effects
Smooth Multi-Page Experiences With Just a Few Lines of CSS (joh/mat)16,460
css, transitions, effects
Privacy (max/htt)16,459
web-almanac, studies, research, metrics, privacy, apis
Creating an Effective Multistep Form for Better User Experience (sma)16,458
forms, html, javascript, user-experience
A Beginner’s Guide to Information Architecture in UX16,457
guides, information-architecture, user-experience
I Was Laid Off From Spotify One Year Ago: Here’s What I’ve Learnt16,456
user-experience, career
DreamHost Removed From WordPress.org’s Recommended Hosting Page16,455
wordpress, hosting
The Danger of Defaults (nng)16,454
videos, usability, design
WPT: An Overview and History (boa/boc)16,453
overviews, history, web-platform, testing
The Logical Border Radius Equivalents (chr/fro)16,452
css, borders, logical-properties, internationalization
The HTML Native Search Element (tre)16,451
html, semantics
Starting Off Right: Where Autofocus Shines (kil/mat)16,450
html, forms, focus
SEO (jam+/htt)16,449
web-almanac, studies, research, metrics, seo, robotstxt, metadata, structured-data, amp, internationalization
Run Your Next.js SSR App on Deno Deploy (orr/den)16,448
nextjs, deno, hosting
How to Stay and Grow in Tech (Especially if You’re a Minority) (bla)16,447
how-tos, career
How GenAI Impacts User Experiences—Even Beyond AI (uxm)16,446
user-experience, ai, processes
Hints and Suggestions: The Design of Web Design (mia/btc)16,445
videos, design, css, cascade, history
A Layered Approach to Speculation Rules (css)16,444
performance, speculation
Goodhart’s Law in Action: 3 Webperf Examples (nom/per)16,443
performance, principles, lighthouse, web-vitals, metrics, google, examples
How to Usability Test Your Product (if You Want Bad UX) (ada)16,442
how-tos, usability, user-experience, testing
How to Clamp the Lightness of a Relative Color in CSS (ang)16,441
how-tos, css, colors, functions
Development Advent Calendars for 2024 (aar)16,440
link-lists, learning
Designed With Care (rac)16,439
websites, books, accessibility, design, content, compliance
CSS Selectors Advent Calendar 202416,438
css, selectors, examples
CSS Advent Calendar16,437
websites, css, examples
Blast From the Past: 2advanced.com (web)16,436
design, flash, history, case-studies
A Link on a Logo in the Header, What Should the Alt-Text Be? (ria/mat)16,435
accessibility, branding, links, logos, images, alt-text
The Future of Front-End Development: Trends to Watch in 2025 (max)16,434
ai, qwik, solidjs, webassembly, esm, design-systems, headless, accessibility, sustainability, dev-tools, low-and-no-code
Why You Should Avoid Grand System Redesigns16,433
videos, refactoring, software-design, architecture
Turn Off AI Features by Default (to Reduce Their Climate Impact) (hdv)16,432
ai, sustainability, tooling
How to Join Blue Beanie Day: Wear and Share (zel)16,431
awareness-days, standards, how-tos
Let’s Learn Generators in JavaScript16,430
javascript, functions
8 PHP Performance Tips Every Developer Should Know16,429
php, performance, tips-and-tricks, conditionals, caching
Why Pipes Sometimes Get “Stuck”: Buffering (b0r)16,428
command-line, unix-like
The Many Faces of Digital Accessibility (aar)16,427
videos, accessibility, career
Stop Aiming for Compliance: Craft a Better Product Strategy Instead (tho)16,426
accessibility, compliance, product-management, strategies, processes
If Not React, Then What? (sli)16,425
frameworks, client-side-rendering, react, user-experience, performance
Don’t Fuck With Scroll16,424
websites, scrolling, user-experience, usability, accessibility, maintainability
Designing Your Own Accessibility Vendor Monitoring Program16,423
videos, accessibility, business-relations, monitoring
Design Systems Are Dead—Long Live Design Systems (lur/zer)16,422
design-systems, tooling, outlooks
Character-Based Alignment (css)16,421
html, css, alignment
Angular v19 No Signals Edition (arm/dan)16,420
angular
A False Sense of Accessibility: What Automated Testing Tools Are Missing16,419
videos, accessibility, testing, automation, tooling
When Is It Time to Move Prototyping From Figma to ProtoPie?16,418
design, prototyping, tooling, figma
Understanding CSS Inheritance: A Guide to Consistent Styling16,417
guides, css, cascade, inheritance
New to the Web Platform in November (rac)16,416
release-notes, web-platform, browsers, firefox, mozilla, chrome, google
The 5 Most Transformative JavaScript Features From ES15 (tar)16,415
javascript, ecmascript
Preloading Responsive Images (tre)16,414
images, html, hints, performance, preloading
Prisma 6: Better Performance, More Flexibility, and Type-Safe SQL (pri)16,413
release-notes, prisma
Observation: CSS Math Eval (kiz)16,412
css, javascript, math
Decoupling OKRs: It’s Time to Let Go (cwo)16,411
okr, processes, prioritization, leadership
Beyond JSON: Exploring File Formats for Design Tokens (stu)16,410
design-tokens, json, yaml, comparisons
A Quick Snapshot of the Microblogging Landscape (tch)16,409
social-media, comparisons, twitter+x, bluesky, facebook+meta, mastodon, fediverse
10 Git Commands You’ll Wish You Knew Earlier16,408
git, command-line
Create Accessible Websites: Top Free Tools You Need to Know16,407
accessibility, testing, jaws, nvda, screen-readers, linting, tooling
How to Cut Water Usage in Cloud Data Centers16,406
how-tos, infrastructure, sustainability
Is Next.js 15 Any Good? “Use Cache” API First Look (fir)16,405
videos, nextjs, apis
Avoid Hotlinking Images With “Cross-Origin-Resource-Policy”16,404
images, security
Unit Testing in Node.js With Jest (app)16,403
nodejs, testing, jest
The Hype Around Signals (ati/sma)16,402
frameworks, libraries, signals
Program Errors Out of Existence (ale)16,401
programming, errors, principles
Optimizing JavaScript Engine Performance (goo/blo)16,400
videos, javascript-engines, performance, optimization
Jekyll to Astro: An AI-Assisted Migration16,399
migrating, jekyll, astro, ai, tooling
Faster TypeScript Compilation (ash/blo)16,398
videos, typescript, compiling, performance
Contributing to JavaScript and TypeScript (rob/blo)16,397
videos, javascript, typescript, foss, standards
Building Better CLI Apps (mol/blo)16,396
videos, typescript, javascript, command-line, tooling
X’s Objection to the Onion Buying Infowars Is a Reminder You Do Not Own Your Social Media Accounts (404)16,395
social-media, twitter+x
State of Software Architecture Report—202416,394
architecture, metrics
I Removed VS Code, and My Productivity Improved Tremendously (cod)16,393
code-editors, vs-code, microsoft, neovim, comparisons, productivity
Why AI Can’t Replace Developers: The Real Limits of AI in Coding16,392
ai, programming
Which IDEs Do Software Engineers Love, and Why? (ger)16,391
code-editors, cursor, vs-code, jetbrains, neovim
The Free Web (jay)16,390
web, culture
How I Feel About AI (jes)16,389
ai, programming, productivity, ethics, sustainability
Designing (and Evolving) a New Web Performance Score (css)16,388
performance, metrics
Automated Decision Logs in AI-Assisted Coding (add)16,387
ai, logging
Agile Is Dead16,386
websites, manifestos, agile, processes, collaboration, communication
A Framework for Evaluating Browser Support (jos)16,385
browsers, support, web-platform, graceful-degradation
A Button Is Not a Link (mor/mat)16,384
html, buttons, links
How to Comply With DOJ’s Seemingly Impossible Web Accessibility Regulation16,383
how-tos, accessibility, legal, compliance
Design Systems vs. Style Guides (nng)16,382
videos, design-systems, style-guides, comparisons, design, documentation
What Causes “Bad Days” for Developers?16,381
studies, research, productivity
WebAssembly (Wasm): When (and When Not) to Use It (tre)16,380
webassembly
The End of the Twitter Era (san)16,379
social-media, twitter+x, mastodon, facebook+meta, bluesky
Language of Parts Bookmarklet (bea)16,378
bookmarklets, html, metadata, accessibility
How Browsers Really Load Web Pages (pro/wel)16,377
videos, browsers, rendering, parsing, http, performance
From Gatsby to Eleventy (mat)16,376
migrating, gatsby, eleventy, webc, performance
Deno vs. Oracle: Canceling the JavaScript Trademark (tin/den)16,375
deno, oracle, javascript, legal
The Semantic Interface Palette Is Simple16,374
design, design-tokens, semantics, figma
Interop and Hard Problems (bka)16,373
web-platform, browsers, support, interoperability
Figma Releases the Pattern Library (web)16,372
figma, pattern-libraries
The Death of Creativity and Imagination16,371
creativity, ai, prompting
Old Alt Text Advice (ste)16,370
accessibility, images, alt-text, html, microcontent, best-practices
Mastering JavaScript Event Delegation16,369
javascript, events
JavaScript Events Made Easy: A Comprehensive Guide for Beginners16,368
guides, events, javascript
Screenshot-Driven Development (bla/ope)16,367
processes, design, tooling
Using Severity Ratings to Prioritize Web Accessibility Remediation (web)16,366
accessibility, prioritization
The PHP Foundation Turns Three (the)16,365
php, anniversaries
Solved by CSS: Donuts Scopes (mon/css)16,364
css, scope
Recursion Explained in Simple Terms (tre)16,363
programming, concepts
Git Like a Pro: 10 Things I Regret Not Knowing Earlier16,362
git, command-line
Content Security Policy Level 3 (mik/w3c)16,361
standards, csp, security
Why We Need to Have a Change of HEART With UX Metrics16,360
user-experience, metrics, product-management
Node.js 22 Runtime Now Available in AWS Lambda16,359
nodejs, aws, serverless, lambda
I Don’t Have Time to Learn React (kei)16,358
career, craft, prioritization, react
What’s Next for WebGPU (dak)16,357
webgpu
Exploring Alternative Interactions in JavaScript (dev)16,356
videos, javascript, ai, interaction-design
Every Developer Should Know These Postman Tips and Tricks16,355
postman, tips-and-tricks
Why Accessibility Matters for Your SEO Strategy (a11)16,354
accessibility, seo, strategies
Where Has All the Valid HTML Gone (j9t)16,353
html, conformance, quality
Third Parties (htt)16,352
web-almanac, studies, research, metrics, embed-code, monetization, analytics, content-delivery, hosting, marketing, social-media, tag-management, multimedia, consent-management
Tailwind CSS v4.0 Beta 1 (ada/tai)16,351
tailwind
Introducing the Leader’s Guide to Accessibility16,350
guides, introductions, accessibility, leadership, processes, terminology
Doing the Numbers: Digital Accessibility and Shifting Left (deq)16,349
accessibility, processes, metrics, economics
CSS Selectors: Unlocking Advanced Selectors for Modern Web Design16,348
css, selectors
Avoid Read-Only Controls (aar)16,347
html, forms, accessibility
The CSS Reset Contradiction (j9t)16,346
css, resets
WP Engine Updates Its Original Legal Complaint Against Automattic and Matt Mullenweg16,345
wp-engine, automattic, wordpress, legal
Static Site Generation With Next.js: Using Next.js for React.js Applications16,344
static-site-generation, site-generators, nextjs, react
React.js Best Practices for Beginners: A Comprehensive Guide16,343
guides, best-practices, react, components, state-management, hooks, debugging
How to Use Lighthouse Wisely in Your Front-End Projects (ele/des)16,342
guest-posts, how-tos, lighthouse, google, performance, accessibility, seo, best-practices
What We Learned Migrating From Webpack to Vite16,341
migrating, webpack, vite, lessons
So You Decided to Do a Technical Migration (loc/btc)16,340
videos, migrating, maintenance
Privacy Principles (rob+/w3c)16,339
privacy, principles
My 3 Most-Wanted CSS Table Features (dar)16,338
css, html, tables, wish-lists
Make Creative Borders With “background-clip: border-area” (jen/web)16,337
css, borders, backgrounds, safari, apple, browsers
Avoiding False Positives in Node.js Tests (app)16,336
nodejs, testing
An Outline Version of the New CSS Logo (kil)16,335
css
Meet Angular v19 (mge/ang)16,334
release-notes, angular
Why Wasm: Quickstart16,333
webassembly
State of JavaScript 2024 (sac/dev)16,332
surveys, javascript
Node.js Corepack: Version Control for Package Managers (tre)16,331
nodejs, corepack, versioning, dependencies, tooling
Migrating From VuePress to VitePress (ole)16,330
migrating, site-generators, vuejs
Mastering Accessible Modals With ARIA and Keyboard Navigation (a11)16,329
accessibility, keyboard-navigation, aria, modals, javascript
How to Prerelease an npm Package (spa/clo)16,328
how-tos, npm, dependencies, versioning, semver
AI’s Transformative Impact on Web Design: Supercharging Productivity Across the Industry (boa/sma)16,327
ai, design, processes, productivity
Why Is Hiring Software So Impersonal?16,326
tooling, hiring, user-experience
AWS Lambda Turns Ten—Looking Back and Looking Ahead (jef)16,325
anniversaries, aws, serverless, lambda, history, outlooks
Web Accessibility and the Second Trump Administration16,324
accessibility, legal
The Future of Voice User Interfaces (uxm)16,323
design, conversational-design, voice
20 Years of Firefox: How a Community Project Changed the Web (moz)16,322
firefox, mozilla, browsers, history, anniversaries
Why Responsive Design Is Failing Modern Users (web)16,321
responsive-design, performance, usability, accessibility
Testing Digital Products the RITE Way (uxm)16,320
usability, testing, processes
No Fuss Light/Dark Modes (chr/fro)16,319
css, dark-mode
Native Dual-Range Input16,318
html, forms, css
Importing a Frontend JavaScript Library Without a Build System (b0r)16,317
javascript, libraries, commonjs, esm, nodejs, html
Foundations: Types of Disability (tet)16,316
accessibility, fundamentals
Anchor Positioning Is Disruptive (jam/odd)16,315
css, anchor-positioning, layout
Addressing Users’ Painpoints: Best Practices for Identifying and Solving UX Design Problems (uxm)16,314
user-experience, design, legibility, responsive-design, performance
The Root Causes for the Dev–Design Mismatch (ere)16,313
design, collaboration, processes
Content Design Practices for Sustainable Communication in Tech16,312
content, communication, sustainability
My Issues With Shorthand Properties (hav)16,311
css, shorthands
CSS Gets a New Logo—and It Uses the Color “rebeccapurple” (mic)16,310
css
The Tragedy of Running an Old Node Project16,309
nodejs
The Art of Clean Code: A Practical Guide to Writing Maintainable JavaScript16,308
guides, principles, javascript, maintainability
Tailwind vs. Vanilla CSS—Should You Reconsider?16,307
videos, tailwind, css
Can [Open Source Pledge] Fix Open Source Sustainability? (tre)16,306
foss, community, maintenance
Some Tips for Keyboard Support on Native Mobile Applications (cer)16,305
accessibility, mobile, native, keyboard-navigation, tips-and-tricks
Against Best Practices (arp)16,304
programming, best-practices
[A Book Apart] Authors Together (dde)16,303
websites, books, link-lists
Alt Text: Not Always Needed (nng)16,302
accessibility, images, alt-text, writing
What Is User Experience (and What Is It Not)? (nng)16,301
user-experience, terminology, comparisons
When Is the Right Time to Share Our Excitement About New Web Features? (rac)16,300
web-platform, support, browsers
The Next Improvement in Angular Reactivity16,299
angular, reactivity
Help Your Code Reviewer (ant)16,298
code-reviews, collaboration, communication, consistency, quality
Ghost Jobs Should Be Illegal (tre)16,297
hiring, legal
Exploring JavaScript Symbols (tre)16,296
javascript
Reimagining Prototyping With AI16,295
user-experience, design, prototyping, ai
State of HTML 2024 [Results] (sac/dev)16,294
surveys, metrics, html
Self-Contained Executable Programs With Deno Compile (tin/den)16,293
deno, javascript, typescript, compiling
How Is Digital Accessibility Awareness Being Promoted Across the Globe? (oze)16,292
accessibility, advocacy
Adding Interactive Charts in Astro16,291
astro, visualization, functionality
10 Advanced TypeScript Concepts Every Developer Should Know16,290
typescript, concepts
1 + 2 Engineering Team Priorities (j9t)16,289
engineering-management, leadership, culture, prioritization
View Transitions API: Single Page Apps Without a Framework (deb)16,288
view-transitions, apis, single-page-apps, css
Modern CSS for Sites: View Transitions, Scroll Effects, and More (arg)16,287
videos, css, view-transitions, scrolling, effects
AI Assistance Panel (mat)16,286
dev-tools, browsers, chrome, google, ai
Cookie Permissions: 5 Common User Types (nng)16,285
videos, cookies, consent-management, usability, personas
Why Developers Should Give Next.js App Router Another Chance (low)16,284
nextjs, routing
The Myth of “Accessible Components and Done” (mic)16,283
accessibility, components, myths
The European Accessibility Act—Get Ready (int)16,282
accessibility, legal, eaa
Most Disabled People “Excluded” by Unfit Designs16,281
accessibility, design, dei
Learn Big O Notation Once and for All16,280
algorithms, complexity, performance
Global Digital Accessibility Salary Survey (web)16,279
accessibility, career, surveys
Custom Progress Element Using Anchor Positioning and Scroll-Driven Animations (css/fro)16,278
css, anchor-positioning, animations, scrolling, progress-indicators
An Official Logo for CSS (arg)16,277
css
Accessibility Misinformation (col)16,276
accessibility, wcag, apca
How to Optimize Performance in Vue Apps (jac/deb)16,275
how-tos, vuejs, performance, optimization
New in Chrome 13116,274
release-notes, chrome, google, browsers
Automattic Launches “WP Engine Tracker” to Monitor Sites Leaving WP Engine, Sparking Controversy16,273
automattic, wp-engine
My Favourite Software Architecture Patterns16,272
architecture, micro-frontends, software-design-patterns
Top 20 Platform Engineering Tools (spa)16,271
platform-engineering, tooling, link-lists
Let’s Talk About Memory Leaks in Dart and Flutter (flu)16,270
dart, flutter, memory
Why I Will Always Be Angry About Software Engineering (lud)16,269
career, culture
What Accessibility Statements Are Really For16,268
accessibility, documentation, legal
Understanding Bitwise Shifts in JavaScript: “<<” and “>>” (tre)16,267
javascript, operators
The “br” Element (hey)16,266
html, semantics