You would be forgiven if you’ve never heard of Cohost.org. The bespoke, Tumblr-like social media website came and went in a flash. Going public in June 2022 with invite-only registrations, Cohost’s peach and maroon landing page promised that it would be “posting, but better.” Just over two years later, …
CSS Tricks
“Pretty” is in the eye of the beholder
Hey, did you see the post Jen Simmons published about WebKit’ s text-wrap: pretty implementation? It was added to Safari Technology Preview and can be tested now, as in, like, today. Slap this in a stylesheet and your paragraphs get a nice little makeover that improves the ragging, reduces…
So, You Want to Give Up CSS Pre- and Post-Processors…
There was once upon a time when native CSS lacked many essential features, leaving developers to come up with all sorts of ways to make CSS easier to write over the years. These ways can mostly be categorized into two groups: Pre-processors Post-processors Pre-processors include tools like Sass, …
CSS Carousels
The CSS Overflow Module Level 5 specification defines a couple of new features that are designed for creating carousel UI patterns: Scroll Buttons: Buttons that the browser provides, as in literal < button> elements, that scroll the carousel content 85% of the area when clicked. Scroll Markers: The little…
A New “Web” Readiness Report
Crafting Strong DX With Astro Components and TypeScript
I’m a big fan of Astro’s focus on developer experience (DX) and the onboarding of new developers. While the basic DX is strong, I can easily make a convoluted system that is hard to onboard my own developers to. I don’t want that to happen….
Automated Visual Regression Testing With Playwright
Comparing visual artifacts can be a powerful, if fickle, approach to automated testing. Playwright makes this seem simple for websites, but the details might take a little finessing. Recent downtime prompted me to scratch an itch that had been plaguing me for a while: The style sheet of…
