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Recreating Apple’s Vision Pro Animation in CSS
23 April 2026 @ 1:22 pm
Putting CSS’s more recent scrolling animation capabilities to the test to recreate a complex animation of the Apple Vision Pro headset from Apple's website.
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Enhancing Astro With a Markdown Component
22 April 2026 @ 1:49 pm
I use a Markdown Component for two main reasons: (1) It reduces the amount of markup I need to write, and (2) it converts typographic symbols. Here's how it works.
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Markdown + Astro = ❤️
20 April 2026 @ 1:55 pm
Although Astro has built-in support for Markdown via .md files, I'd argue that your Markdown experience can be enhanced with MDX.
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What’s !important #9: clip-path Jigsaws, View Transitions Toolkit, Name-only Containers, and More
17 April 2026 @ 2:00 pm
This issue of What’s !important brings you clip-path jigsaws, a view transitions toolkit, name-only containers, the usual roundup of new, notable web platform features, and more.
What’s !important #9: clip-path Jigsaws, View Transitions Toolkit, Name-only Containers, and More originally handwritten and published with love on CSS-Tricks. You should really get the newsletter as well.
A Well-Designed JavaScript Module System is Your First Architecture Decision
16 April 2026 @ 1:53 pm
Behind every technology, there should be a guide for its use. While JavaScript modules make it easier to write “big” programs, if there are no principles or systems for using them, things could easily become difficult to maintain.
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The Radio State Machine
14 April 2026 @ 1:55 pm
One of the best-known examples of CSS state management is the checkbox hack. What if we want a component to be in one of three, four, or seven modes? That is where the Radio State Machine comes in.
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7 View Transitions Recipes to Try
13 April 2026 @ 2:14 pm
Craving for a view transition? Sunkanmi has lots of common transitions you can drop into your website right now!
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Selecting a Date Range in CSS
9 April 2026 @ 1:52 pm
A clever approach for selecting multiple dates on a calendar where the :nth-child()'s “n of selector” syntax does all the heavy lifting... even in the JavaScript.
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Alternatives to the !important Keyword
7 April 2026 @ 1:54 pm
Cascade layers, specificity tricks, smarter ordering, and even some clever selector hacks can often replace !important with something cleaner, more predictable, and far less embarrassing to explain to your future self.
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Looking at New CSS Multi-Column Layout Wrapping Features
6 April 2026 @ 1:55 pm
Chrome 145 introduces the column-height and column-wrap properties, enabling us to wrap the additional content into a new row below, creating a vertical scroll instead of a horizontal scroll.
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