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Better CSS Shapes Using shape() — Part 4: Close and Move
7 July 2025 @ 12:48 pm
The shape() function's close and move commands may not be ones you reach for often, but are incredibly useful for certain shapes.
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The Gap Strikes Back: Now Stylable
1 July 2025 @ 12:42 pm
Styling the space between layout items — the gap — has typically required some clever workarounds. But a new CSS feature changes all that with just a few simple CSS properties that make it easy, yet also flexible, to display styled separators between your layout items.
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Using CSS Cascade Layers With Tailwind Utilities
30 June 2025 @ 1:16 pm
Being the bad boy I am, I don't take Tailwind's default approach to cascade layers as the "best" one. Over a year experimenting with Tailwind and vanilla CSS, I've come across what I believe is a better solution.
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CSS Blob Recipes
27 June 2025 @ 1:48 pm
Blob, Blob, Blob. What's the most effective way to create blob shapes in CSS? Turns out, as always, there are many. Let's compare them together!
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KelpUI
26 June 2025 @ 4:42 pm
KelpUI is new library that Chris Ferdinandi is developing, designed to leverage newer CSS features and Web Components. I've enjoyed following Chris as he's published an ongoing series of articles detailing his thought process behind the library, getting deep into his approach. You really get a clear picture of his strategy and I love it.
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Poking at the CSS if() Function a Little More: Conditional Color Theming
25 June 2025 @ 2:33 pm
The CSS if() function enables us to use values conditionally, but what exactly does if() do? Let's look at a possible real-world use case.
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Lightly Poking at the CSS if() Function in Chrome 137
24 June 2025 @ 3:17 pm
The CSS if() function was recently implemented in Chrome 137, making it the first instance where we have it supported by a mainstream browser. Let's poke at it a bit at a very high level.
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A Better API for the Intersection and Mutation Observers
23 June 2025 @ 1:41 pm
Zell discusses refactoring the Resize, Mutation, and Intersection Observer APIs for easier usage, demonstrating how to implement callback and event listener patterns, while highlighting available options and methods.
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Color Everything in CSS
20 June 2025 @ 2:04 pm
An introduction to "Color spaces", "Color models", "Color gamuts," and basically all of the "Color somethings" in CSS.
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CSS Color Functions
19 June 2025 @ 3:01 pm
CSS has a number of functions that can be used to set, translate, and manipulate colors. Learn what they are and how they are used with a bunch of examples to get you started.
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