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Scroll-Driven, Scroll-Triggered, Scroll States, and View Transitions
8 June 2026 @ 1:00 pm
I've said one and mean another, and I've used one when I needed another. Comparing scroll-driven animations, scroll-triggered animations, container query scroll states, and view transitions for my future self.
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Another Stab at the Perfect CSS Pie Chart… Sans JavaScript!
4 June 2026 @ 1:14 pm
We dive again into CSS Pie Charts! This time, Author Antoine Villepreux delivers semantic and flexible charts without a single line of JS.
Another Stab at the Perfect CSS Pie Chart… Sans JavaScript! originally handwritten and published with love on CSS-Tricks. You should really get the newsletter as well.
offset-path
3 June 2026 @ 3:02 pm
The offset-path property in CSS defines a movement path for an element to follow during animation.
This property began life as motion-path. This, and all other related motion-* properties, are being renamed offset-* in the spec. We’re changing …
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@custom-media
3 June 2026 @ 1:03 pm
The CSS @custom-media at-rule allows creating aliases for media queries.
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@function
3 June 2026 @ 1:02 pm
The @function at-rule defines CSS custom functions. These custom functions are reusable blocks of CSS that can accept arguments, contain complex logic, and return values based on that logic.
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::search-text
2 June 2026 @ 12:59 pm
The CSS ::search-text pseudo-element selects the matching text from your browser's "find in page" feature.
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Astro Markdown Component Utility for Any Framework
1 June 2026 @ 1:25 pm
In the previous article, I spoke about the why and how to use a Markdown component in Astro.
Here, we’re going to expand on that and help you use Markdown everywhere — regardless of the framework you use. So, …
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What’s !important #12: Safari Testing, ::checkmark, HTML Anchor Positioning, and More
29 May 2026 @ 1:25 pm
The old (testing in Safari when you don’t have Safari), the new (::checkmark), the in-between (anchor positioning but with HTML), and more.
What’s !important #12: Safari Testing, ::checkmark, HTML Anchor Positioning, and More originally handwritten and published with love on CSS-Tricks. You should really get the newsletter as well.
Revealing Text With CSS letter-spacing
27 May 2026 @ 12:37 pm
Until we get something like ::nth-letter, there are still some really cool text effects we can make from existing CSS features, like letter-spacing, ::first-word and ::first-line.
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Technical Writing in the AI Age
26 May 2026 @ 1:49 pm
This isn’t totally about AI. It’s about technical writing in the age of AI. I have some thoughts on this and I hope it’s helpful to you humans reading.
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