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I do @codepen.io
Very yay for:

```
import stylesheet from "./style.css" with { type: "css" }
```
January 13, 2026 at 4:08 PM
Made a lil' library:
codepen.github.io/slideVars/

Automatically detects CSS custom properties on the :root/html and gives you controls for adjusting them. (But it's also as configurable as you want it to be.)
January 12, 2026 at 6:52 PM
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Normally I like to work or read on planes, but on a return home flight yesterday I was exhausted to the point that movies sounded best. Four (!) movies on Netflix: The Dig — Archaeology story set in 1939 England, where I found myself much more interested in the mini love stories than…
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Normally I like to work or read on planes, but on a return home flight yesterday I was exhausted to the point that movies sounded best. Four (!) movies on Netflix: The Dig — Archaeology story set in 1939 England, where I found myself much more interested in the mini love stories than anything else. The Wonder — Florence Pugh absolutely not screwing around playing a nurse in 1862 Ireland sent to witness a "miracle" little girl who "hasn't eaten" in four months.
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January 10, 2026 at 6:38 PM
I like this setting for VS Code from Ben Frain. JUST show the vertical line for the current indentation, not all of them

```
"workbench.colorCustomizations": {
"editorIndentGuide.background1": "#00000001",
"editorIndentGuide.activeBackground1": "#ff9900"
}
```

benfrain.com/vs-code-high...
January 10, 2026 at 5:19 PM
Reposted by Chris Coyier
CSS masonry (aka grid-lanes) has two orientations: rows and columns.

I'm trying to think of good metaphors...

Row is easy: a brick wall, that's where the masonry term comes from.
Column: many call it waterfall, but trying to put it into an image doesn't work. Motorway works a lot better.
January 9, 2026 at 5:52 PM
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Jeremy: The common belief is that nobody uses RSS feeds these days. And while it’s true that I wish more people used feed readers—the perfect antidote to being fed from an algorithm—the truth is that millions of people use RSS feeds every time they listen to a podcast. That’s what a…
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Jeremy: The common belief is that nobody uses RSS feeds these days. And while it’s true that I wish more people used feed readers—the perfect antidote to being fed from an algorithm—the truth is that millions of people use RSS feeds every time they listen to a podcast. That’s what a podcast is: an RSS feed with 
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January 8, 2026 at 6:43 PM
This is well done!
React Server Components: do they improve performance or make it worse?

If your answer is “I’ve no idea 😅,” I wrote a deep-dive to answer that! Experiments and real numbers, CSR vs SSR vs RSC, same app + test setup.

Focus: initial load + data fetching.

www.developerway.com/posts/react-...
React Server Components: Do They Really Improve Performance?
A data-driven comparison of CSR, SSR, and RSC under the same app and test setup, focusing on initial-load performance and the impact of client- vs server-side data fetching (including Streaming + Susp...
www.developerway.com
January 6, 2026 at 5:10 PM
It wouldn’t have been a great ending to leave it with, but the PTSD for literally everyone in Stranger Things would be debilitating.
January 6, 2026 at 12:31 AM
Hard to beat my original TODO system of slanting immediately important things so they poke out of my wallet a little bit.
January 5, 2026 at 8:58 PM
Default Apps Early 2026

It's a time of slow change for me when it comes to the apps I use most regularly. 🔐 1Password for passwords, but ideally I'd like to switch to Apple's Passwords/Keychain for most things. Partly because of iOS. When I save a new password on iOS, it's always the native…
Default Apps Early 2026
It's a time of slow change for me when it comes to the apps I use most regularly. 🔐 1Password for passwords, but ideally I'd like to switch to Apple's Passwords/Keychain for most things. Partly because of iOS. When I save a new password on iOS, it's always the native Passwords app that offers to save it, not 1Password, and that neuters the usability of 1Password to me.
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January 3, 2026 at 4:51 PM
Another year and oAuth remains the most burpable technology.
January 3, 2026 at 3:55 PM
display: grid-lanes; it is then!
Have you been wishing masonry layouts would just hurry up and arrive in CSS?? Well, happy holidays!

webkit.org/blog/17660/i...
Introducing CSS Grid Lanes
It’s here!
webkit.org
December 30, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Had no idea this was coming, very cool.
bram.us Bramus @bram.us · Dec 12
Scroll-Triggered Animations … with nothing but CSS … oh yeah 🤩

codepen.io/bramus/pen/Z...

(Coming to Chrome 145. Blogpost in the works.)
December 30, 2025 at 12:43 PM
I can't explain it but #:~:text= text fragment URLs are the modem noises of the 2020s
December 28, 2025 at 11:29 PM
There’s two hotels near each other in Chicago near each other both called “Hyatt Centric”. I booked the wrong one this morning. I need to be at the other one because it’s attached to Northwestern hospital (long story, private). Hyatt: you can’t cancel it’s your fault, full price for both rooms. Boo.
December 28, 2025 at 10:29 PM
I’m worried it’s my religion to think Astrology is dumb.
December 28, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Reposted by Chris Coyier
"The miracle of birth is so incredibly beautiful to behold. Do you know the only thing that could make it better? Percussion. Nothing calms one’s stress and eases the pain of delivering a baby more than a little boy standing nearby absolutely shredding on his drum."
This Woman in Labor Is Gonna Love My Drumming
The miracle of birth is so incredibly beautiful to behold. Do you know the only thing that could make it better? Percussion. Nothing calms one’s st...
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December 24, 2025 at 2:20 AM
you ever take such a big shit that science can't handle it and requests you shit smaller
December 15, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Media Diet

🎵 Florence + The Machine, Everybody Scream — I have no prior Florence experience but really like this album. The whole "start slow and build a song to a wild ass peak" thing works for me. "You Can Have It All" is a favorite. A little called out by “It must be nice to be a man and make…
Media Diet
🎵 Florence + The Machine, Everybody Scream — I have no prior Florence experience but really like this album. The whole "start slow and build a song to a wild ass peak" thing works for me. "You Can Have It All" is a favorite. A little called out by “It must be nice to be a man and make boring music just because you can”
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December 13, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Ol’ Bob

My friend Jason came over as he'd just got a new MacBook and a new Black Lion audio interface he wanted to try out. We plugged my Ear Trumped Mabel into it and did a few songs. I dragged my web cam setup downstairs to do the video haha. The song is Ol' Bob from Roger Netherton. There is a…
Ol’ Bob
My friend Jason came over as he'd just got a new MacBook and a new Black Lion audio interface he wanted to try out. We plugged my Ear Trumped Mabel into it and did a few songs. I dragged my web cam setup downstairs to do the video haha. The song is Ol' Bob from Roger Netherton. There is a 2nd take at the end that I think I like a little better.
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December 11, 2025 at 4:21 PM
comma and period

moves through youtube videos frame by frame

💞
December 11, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Some beautiful hardcore trickery in here.
📣 New article on @frontendmasters.com about a visual problem that bugged me for years: making a card that truly feels deep.

frontendmasters.com/blog/the-dee...

Would love your thoughts.
December 6, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Reposted by Chris Coyier
"Chrome: CSS Scroll with @function" by pimskie

codepen.io/pimskie/pen/...
December 4, 2025 at 4:32 PM
The Jeopardy Phenomenon

There's the thing where if you're reading an article in the newspaper, and it's about stuff you don't know a ton about, it all seems well and good. Then you read another article in the same paper and it's about something you know intimately (your job, your neighborhood,…
The Jeopardy Phenomenon
There's the thing where if you're reading an article in the newspaper, and it's about stuff you don't know a ton about, it all seems well and good. Then you read another article in the same paper and it's about something you know intimately (your job, your neighborhood, your hobby, etc) there is a good chance you'll be like hey! that's not quite right!
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December 5, 2025 at 2:48 AM