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Frontend Dogma @frontenddogma.com · 1h

Designing for Dribbble Killed Real Web Creativity, by @webdesignerdepot.bsky.social:

https://webdesignerdepot.com/designing-for-dribbble-killed-real-web-creativity/

#design #creativity

Designing for Dribbble Killed Real Web Creativity

Dribbble didn’t inspire a new era of web creativity—it domesticated it. In chasing pretty pixels for clout, we forgot how to design for actual humans. The web is now full of sexy shots and broken experiences—and it's time we admit that designing for Dribbble killed real creativity...

webdesignerdepot.com

Frontend Dogma @frontenddogma.com · 1h

Designing for Dribbble Killed Real Web Creativity, by @webdesignerdepot.bsky.social:

https://webdesignerdepot.com/designing-for-dribbble-killed-real-web-creativity/

#design #creativity

Designing for Dribbble Killed Real Web Creativity

Dribbble didn’t inspire a new era of web creativity—it domesticated it. In chasing pretty pixels for clout, we forgot how to design for actual humans. The web is now full of sexy shots and broken experiences—and it's time we admit that designing for Dribbble killed real creativity...

webdesignerdepot.com

Frontend Dogma @frontenddogma.com · 1h

Fluid Headings, by @[email protected]:

https://blog.damato.design/posts/fluid-headings/

#headings #typography #css #responsivedesign

Fluid Headings

Uniformly reducing headings for smaller screens.

blog.damato.design

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Frontend Dogma @frontenddogma.com · 1h

Fluid Headings, by @[email protected]:

https://blog.damato.design/posts/fluid-headings/

#headings #typography #css #responsivedesign

Fluid Headings

Uniformly reducing headings for smaller screens.

blog.damato.design

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Frontend Dogma @frontenddogma.com · 1h

80% of SDET / Automation Testers Get Rejected in the First 10 Minutes, Here’s Why, by (not on Mastodon or Bluesky):

https://archive.fo/9BOeG

#testing #interviewing #career

80% of SDET / Automation Testers Get Rejected in the First 10 Minutes, Here’s Why

archive.fo

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Frontend Dogma @frontenddogma.com · 1h

80% of SDET / Automation Testers Get Rejected in the First 10 Minutes, Here’s Why, by (not on Mastodon or Bluesky):

https://archive.fo/9BOeG

#testing #interviewing #career

80% of SDET / Automation Testers Get Rejected in the First 10 Minutes, Here’s Why

archive.fo

Frontend Dogma @frontenddogma.com · 8h

Ambient Animations in Web Design: Principles and Implementation, by @[email protected] (@[email protected]):

https://www.smashingmagazine.com/2025/09/ambient-animations-web-design-principles-implementation/

#design #animations #principles #css

Ambient Animations In Web Design: Principles And Implementation (Part 1) — Smashing Magazine

Creating motion can be tricky. Too much and it’s distracting. Too little and a design feels flat. Ambient animations are the middle ground — subtle, slow-moving details that add atmosphere without stealing the show. In this article, web design pioneer Andy Clarke introduces the concept of ambient…

www.smashingmagazine.com

Frontend Dogma @frontenddogma.com · 8h

15 Recent Node.js Features That Replace Popular npm Packages, by @nodesource.bsky.social:

https://nodesource.com/blog/nodejs-features-replacing-npm-packages

#nodejs #npm #dependencies #maintenance

15 Recent Node.js Features that Replace Popular npm Packages

Many Node.js features that once required third-party packages are now built into the runtime itself.

nodesource.com

Frontend Dogma @frontenddogma.com · 8h

How to Add Fast, Client-Side Search to Astro Static Sites, by @travisturner.bsky.social (@[email protected]):

https://evilmartians.com/chronicles/how-to-add-fast-client-side-search-to-astro-static-sites

#howtos #astro #search #functionality

How to add fast, client-side search to Astro static sites—Martian Chronicles, Evil Martians’ team blog

Join me on a breathtaking journey as we add a client-side search to an SSG docs-first site, built with Astro!

evilmartians.com

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Frontend Dogma @frontenddogma.com · 13h

Vite: The Documentary, by @cultrepo.bsky.social:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bmWQqAKLgT4

#videos #vite #history

Vite: The Documentary

"If you're using a JavaScript framework, you're probably using Vite."Created by Evan You (the mind behind Vue.js), Vite began as a frustrated response to slo...

www.youtube.com

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Frontend Dogma @frontenddogma.com · 13h

Our Plan for a More Secure npm Supply Chain, by @xcorail.bsky.social (@[email protected]):

https://github.blog/security/supply-chain-security/our-plan-for-a-more-secure-npm-supply-chain/

#npm #dependencies #security #foss

Our plan for a more secure npm supply chain

GitHub is strengthening npm's security with stricter authentication, granular tokens, and enhanced trusted publishing.

github.blog

Frontend Dogma @frontenddogma.com · 13h

Inset Shadows Directly on “img” Elements, by @[email protected] (@frontendmasters.com):

https://frontendmasters.com/blog/inset-shadows-directly-on-img-elements-part-1/

#images #svg #css #shadows

Inset Shadows Directly on img Elements (Part 1)

Inset `box-shadow` doesn't work directly on image elements. There are work-arounds, but this SVG filter can do it directly. Don't run! There is powerful stuff to learn here through interactive demos.

frontendmasters.com

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Frontend Dogma @frontenddogma.com · 1d

Europe’s Cookie Law Messed Up the Internet—Brussels Wants to Fix It, by @ellenoregan.bsky.social (@[email protected]):

https://web.archive.org/web/20250922035251/https://www.politico.eu/article/europe-cookie-law-messed-up-the-internet-brussels-sets-out-to-fix-it/

#cookies #consentmanagement …

Europe’s cookie law messed up the internet. Brussels wants to fix it.

The European Commission wants to take a bite out of privacy rules that force websites to run cookie banners.

web.archive.org

Frontend Dogma @frontenddogma.com · 1d

We Completely Missed “width/height: stretch”, by @dxnny.fun (@[email protected]):

https://css-tricks.com/we-completely-missed-width-height-stretch/

#css

We Completely Missed “width/height: stretch”

css-tricks.com

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Frontend Dogma @frontenddogma.com · 1d

HTML’s Best Kept Secret: The “” Tag, by @denodell.bsky.social:

https://denodell.com/blog/html-best-kept-secret-output-tag

#html

HTML’s Best Kept Secret: The output Tag

Make your dynamic content accessible by default with the HTML tag that time forgot.

denodell.com

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Frontend Dogma @frontenddogma.com · 1d

Tailwind CSS in React and Next.js: A Complete Setup Guide, by (not on Mastodon or Bluesky):

https://www.sitepoint.com/tailwind-css-in-react-and-nextjs/

#guides #tailwind #react #nextjs

Tailwind CSS in React and Next.js: A Complete Setup Guide

www.sitepoint.com

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Frontend Dogma @frontenddogma.com · 1d

Welcome to the Entry-Level Void: What Happens When Junior Design Jobs Disappear?, by @carlyayres.com (@its-nice-that.bsky.social):

https://www.itsnicethat.com/features/welcome-to-the-entry-level-void-light-and-shade-digital-220925

#design #career #ai

Welcome to the entry-level void: what happens when junior design jobs disappear?

Entry-level jobs are disappearing. In their place: unpaid gigs, cold DMs and self-starters scrambling for a foothold. The ladder’s gone – what’s replacing it, and who’s being left behind?

www.itsnicethat.com

Frontend Dogma @frontenddogma.com · 1d

Understanding the Removal of 4.1.1 Parsing in WCAG 2.2, by @[email protected]:

https://www.tpgi.com/understanding-the-removal-of-4-1-1-parsing-in-wcag-2-2/

#accessibility #wcag #conformance #html

Understanding the Removal of 4.1.1 Parsing in WCAG 2.2 - TPGi — a Vispero company

This article explains what SC 4.1.1 covered, why it was removed, how it affects accessibility in practice, and which criteria now address issues once covered by parsing.

www.tpgi.com

Frontend Dogma @frontenddogma.com · 1d

A11y 101: 2.4.4 Link Purpose (in Context), by @nattarnoff.bsky.social:

https://tarnoff.info/2025/09/22/a11y-101-2-4-4-link-purpose-in-context/

#introductions #accessibility #wcag #links #microcontent

A11y 101: 2.4.4 Link Purpose (In Context)

Links are what make the internet the world wide web. The original idea was that the internet is a set of digital documents. The link allows you to move between them. To make them as effective as th…

tarnoff.info

Frontend Dogma @frontenddogma.com · 1d

Lazy-Loading as a Security Measure, by (not on Mastodon or Bluesky):

https://dev.to/rfornal/lazy-loading-as-a-security-measure-3odb

#security #lazyloading #angular #react

Lazy-Loading as a Security Measure

Introduction Recently, an external red team (security) discovered a unique vulnerability...

dev.to

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Frontend Dogma @frontenddogma.com · 1d

7 Practical Animation Tips, by @emilkowal.ski:

https://emilkowal.ski/ui/7-practical-animation-tips

#animations #buttons #tooltips #css #tipsandtricks

7 Practical Animation Tips

Seven simple ideas you can use to improve your animations today.

emilkowal.ski

Frontend Dogma @frontenddogma.com · 2d

A Pragmatic Guide to Modern CSS Colours, by @[email protected] (@piccalil.li):

https://piccalil.li/blog/a-pragmatic-guide-to-modern-css-colours-part-one/

#guides #css #colors #examples

A pragmatic guide to modern CSS colours - part one

Whether you've got a firm grasp on modern CSS colour capabilities, or you're thinking 'I struggle to understand why I should use modern CSS colours at all', then the first part of this article series, by Kevin Powell, is for you.

piccalil.li

Frontend Dogma @frontenddogma.com · 2d

Custom Carets and Users: When the Caret Is No Longer a Stick (Yes, That’s a Poor Attempt at a Pun), by @[email protected]:

https://adrianroselli.com/2025/09/custom-carets-and-users-when-the-caret-is-no-longer-a-stick-yes-thats-a-poor-attempt-at-a-pun.html

#forms #accessibility #wcag

Custom Carets and Users: When The Caret Is No Longer a Stick (Yes, That’s a Poor Attempt at a Pun)

Animated example First, let’s define caret. For the scope of this post, I am not talking about the ^ symbol, which evolved from the circumflex. I’m also not talking about the proofreader mark, sometimes rendered as ‸, ⁁, or ⎀. I am talking about the navigation symbol (or insertion caret),…

adrianroselli.com

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Frontend Dogma @frontenddogma.com · 2d

Why I Gave the World Wide Web Away for Free, by @[email protected] (@theguardian.com):

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/sep/28/why-i-gave-the-world-wide-web-away-for-free

#web #licensing #history

Why I gave the world wide web away for free | Tim Berners-Lee

My vision was based on sharing, not exploitation – and here’s why it’s still worth fighting for

www.theguardian.com

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Frontend Dogma @frontenddogma.com · 2d

Inside a 16.67 Millisecond Frame, by (not on Mastodon or Bluesky):

https://koolcodez.com/blog/inside-the-frame/

#javascript #rendering #reflow #painting #performance

Inside a 16.67 Millisecond Frame - Kool Codez

Understand how rendering works through a practical example.

koolcodez.com

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