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Josh W. Comeau @joshwcomeau.com · 6h

So much good stuff in here! I’m excited to see what the areas of potential focus are 😄

Sara Soueidan @sarasoueidan.com · 14h

This is such a great idea. I just chose and ranked my favorite 15 features in the list—primarily CSS and HTML features of course. interop-rank.jakearchibald.com

What are yours?

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Josh W. Comeau @joshwcomeau.com · 7h

😂

Josh W. Comeau @joshwcomeau.com · 10h

I was a bit nervous about this one, since there were a bunch of factors that could’ve dragged it down: the rise of LLMs, the quirky topic, my exodus from Twitter…

But in the end, more than 4200 people joined the course! And it’s been super cool seeing what people build. 😄

bsky.app/profile/josh...

Josh W. Comeau @joshwcomeau.com · 16d

I have the pre-launch jitters. 😬

My third course launches in “early access” in a little over 24 hours from now. I feel very confident about the content, but even still, launches are so stressful. 😅

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Josh W. Comeau @joshwcomeau.com · 10h

Early feedback for Whimsical Animations has been super positive so far. ❤️

Excited to get the rest of the course done!

Screenshot of a Discord message from "Nick (The Zangster)":

just a #gratitude post for the whimsical animations course - the techniques I've learned so far have already lead to some awesome visuals at $dayjob that have been impressing others 😄

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Josh W. Comeau @joshwcomeau.com · 12h

It seems obvious to me that when an application steals focus, it shouldn’t respond to any user inputs for ~250ms, so that it doesn’t accidentally receive input that was intended for something else.

I wonder why this hasn’t been implemented. 🤔

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Josh W. Comeau @joshwcomeau.com · 12h

I was typing just now, and a dialog popped up from the macOS Calendar app. By the time I noticed it, I had already pressed some key that confirmed/dismissed this dialog. I have no clue what I just accepted/ignored. Hopefully it wasn’t important. 😬

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Josh W. Comeau @joshwcomeau.com · 13h

Yeah, I probably should have added a motion warning to this GIF 😬 Sorry about that!

In practice this would be gated behind a `prefers-reduced-motion` media query, and really this effect is probably a bit much either way 😅. Just a fun proof of concept.

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svenning🌲 @svenning.io · 19h

Another horrible date picker submitted to the Bad UX World Cup! 😁

Join the fun, submit your worst date picker here: badux.lol

The best/worst date pickers will to through to the final in late October!

#baduxworldcup

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Josh W. Comeau @joshwcomeau.com · 1d

This looks great!

souporserious.com @souporserious.com · 1d

Excited to officially launch renoun.dev 🚀

This has been years in the making to deliver a focused set of components, hooks, and utilities in React for building great documentation exactly to your standards that always stay in sync.

renoun - The Documentation Toolkit for React

The renoun toolkit uses your React framework to keep documentation polished, in sync, and on brand.

renoun.dev

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Josh W. Comeau @joshwcomeau.com · 1d

Here’s another one, from Max. Love the patterns when they layer! 💖

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Josh W. Comeau @joshwcomeau.com · 1d

(This was created by someone named Numer, and honestly they went beyond what the course covers at this point. Though this is exactly the sort of thing I expect people to be able to create after the full course!)

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Josh W. Comeau @joshwcomeau.com · 1d

✨ Folks have been going through my Whimsical Animations course for a couple of weeks now, and they’re starting to share some of the stuff they’ve created. It’s *so cool* getting to see what people come up with!

For example:

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Josh W. Comeau @joshwcomeau.com · 2d

Well that’s disappointing. 😕

Nico Mara-McKay 🦇 (they/iel) @nicomaramckay.com · 3d

tl;dr: Bluesky began with genuine promise: a new social media platform where users could feel safer, but inconsistent moderation quickly eroded trust.

When systemically marginalized users pushed back, Bluesky’s leadership minimized concerns and began to target them for bans.

Bluesky’s CEO meltdown: How leadership continues to fail its most marginalized users

tl;dr: Bluesky began with genuine promise: a new social media platform where systemically marginalized users could feel safer, but…

plutopsyche.medium.com

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Josh W. Comeau @joshwcomeau.com · 2d

Quiet y’all, my show is on! 🍿

CodeTV @codetv.dev · 2d

Now streaming for everyone: 3 teams of devs had 4 hours to build apps that use something other than a keyboard or mouse for input. @leonnoel.bsky.social, @ericaxtech.bsky.social, @kentcdodds.com, @joelhooks.com, Billy, & @zig.computer took the challenge

Watch now: codetv.link/wdc/s2e10

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Piccalilli @piccalil.li · 2d

Set your alarms and clear your inboxes: JavaScript for Everyone launches in 7 days, on October 14th.

The drafts are done, the editing is *nearly* complete and let us tell you, Mat has written a masterpiece.

Get alerted on launch day by signing up for updates: piccalil.li/javascript-f...

JavaScript for Everyone. A new course by Mat Marquis. Launching in 7 days

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Sarah Drasner @sarahedo.bsky.social · 3d

💥 did a small drawing explaining the JS execution model including the event loop. I hope it’s helpful to folks. Debugging is always easier when the underlying implementations are understood.

Drawing explaining the JS execution model and event loop

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Derek Powazek @fraying.bsky.social · 6d

Fuck apps - build websites.

Joseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 6d

New from 404 Media: Google removed an ICE-spotting app too. Called Red Dot, an immigration support group on the ground in Chicago told me it was using it. Google now removed, just like Apple did with ICEBlock after DOJ pressure. Google calls ICE vulnerable group
www.404media.co/google-calls...

Google Calls ICE Agents a Vulnerable Group, Removes ICE-Spotting App ‘Red Dot’

The move comes as Apple removed ICEBlock after direct pressure from U.S. Department of Justice officials and signals a broader crackdown on ICE-spotting apps.

www.404media.co

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Josh W. Comeau @joshwcomeau.com · 6d

I also really like using em dashes. 😂

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Josh W. Comeau @joshwcomeau.com · 6d

It’s so frustrating to me, because I’ve been using purple gradients for a long time! It’s a lovely color and it’s irritating that AI has appropriated it. 😅

This is the earliest example I can find, something I built in 2017:

A website with a purple-to-blue gradient background

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Josh W. Comeau @joshwcomeau.com · 6d

Way nicer!

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Josh W. Comeau @joshwcomeau.com · 7d

I’ll be speaking in Toronto in a couple of weeks! It’ll be on animation design, and some of the cool things we can do to make our websites/webapps more whimsical. ✨

fitc.ca/event/webu25...

Web Unleashed 2025 // October 21-22 // Toronto & Online

The ultimate conference for front-end dev experts

fitc.ca

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Jack Sleight @jacksleight.com · 7d

Thoroughly enjoying @joshwcomeau.com 's Whimsical Animations course! And because I wanted extra work for some reason I’m also doing alpinejs.dev versions of all the exercises.

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Josh W. Comeau @joshwcomeau.com · 7d

Very cool! I think having to translate the concepts like that will actually help them stick in memory even better 😄

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Fionchadd @fionchadd.bsky.social · 7d

It's live! My absolute favourite site I've *ever* built and probably will ever build.
abhamilton.com
Tentacles! Plants with mouths! Hairy squiggles! It's got the lot.

Home

This is the website of AB Hamilton. Their first book, Beastwoven, will hit the shelves in October 2026.

abhamilton.com

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Kevin Powell @kevinpowell.co · 7d

Do you have any smaller/under-the-radar CSS sites/people that you follow?

Looking for blogs, YouTube channels, or anyone who just shares cool CSS stuff.

Reply if you know any, and look at the replies for new people/sites to follow 😊

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