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Tyler Sticka
@tylersticka.com
(he/him) Co-owner and Creative Director @cloudfour.com, a small web design and development consultancy that makes a big impact. I also write, draw and make games.

https://tylersticka.com
https://cloudfour.com
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I’m in the home stretch of a nav redesign for a web app w/ 60+ unique features

The stakeholder just told me they are “very happy” with the outcomes, this was “money well spent” 🎉

If you could use that sort of #WebDesign #WebDev win, I’m always looking for my next project: [email protected]
On buying my first mechanical #keyboard out of anger: tylersticka.com/journal/the-...
The Keyboard I Never Wanted – Tyler Sticka
Reluctantly learning a hobby because everything breaks too quickly.
tylersticka.com
January 23, 2026 at 5:14 AM
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This is a neat visual effect.

If you use it to replace a legend / fieldset (such as in a form) for even more novel styles, then make sure you give the wrapper an `aria-labelledby` pointing at the heading and a `role="group"`.
I helped my pal @chriskirknielsen.com fake a fieldset-legend layout (where the “legend” overlays and clips a containing border).

My technique, plus a few alternatives: cloudfour.com/thinks/fakin...

#CSS #WebDev #WebDesign
Faking a Fieldset-Legend
Using CSS to make a heading overlay and clip the border of its own container.
cloudfour.com
January 21, 2026 at 4:57 AM
I helped my pal @chriskirknielsen.com fake a fieldset-legend layout (where the “legend” overlays and clips a containing border).

My technique, plus a few alternatives: cloudfour.com/thinks/fakin...

#CSS #WebDev #WebDesign
Faking a Fieldset-Legend
Using CSS to make a heading overlay and clip the border of its own container.
cloudfour.com
January 20, 2026 at 4:59 PM
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#TiledWords was nominated for the Playlin award for best daily short form web game!

If you like the game it would mean a lot to me if you took a second to vote for it!

playlin.io/awards/vote/
Vote for the Players' Choice Award
Discover and explore curated web games with Playlin. Your gateway to unique and exciting games, all in one place.
playlin.io
January 17, 2026 at 4:18 PM
I’m in the home stretch of a nav redesign for a web app w/ 60+ unique features

The stakeholder just told me they are “very happy” with the outcomes, this was “money well spent” 🎉

If you could use that sort of #WebDesign #WebDev win, I’m always looking for my next project: [email protected]
January 7, 2026 at 5:11 PM
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Having read cloudfour.com/thinks/justi... by @tylersticka.com et al., I learned about `hyphenate-limit-chars`, and in a nanosecond it jumped to the top of my list of #CSS properties that I’d like to see full support across browsers.

(Sure, it can be progressively enhanced, but still.)
Justified Text: Better Than Expected?
Do new CSS properties make justified text with automatic hyphenation more viable?
cloudfour.com
January 2, 2026 at 12:25 PM
An illustrated recap of my favorite games of the year: tylersticka.com/journal/favo...

#VideoGames #IndieGames #FanArt
My Favorite Games of 2025 – Tyler Sticka
An illustrated list of the games I enjoyed playing most this year.
tylersticka.com
December 23, 2025 at 6:04 PM
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On day 15 @tylersticka.com shows us how to break the web‽

htmhell.dev/adventcalend...
Them’s the Breaks - HTMHell
A collection of bad practices in HTML, copied from real websites.
htmhell.dev
December 16, 2025 at 7:25 AM
On day 15 of this year’s #HTMHellAdventCalendar, I “break” down (pun intended) an aspect of #HTML we often take for granted: Line breaks!

htmhell.dev/adventcalend...

#WebDesign #WebDev #CSS #Typography
Them’s the Breaks - HTMHell
A collection of bad practices in HTML, copied from real websites.
htmhell.dev
December 15, 2025 at 4:58 PM
I somehow missed the news of @stevesilberman.bsky.social’s passing last year. I hope he wouldn’t have minded me sharing this story… tylersticka.com/journal/that...
That time Steve Silberman wrote me a nice email… – Tyler Sticka
“I am a contributing editor of Wired magazine, and you are a genius.” 😳
tylersticka.com
December 14, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Drew some fanart for Formless Star (splendidland.itch.io/formless-star) by @splendid.land, one of my favorite games of the year

#FanArt #IndieGame
December 8, 2025 at 10:00 PM
I contributed a clue to today’s #TiledWords puzzle 😊

tiledwords.com/puzzles/2025...
Tiled Words
A daily word puzzle with a twist
tiledwords.com
December 7, 2025 at 4:13 PM
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CSS Weekly #629
🏔️ Range Syntax for Style Queries
🎯 New layouts with CSS Subgrid
🧠 Intro to CSS if Statements

Featuring @una.im, @joshwcomeau.com, @sunkanmifafowora.bsky.social, @stefanjudis.com, @tylersticka.com, @amitsheen.bsky.social, @innocenzi.dev, @cbolson.bsky.social. 🙏

cssw.io/issue-629
CSS Weekly Issue #629
Learn the new range syntax for CSS style queries and the if() function, the exciting new things you can do with subgrid, and more.
cssw.io
December 3, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Over the weekend I played #ElecHead and #Öoo back to back. Öoo in particular was fantastic!

#FanArt #IndieGames
December 1, 2025 at 5:54 PM
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A common strategy for one-time-password fields is to use six separate inputs. This makes for a subpar user experience. Read this article by @tylersticka.com for a simpler approach, complete with working code examples.

cloudfour.com/thinks/simpl...
Simple One-Time Passcode Inputs
Fully functional OTP entry may be easier than you think.
cloudfour.com
November 24, 2025 at 8:37 AM
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No more `npm i some-heavy-otp-input` because @tylersticka.com comes with a super simple solution.

cloudfour.com/thinks/simpl...

#html
Simple One-Time Passcode Inputs
Fully functional OTP entry may be easier than you think.
cloudfour.com
November 22, 2025 at 1:43 PM
This #CSS one-liner came in handy when a client’s updated brand guidelines dictated a global change in `letter-spacing`: cloudfour.com/thinks/respo...

#Typography #WebDev
Responsive Letter Spacing
Minimizing the readability impact of a typographic brand requirement.
cloudfour.com
November 20, 2025 at 4:34 PM
One of our recent projects at @cloudfour.com involved a bunch of “Light DOM” #WebComponents.

@gerardo.bsky.social shares how we tested them all: cloudfour.com/thinks/testi...

#WebDev #HTML #JavaScript
Testing HTML Light DOM Web Components: Easier Than Expected!
Testing HTML Light DOM web components wasn't so scary after all. Some testing notes and patterns from a recent project.
cloudfour.com
November 18, 2025 at 7:20 PM
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You've seen them, you've used them. Now explore how to enhance user experience with passcode entries. Discover "Simple One-Time Passcode Inputs" by @tylersticka.com. Check it out: cloudfour.com/thinks/simpl... #ux #cx
November 17, 2025 at 5:46 PM
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This week's Web Weekly is just about to go out and I think it turned out "very alright" this week. 🫣

If you want to keep up with all these new web platform features, you should check it out!

www.stefanjudis.com/blog/web-wee...
November 17, 2025 at 2:19 PM
I’ve seen one-time passcode (“OTP”) interfaces cause undue stress in otherwise level-headed #WebDev teams.

Thankfully, it doesn’t have to be complicated: cloudfour.com/thinks/simpl...

#HTML #CSS #JavaScript
Simple One-Time Passcode Inputs
Fully functional OTP entry may be easier than you think.
cloudfour.com
November 11, 2025 at 4:46 PM
“It’s relatively easy to make a game more difficult. But it’s not as easy to design a game where it’s […] accessible and you want to keep playing…”

Tetsuya Mizuguchi dropping some #GameDev truths: www.designroom.site/rez-infinite...
After almost a decade, Rez Infinite remains gaming’s greatest tease
“If we're using the word ‘prologue,’ obviously something has to come after...”
www.designroom.site
November 4, 2025 at 3:24 PM