CSS vs. JavaScript

Animation performance is more nuanced than expected.

You are no longer the user

”The substrate is the new field of design.”

Email Accessibility Report 2026

“The email ecosystem remains in a state of systemic failure.”

Using AI to write better code more slowly

“Try this other, slower style of ‘vibe coding.’”

Component examples as data

What’s possible for designers and machines alike.

Preparing your codebase for AI coders

“If you can’t beat them, join them.”

Our CSS isn’t opinionated enough

What if styles relied on semantic HTML?

CSS is filling the gaps with rules

Native gap styling for grid and flex layouts.

The inversion of purpose

How the agentic web undermines conversion optimization.

AI traffic vs. AI citations

Google’s AI search is more layered than you think.

Don’t put ‘aria-label’ on generic elements

Why we must avoid labeling divs or spans.

First look at Figma Agent

Putting the new AI design companion to the test.

Spam in the age of AI search

How SEO spam evolves into AI search manipulation.

Advanced slop prevention techniques

Independent review layers for shipping reliable code.

AI can replace designers?

“If AI can replace your designers, you never understood design.”

New to the web platform (May 2026)

CSS name-only container queries, :open pseudo-class, and more.

Panic announces Transmit 6

The revival of a beloved file transfer app.

Making RSS more human readable

“Owning a website means owning the little connective pieces too.”

Kagi is good enough to leave Google Search

“I’ve never once felt the need to switch back.”

Websites are not going to die

“The AI web will actually strengthen the IndieWeb.”

Introducing Webstripes

Visualizing the energy efficiency of web pages.

replacements.fyi

Performant, safer npm package alternatives.

La Carte Blanche

A project definition framework to avoid chaos.

A few interesting modern pixel fonts

Analog Mono, Coral Pixels, and Geist Pixel.

Is AI another Frontend’s Lost Decade?

“The industry will realize it’s just one more tool in the toolbox.”

Designing like it’s 1999

“Design for where the puck is going.”

What 846,000 Google searches reveal

Users now stay longer on search results before acting.

Making information hierarchies work

The role of scent in broad and deep information structures.

Stop writing prompts

Here’s an AI assistant that does it for you.

Entry and exit transitions with modern CSS

Techniques for transitions and view transitions.

Glyph Finder

Find Adobe Fonts that support a given Unicode character.

Error hiding is not error prevention

Why the ’accept’ attribute degrades file upload UX.

The best loading states are none at all

Making the case for route transitions.

A framework for designing AI systems

Turning use cases into AI-powered products.

XML and JSON in 2026

“Nobody really has to think about them much anymore.”

How declarative partial updates work

From HTML streaming to out-of-order patching.

107 SEO statistics for 2026

Insights and trends that reveal how search is changing.

Passkeys are better than passwords

But they are not a silver bullet.

Does AI find real UI problems?

“False alarms and hallucinations dominate.”

Context-aware headings in HTML

A long-awaited feature arrives in Firefox Nightly.

Seamless PWA origin migration

Change domains without losing Chrome users.

Write-first design

Writing exposes bad design before it gets expensive.

Why great content no longer works

MIT research shows the shift reshaping SEO.

VoidZero is joining Cloudflare

“Vite, Vitest, Rolldown, Oxc, and Vite+ will stay open source.”

Lost, forgotten, and unfamiliar HTML

Visiting a few dark corners of the HTML spec.

Being an AI-native designer

What 30 design leaders say it really is.

Reading code with AI, not generating it

Using AI to make sense of an unfamiliar codebase.

The four design jobs AI created so far

“AI design” has forked into different types of work.

Using local LLMs for agentic coding

“AI honeymoon pricing is over, but your work is not.”

Implementing Standard.Site

Syndicating blog posts across the AT Protocol ecosystem.

Fixing the plumbing of the web

”It is the work that gets us the web we want.”

JS Crossword

A crossword where the clue = eval(answer).

PolyCSS

A CSS 3D engine for the DOM.

Griddy Icons

An icon family with a distinctive utilitarian style.

“The developers who’ll be in highest demand in this age of AI will be the ones who don’t need it.”

The future of the web is weirdly human

What if a website wasn’t a document?

Loop Engineering

“You don’t really need to be good at prompting anymore.”

The quiet problem with unnecessary async

“It changes the shape of the code around it.”

WebKit in Safari 27 beta

Customizable select, scroll anchoring, and so much more.

Bots have overtaken humans on the internet

“The open web is now being swamped by AI agents.”

Daily Designer

Design insights distilled into daily reflections.

“Developers don’t like AI for the same reason they don’t like SEO; they resent being forced into a black-box discipline with rules that change without notice.”

Google Search clicks fall below one-third

What can website owners do to fight back?

“HTML is the new JSON”

Streaming HTML out of order for instant UI updates.

The field guide to Grid Lanes

How to create masonry layouts in pure CSS.

The great agent skills land grab

When do agent skills actually matter?

Announcing Stack Overflow for Agents

Trusted coding answers for your AI agents.

Court makes Google liable for false AI answers

“Google’s ‘users can check for themselves’ defense falls flat.”

Demystifying the view transition pseudo tree

Customizing view transitions via pseudo-elements.

The trouble with font previews

“Fonts are so much more feral than you think.”

Media queries might look very different soon

Streamlining media queries with @function and if().

Can your AI pass the accessibility test?

”AI accelerates whatever process you already have.“

Upcoming breaking changes for npm

Version 12 tightens install defaults for security.

Ending responsive images

“Lazy loading changes everything.”

Dark mode with web standards

A web-native approach using CSS and minimal JavaScript.

What’s new in Penpot release 2.16

WebGL rendering beta, better design token integration, and more.

Not the document outline algorithm

What to know when using HTML’s ‘headingoffset’ attribute.

Every frame perfect

Users should never see a broken UI state.

Web browsers on video game consoles

A detailed history of an underdocumented topic.

Where’s the holistic AI productivity data?

“I see no evidence that AI can come close to replacing the expertise we’ll lose.”

The right kind of AI sceptic

The case for a middle way between extremes.

CSS Wordle

Guess today’s CSS feature in six rows or less.

Prop For That

A JS library that backfills what CSS doesn’t provide us yet.

What the color?

Guess a color in different color spaces.

SVG Dot Grids

Create customizable dot grid patterns in seconds.

SHRTCTS

Learn keyboard shortcuts for apps you use daily.

Building an HTML-first site

How it doubled a company’s users overnight.

Cleaning up after AI rockstar developers

“Craftsmanship is one thing we can never outsource to a machine.”

Introducing the MDN MCP server

Your AI tools can now access MDN resources directly.

Did Lovable’s AI build a 100% accessible site?

When AI sites improve with human accessibility expertise.

Websites shouldn’t need maintenance

“Websites don’t need oiling, they do need attention, though.”

CrankGPT

“Human-powered, local-first, private AI.”

The golden rule of Customizable Select

“Always include text in your options.”

Agentic code review

The state of code review in the AI era.

“AI is excellent at accelerating execution. But it won’t reliably tell you if you’re solving the wrong problem. You still have to move the ladder to the right wall.”

What server logs reveal that SEO tools miss

How to uncover hidden SEO issues at scale.

Discover MapKit JS 6

Modernized Apple Maps integration for your website.

The scope of CSS @function

“CSS functions have a fascinating superpower with scope.”

Designing with uncertainty

How AI supercharges probabilistic thinking.

Releasing Babel 8

ESM only, ES5 no longer default, smooth migration path.