Developers claimed that on any given project, there would be more @container in the CSS than @media. I joined that refrain. So, did this turn out to be true? Anecdotally: no, not really.

Of course you’re having problems keeping up with everything that’s happening in web dev. Of course! You’re expected to follow half-a-dozen different specialities, each relatively fast-paced and complex in its own right, and you’re supposed to do it without cutting into the hours where you do actual paid web development.

It’s easy to get lost in a sea of CSS frameworks and libraries, each promising easier styling and smoother layouts. Brecht De Ruyte demonstrates four CSS utility classes (plus a bonus) using techniques that allow them to be used practically anywhere you need a particular layout — be it Grid or Flexbox — with configurable options.

Browsers are a failure of imagination. Functionality that would be genuinely beneficial to the people using these applications day in and day out take a backseat to things like optimizing esoteric JavaScript debugging techniques, inventing new ways to generate advertising metrics, and collapse our climate via an unrelenting torrent of AI hype.

Are you facing challenges providing timely and important information to your screen reader users? ARIA attributes play a crucial role in achieving this goal, with role=alert being a key attribute for conveying important updates and notifications to users.