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How our dog increased my appreciation for accessibility
It’s a misnomer to think that accessibility is only for people with permanent conditions. Whether it is a temporary injury, a permanent condition, old age, or a literal boneheaded dog giving you a concussion, you will need accessibility features at some point in your life.
5 Useful CSS functions using the new @function rule
Writing custom functions makes code much neater, especially for building with design systems. So I’m really excited to see this feature land. Let’s take a look at some real-world examples of where this can come in handy.
Better CSS layouts: Time.com Hero Section
In this article series, I plan to choose layouts from popular websites and see how I can rebuild them better in CSS. This time, it’s the top news section in Time.com’s layout.
A gentle introduction to anchor positioning
Anchor positioning allows you to place an element on the page based on where another element is. It makes it easier to create responsive menus and tooltips with less code using only CSS. Here’s how it works.
Infinite Pixels
I immediately thought, 'This is a perfect outer-limits probe!' By which I mean, if I hand a browser values that are effectively infinite by way of the
infinity
keyword, it will necessarily end up clamping to something finite, thus revealing how far it’s able or willing to go for that property.
Videos

Cascading Layers of !mportance
The Cascade is the underlying algorithm that applies our styles the web, and a main target of frustration when our styles go bad. But why is it there, how is it changing, and why should we care? Cascade Layers are now widely available, with the potential to fundamentally change how we think about the cascade – and how we collaborate across design systems, component libraries, and third-party tools.
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