Links
Friday Front-End’s Top Links of 2025
Every week on Friday Front-End, I share a curated list of five articles and one video. It's fun at the end of the year to look back and see which links recieved the most interest.
Directional CSS with scroll-state(scrolled)
There’s a new
scroll-state()query in town, and it’s rolling out in Chrome 144. Thescrolledstate query lets you apply styles based on the last scroll direction of your user’s well.. scroll. This unlocks a ton of new possibilities, and I couldn’t help but get my hands on trying it out.
Responsive List of Avatars Using Modern CSS
A list of rounded images that slightly overlap each other is a classic web design pattern. The main idea is not complex, but the new thing is the responsive part. that dynamically adjusts the overlap between the images so they fit inside the container.
Your job is to deliver code you have proven to work
A computer can never be held accountable. That’s your job as the human in the loop. Almost anyone can prompt an LLM to generate a thousand-line patch and submit it for code review. That’s no longer valuable. What’s valuable is contributing code that is proven to work.
You Can't Opt-Out of Accessibility
A rant of frustration about accessibility being a undervalued yet critically important part of building digital experiences. Complaining about the industry's apathy and the true human cost of neglecting accessibility.
Videos
11 New CSS Features Every Browser Supports in 2025
Learn 11 powerful new HTML & CSS features that hit Baseline in 2024/2025—so you can use them safely across all major browsers. We’ll speed up render time, replace fiddly JS with cleaner CSS/HTML solutions, and peek into CSS Houdini for custom magic.
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Sponsored by Cloud Four
Thanks to Cloud Four for sponsoring this week’s newsletter! They solve complex responsive web design and development challenges for ecommerce, healthcare, fashion, B2B, SaaS, and nonprofit organizations.
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