Links
CSS in 2026: The new features reshaping frontend development
Jemima Abu, a senior product engineer and award-winning developer educator, shows how she replaced 150+ lines of JavaScript with just a few new CSS features.
The Incredible Overcomplexity of the Shadcn Radio Button
Radio buttons are built into web browsers. Why are we using a UI library that wraps another UI library that rebuilds radio buttons from scratch? Why does rendering a radio button require multiple dependencies and several kilobytes of JavaScript? How did we make a built-in browser control so complicated?
Faking a Fieldset-Legend
Let’s mimic the look of a
<legend>inside a<fieldset>: Specifically, the way the<legend>element magically overlays and partially clips the border of the containing<fieldset>.
View Transitions & Playing Video
Can you keep a video playing as a view transitions happens? Yes and no. Mostly yes.
The 2025 Web Almanac
The Web Almanac is an annual state of the web report combining the expertise of the web community with the data and trends of the HTTP Archive.
Videos
CSS tried to come for my Job
A practical guide to view transitions for creative devs. I’ll share what I learned switching from JS animations to CSS. I’ll talk about what works, what doesn’t (yet), and how these tools are reshaping the creative dev’s workflow.
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