What I really like about the current state of #CSS with things like grid, flexbox, relative units, etc.:
It is "describe your intent and let the browser handle the math and details". It can be complex at times, because you have to clearly express your intent, but it's also immensely powerful.
I still remember getting yelled at by so called "Art Directors" for not being able to 100% reproduce their "pixel perfect" Photoshop layouts across multiple browsers and operating systems.
First Look at The Modern attr() in CSS via @kerrick https://lobste.rs/s/tjyf9r #css
https://ishadeed.com/article/modern-attr/
Fun Facts: I Can See Your Page Title, But Why?! - Frontend Engineering Explained #css #webdev - Tagging @mia and @bramus as they were the catalyst - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lGBgcJAELdY
Just used color-mix() in production for the first time and uh....this is actual magic. I use a lot of colors with multiple shades (green1, green2, green3) and being able to reliably "mix" these in CSS is so cool.
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/color_value/color-mix
Saw the header here https://mastodon.social/@sturobson@front-end.social/114279126167674533 and had to make a version that works without JS, works with image backgrounds behind the header, works for any level of page zoom and is fully flexible when it comes to following the text wrapping on resize.
Play with it on @codepen https://codepen.io/thebabydino/pen/MYWxeew
Liked | In defense of unpolished personal websites
https://ohhelloana.blog/in-defense-of-unpolished-websites/
https://reillyspitzfaden.com/interactions/2025/04/liked-in-defense-of-unpolished-personal-websites/
If you use BearBlog, a new theme has been added! Low Vision Reader. Initially by yours truly but Herman had to basically rewrite it so, well, the idea came from me anyway! But it's designed with large font by default, high contrast by default, and looks great on mobile devices! https://bearblog.dev/ #CSS #Accessibility #A11y
Minimal CSS-only blurry image placeholders
Cascading Layouts - A workshop on resilient #CSS layouts | @OddBird
https://www.oddbird.net/workshops/cascading-layouts/
It has exceeded my efforts in that it has created an app that *looks* better than my efforts, because it is continually updating #css to go along with the #blazor pages and code. I lag behind on the UI design, as that's not my strong suit.
It has fallen behind, because my code has a data store, and I haven't asked the AI to build out the backend yet.
This explains an approach I’ve been dabbling with here and there for #CSS. Nice middle ground between “div soup” and the “all utility classes” approaches. https://jordanbrennan.hashnode.dev/tac-a-new-css-methodology #HTML
I’ve still not made a demo for CSS inert, partly because I’m trying to grok the nuance. But I’m following the issue.
A CSS inert property is risky and the use cases are shaky (IMO).
Scott just left good feedback (in addition to the 3 prior comments):
https://github.com/w3c/csswg-drafts/issues/10711#issuecomment-2777119047
I hadn't heard of it before, but it turns out there's a style format called XSLT that allows the browser to translate an XML file into HTML with CSS styling for display purposes.
Since my feed is Atom rather than RSS, I had a bit of trouble, but this post was helpful:
I figured out how to get my RSS feed to be human-readable and nice-looking!
I'd been wanting to do this to give people who aren't familiar with RSS an easier on-ramp to the stuff I care about.
I figure if someone new to RSS clicks on the link and just gets raw XML, they might think something is “broken” and not stick around, but now there's something human-readable and with instructions on how to follow it in a reader.
Dynamic #CSS Display Utility with Custom Properties - What if you wanted to create a single CSS utility class but also wanted to dynamically set the value of the `display` property set within the utility class? What if you also wanted this utility to have a fallback?
Turns out you do not have to wait for mixins, but you can do this today using CSS custom properties.
I am still SUPER excited to play with mixins though 
"Rewriting my site in vanilla web"
Hey y'all, I have a new workshop at the end of April - deepdive into modern CSS Layout techniques. Level up your team with a systemic understanding.
The intro video has a demo of #CSS grid areas. I’ll post more tips in the lead up. Early-bird pricing til April 12!
