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External links and target="_blank"
External links are everywhere, and I’m using tons of them on this rather small website. They’re often used as…
Layout Update
Over the last few days, I’ve been working on some minor redesign of my website’s overall layout that I mentioned in yesterday’s post, Indent Outdent. After some…
Your site or app should work as much as possible without JavaScript
I’m amazed at how often this is a controversial opinion, but… your site or app should work as much as possible without JavaScript. The most common argument I…
The different ways to build a resilient website or web app
Yesterday, I talked about how your site should work without JavaScript. Today, I wanted to talk about some different approaches for building a resilient website…
Old Dogs, new CSS Tricks
A lot of new CSS features have shipped in the last years, but actual usage is still low. While there are many different reasons for the slow adoption, I think…
The New CSS Math: rem() and mod()
SS added many new Math functions to supplement the old favorites (think calc() and the more recent clamp() ). They all ultimately represent a…
The prefers-reduced-transparency media feature
The prefers-reduced-transparency media feature posted on 01.11.2023 It’s time to get me up to speed with modern CSS. There’s so much new in CSS that I…
Progressively Enhanced Popover Toggletips
The CSS Anchor Positioning specification enables us to position elements relative to an anchor, wherever they are in our web page. As I wrote recently, one…
The key to side project success
The key to side project success Posted on: 31 October 2023 Most start-ups fail. Intuitively, they fail because they run out of money. But what’s the biggest…
Misconceptions about CSS Specificity
Me talking about Specificity (and the Cascade) Whenever a post about Specificity in CSS – and by extension the Cascade itself – gets published…