Motion Highlights #16
8.2.2026
A fresh selection of UI animations and motion work from the creative community
CSS Bar Charts Using Modern Functions
5.2.2026
CSS-only bar charts are one of those things we've tackled a bunch of times in different ways. But how can modern CSS features finally make it not only trivial, but fun?
CSS Bar Charts Using Modern Functions originally published on CSS-Tricks, which is part of the DigitalOcean family. You should...
Making Motion Behave: Inside Vladyslav Penev’s Production-Ready Interaction Systems
4.2.2026
Vladyslav Penev shares how he builds production-ready motion and layout-driven 3D systems, where CSS, WebGL, and interaction behave as one
Launching The Rural Guaranteed Minimum Income Initiative
4.2.2026
It's been a year since I invited Americans to join us in a pledge to Share the American Dream:1. Support organizations you feel are effectively helping those most in need across America right now.2. Within the next five years, also contribute public dedications
No Hassle Visual Code Theming: Publishing an Extension
3.2.2026
You’d think that publishing a VS Code extension is an easy process, but it’s not. You have to publish your theme in at least two places.
No Hassle Visual Code Theming: Publishing an Extension originally published on CSS-Tricks, which is part of the DigitalOcean family. You should get the newsletter
No-Hassle Visual Studio Code Theming: Building an Extension
2.2.2026
I've always thought that creating a VS Code theme was a lot of work. But lo and behold, it took less than six hours to get it working, then a day or two to polish up my final tweaks.
No-Hassle Visual Studio Code Theming: Building an Extension originally published on CSS-Tricks, which is part...
Building a Scroll-Revealed WebGL Gallery with GSAP, Three.js, Astro and Barba.js
2.2.2026
Learn how to build a multi-page WebGL image gallery with scroll-triggered shader reveals, smooth scrolling, and seamless page transitions using GSAP, Three.js, Astro, and Barba.js
What’s !important #4: Videos & View Transitions, Named Media Queries, How Browsers Work, and More
30.1.2026
Neither Chrome, Safari, nor Firefox have shipped new features in the last couple of weeks, but fear not because leading this issue of What’s !important is some of the web development industry’s best educators with, frankly, some killer content.
What’s !important #4: Videos & View Transitions...
From Art on the Walls to Motion on the Screen: Daniele Buffa’s Approach to Design
30.1.2026
From discovering design as a teenager to creating award-winning experiences, Daniele Buffa’s journey has been shaped by curiosity, craft, and a lifelong exposure to art
How to Style the New ::search-text and Other Highlight-y Pseudo-Elements
28.1.2026
Chrome 144 recently shipped ::search-text, which is now one of several highlight-related pseudo-elements. This one selects find-in-page text, which is the text that gets highlighted when you do a Ctrl/Command + F-type search for something on a page and matches are found.
How to Style the...
WebGPU Gommage Effect: Dissolving MSDF Text into Dust and Petals with Three.js & TSL
28.1.2026
Build a Three.js WebGPU scene where MSDF text dissolves with a noise-driven TSL shader while synchronized dust and spinning petal particles burst out, finished with selective bloom using MRT
ReliCSS
28.1.2026
Stu Robson's ReliCSS (clever name!) tool can excavate outdated CSS in your codebase that have modern CSS solutions.
ReliCSS originally published on CSS-Tricks, which is part of the DigitalOcean family. You should get the newsletter