Replicating CSS Object-Fit in WebGL: Optimized Techniques for Image Scaling and Positioning
11.3.2025
Explore optimized methods to achieve responsive image scaling and positioning in WebGL, similar to the CSS object-fit: cover behavior
Smashing Meets Accessibility
10.3.2025
The videos from Smashing Magazine's recent event on accessibility were just posted the other day. I was invited to host the panel discussion with the speakers, including a couple of personal heroes of mine, Stéphanie Walter and Sarah Fossheim. But I was just as stoked to meet Kardo Ayoub who shared...
Rendering a Procedural Vortex Inside a Glass Sphere with Three.js and TSL
10.3.2025
A step-by-step guide to creating a procedural vortex inside a glass sphere using Three.js Shader Language (TSL)
A CSS-Only Star Rating Component and More! (Part 2)
7.3.2025
In this second article of a two-part series, Temani Afif demonstrates an alternative approach to creating the star rating component from the first article using experimental scroll-driven animations to animate the star rating's colors in place rather than using the border-image property.
A...
Designer Spotlight: Artem Shcherban
7.3.2025
Award-winning designer Artem Shcherban shares his journey, design philosophy, and the creative principles behind his work
Maybe don’t use custom properties in shorthand properties
6.3.2025
This easily qualifies as a "gotcha" in CSS and is a good reminder that the cascade doesn't know everything all at the same time. If a custom property is invalid, the cascade won't ignore it, and it gets evaluated, which invalidates the declaration.
Maybe don’t use custom properties...
Developer Spotlight: Yannis Yannakopoulos
6.3.2025
In this spotlight, Yannis Yannakopoulos shares his journey with over 15 years of experience in web development, generative art and modular synths
Let's Talk About The American Dream
6.3.2025
A few months ago I wrote about what it means to stay gold — to hold on to the best parts of ourselves, our communities, and the American Dream itself. But staying gold isn’t passive. It takes work. It takes action. It takes hard conversations that ask
Grouping Selection List Items Together With CSS Grid
5.3.2025
Preethi demonstrates how to make a user interface to group selected items using CSS Grid using two different methods: the auto-fill keyword for stable layouts and the span keyword for flexible arrangements.
Grouping Selection List Items Together With CSS Grid originally published on CSS-Tricks...
Case Study: Stefan Vitasović Portfolio — 2025
5.3.2025
An article behind the process of Stefan's 2025 creative dev portfolio — a minimalist design, dynamic visuals and shader effects
Creating Stylized Water Effects with React Three Fiber
4.3.2025
Learn how to craft smooth, cartoon-style water effects with dynamic movement, optimized for performance, using React Three Fiber
Functions in CSS?!
3.3.2025
Arguments?! Return values?! What's crazier, you can use functions right now in Chrome Canary! So, after reading and playing around, here are my key insights on what you need to know about CSS Functions.
Functions in CSS?! originally published on CSS-Tricks, which is part of the DigitalOcean...