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Using CSS backdrop-filter for UI Effects
16.4.2025
Tips and tricks on utilizing the CSS backdrop-filter property to style user interfaces. You’ll learn how to layer backdrop filters among multiple elements, and integrate them with other CSS graphical effects to create elaborate designs.
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Turning Music Into Motion: The Making of the 24/7 Artists Launch Page
16.4.2025
A closer look at how Waaark designed and built the launch page for 24/7 Artists' latest product
Nite Riot: Minimalism Gets a Wild Side
15.4.2025
When a client like Nite Riot walks through the (digital) door, you don’t play it safe. You go all in
Next Level CSS Styling for Cursors
14.4.2025
Custom cursors with CSS are great, but we can take things to the next level with JavaScript. Using JavaScript, we can transition between cursor states, place dynamic text within the cursor, apply complex animations, and apply filters.
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Native Design Tokens: The Foundation of Consistent, Scalable, Open Design
14.4.2025
Explore how structured design decisions are transforming design systems through Penpot’s native tokens, real-world workflows, and open standards
CSS-Tricks Chronicles XLIII
11.4.2025
This CSS-Tricks update highlights significant progress in the Almanac, recent podcast appearances, a new CSS counters guide, and the addition of several new authors contributing valuable content.
CSS-Tricks Chronicles XLIII originally published on CSS-Tricks, which is part of the DigitalOcean...
Designer Spotlight: Luca Franceschetti
11.4.2025
Explore the eclectic and expressive world of Italian digital designer Luca Franceschetti, where playful experimentation meets refined UI design
Tailwind’s @apply Feature is Better Than it Sounds
10.4.2025
Most of the time, people showcase Tailwind's @apply feature with one of Tailwind's single-property utilities (which changes a single CSS declaration). When showcased this way, @apply doesn't sound promising at all. So obviously, nobody wants to use it. Personally, I think Tailwind's @apply feature...
Feeling Like I Have No Release: A Journey Towards Sane Deployments
7.4.2025
Deploying like an idiot comes down to a mismatch between the tools you use to deploy and the reward in complexity reduced versus complexity added.
Feeling Like I Have No Release: A Journey Towards Sane Deployments originally published on CSS-Tricks, which is part of the DigitalOcean family....
Case Study: Ciel Rose
7.4.2025
Explore how storytelling and subtle design come together in a filmmaker duo’s portfolio
Designer Spotlight: Vítor Cardoso
4.4.2025
Explore the work of Vítor Cardoso, an award-winning Freelance Designer from Portugal, as he shares his design approach, inspiration and selected projects that defined his journey
A New “Web” Readiness Report
4.4.2025
HTML 5 Readiness was a site that showed through a rainbow of colors the browser support for several web features. What about a new version?
A New “Web” Readiness Report originally published on CSS-Tricks, which is part of the DigitalOcean family. You should get the newsletter
SMIL on?
2.4.2025
Well, it turns out that SVG's built-in animation features were never deprecated as planned. Sure, CSS and JavaScript are more than capable of carrying the load, but it's good to know that SMIL is not dead in the water as previously thought, and is actually well-supported.
SMIL on? originally...
Warhol Arts: A Digital Playground of Pop, Pixels, and Pure Motion
1.4.2025
A deep dive into the code, craft, and chaos behind a pop-art-inspired digital experience powered by GSAP and Webflow
Crafting Strong DX With Astro Components and TypeScript
1.4.2025
One thing we can do to help teams code consistently is provide type-checking so that all of the configurable options for a specific component are available while coding. Bryan demonstrates how he does this with TypeScript when working with Astro components.
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Worlds Collide: Keyframe Collision Detection Using Style Queries
31.3.2025
Interactive CSS animations with elements ricocheting off each other seem more plausible in 2025. While it’s unnecessary to implement Pong in CSS, the increasing flexibility and power of CSS reinforce Lee's suspicion that one day it will be a lifestyle choice whether to achieve any given effect with...
Automated Visual Regression Testing With Playwright
28.3.2025
With visual regression testing, we can update a page, take screenshots before and after the fact, and compare the results for unintended changes. In this article, learn how to set up visual regression testing using Playwright.
Automated Visual Regression Testing With Playwright originally...
Case Study: Troa 25′ Folio
28.3.2025
A look at how Troa reimagined their portfolio — focusing on performance, sustainability, and a clean, thoughtful design
Developer Spotlight: Jorge Toloza
27.3.2025
From self-taught beginnings to crafting motion-driven, interactive experiences—this is a look at Jorge Toloza's journey and the projects that shaped his approach to creative development
Design in Motion: The Animation Principles Behind Green Stack
26.3.2025
A concept-to-site journey in Webflow, shaped by design, dev, and bold animation principles