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Creating an Auto-Closing Notification With an HTML Popover
9.6.2025
The HTML popover attribute transforms elements into top-layer elements that can be opened and closed with a button or JavaScript. Popovers can be dismissed a number of ways, but there is no option to auto-close them. Preethi has a technique you can use.
Creating an Auto-Closing Notification With...
Better CSS Shapes Using shape() — Part 3: Curves
6.6.2025
This is the third article in a series about the CSS shape() function. We've covered drawing lines and arcs in previous articles and, this time, we look specifically at the curve command and how to use it for drawing complex shapes.
Better CSS Shapes Using shape() — Part 3: Curves originally...
Try It On: A Playful Drag-and-Drop Styling UI
6.6.2025
A playful experience where you drag and drop virtual T-shirts onto a model to instantly change their look
Exploring the CSS contrast-color() Function… a Second Time
5.6.2025
The contrast-color() function doesn’t check color contrast, but rather it outright resolves to either black or white (whichever one contrasts the most with your chosen color). Safari Technology Preview recently implemented it and we explore its possible uses in this article.
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Building a Real-Time Dithering Shader
4.6.2025
A minimal, real-time WebGL shader that applies ordered dithering and optional pixelation as a composable postprocessing effect
Getting Creative With HTML Dialog
3.6.2025
So, how can you take dialogue box design beyond the generic look of frameworks and templates? How can you style them to reflect a brand’s visual identity and help to tell its stories? Here’s how I do it in CSS using ::backdrop, backdrop-filter, and animations.
Getting Creative With HTML Dialog...
DICH™ Fashion: A New Era of Futuristic Fashion
2.6.2025
How a creative course challenge became a full digital fashion experience, built with Webflow, GSAP, Spline, and a focus on motion and detail. DICH™ is our visual manifesto in code
Better CSS Shapes Using shape() — Part 2: More on Arcs
30.5.2025
This is the second part of a series that dives deep into the CSS shape() command, continuing with a more detailed look at the arc command.
Better CSS Shapes Using shape() — Part 2: More on Arcs originally published on CSS-Tricks, which is part of the DigitalOcean family. You should get...
Deconstructing the 35mm Website: A Look at the Process and Technical Details
30.5.2025
A closer look at the main components of the 35mm site and the core concepts and techniques behind how it was built
Developer Spotlight: MisterPrada
30.5.2025
A self-taught journey from hacking games to crafting immersive WebGL experiences—with passion, persistence, and a hint of luck
No Visuals, No Time, No Problem: Launching OXI Instruments / ONE MKII in 2 Weeks
29.5.2025
Built in two weeks from minimal assets, the OXI ONE MKII site used structure, type, and hustle to deliver a sharp launch right on time
What We Know (So Far) About CSS Reading Order
27.5.2025
The reading-flow and reading-order proposed CSS properties are designed to specify the source order of HTML elements in the DOM tree, or in simpler terms, how accessibility tools deduce the order of elements. You’d use them to make the focus order of focusable elements match the visual order,...
Better CSS Shapes Using shape() — Part 1: Lines and Arcs
23.5.2025
This is the first part of a series that dives deep into the shape function, starting with shapes that use lines and arcs.
Better CSS Shapes Using shape() — Part 1: Lines and Arcs originally published on CSS-Tricks, which is part of the DigitalOcean family. You should get the newsletter
Developer Spotlight: Rogier de Boevé
23.5.2025
Rogier de Boevé turns complex code into engaging digital stories, building experiences that are as artistic as they are technical
Bolt.new: Web Creation at the Speed of Thought
22.5.2025
This article takes a closer look at Bolt.new, a lightning-fast AI engineer that builds websites and apps based on your direction and designs
Shopify Summer ’25 Edition Introduces Horizon, a New Standard for Creative Control
21.5.2025
Shopify’s latest Edition unveils Horizon—a modular, AI-powered theme foundation that puts design freedom and storytelling in the hands of every merchant
Behind the Curtain: Building Aurel’s Grand Theater from Design to Code
20.5.2025
Step inside Aurel’s Grand Theater, an unconventional creative portfolio crafted with Three.js, Vue.js, GSAP, and Blender, bursting with animations and thoughtful details
A Reader’s Question on Nested Lists
19.5.2025
Answering a reader's question about how to create a complex numbering system with CSS list counters.
A Reader’s Question on Nested Lists originally published on CSS-Tricks, which is part of the DigitalOcean family. You should get the newsletter
Designer Spotlight: Ning Huang
17.5.2025
A spotlight on Ning Huang, a Taipei-based digital designer who blends no-code tools and AI to craft expressive, motion-rich web experiences
Developer Spotlight: Andrew Woan
15.5.2025
A beautifully honest, unexpectedly funny reflection on creativity, code, and being human—this is not your average dev story