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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.
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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...
Hints of progress: State of Crypto
1.2.2026
The White House is meeting folks, Congress advanced a bill and key regulators are back to joint press appearances
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...
The Protocol: Ethereum to roll out new AI agents standard soon
28.1.2026
Plus: Solana’s latest phase, OP token buybacks and EF post-quantum security team
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...
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 tool can excavate outdated CSS in your codebase that have modern CSS solutions.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
There is No Need to Trap Focus on a Dialog Element
26.1.2026
Accessibility advice around modals have commonly taught us to trap focus within the modal. Upon further research, it seems like we no longer need to trap focus within the (even in modal mode).
There is No Need to Trap Focus on a Dialog Element originally published on CSS-Tricks, which is part...
Days of our market structure bills: State of Crypto
24.1.2026
We have a new draft and fresh questions
Responsive Hexagon Grid Using Modern CSS
23.1.2026
A while back, Temani tacked a repeating grid of hexagon shapes. Well, he's updated it with modern CSS features that result in fewer magic numbers. And it's impressive!
Responsive Hexagon Grid Using Modern CSS originally published on CSS-Tricks, which is part of the DigitalOcean family. You should...
Open Props @custom-media Recipes
23.1.2026
The @custom-media at-rule has landed in Firefox Nightly! I couldn’t find it in the release notes but Adam Argyle’s on the beat noting that it’s behind a flag for now.
Look for layout.css.custom-media.enabled
I often forget the exact name of …
Open Props @custom-media...
I Learned The First Rule of ARIA the Hard Way
21.1.2026
Semantic HTML does a lot more accessibility work than we usually give it credit for already — and ARIA is simple to abuse when we use it both as a shortcut and as a supplement.
I Learned The First Rule of ARIA the Hard Way originally published on CSS-Tricks, which is part of the DigitalOcean...
What comes next: State of Crypto
17.1.2026
The crypto market structure bill isn't dead, but it took a blow
HTTP Archive 2025 Web Almanac
16.1.2026
I love me some good web research reports. I’m a sucker for them. HTTP Archive’s Web Almanac is one report I look forward to every year, and I know I’m not alone there. It’s one of those highly-anticipated publications on …
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“I Heart CSS” DailyDev Squad
16.1.2026
If you’re reading this, chances are you already have some sort of way that you’re following when we publish new content, whether that’s RSS, Bluesky, Mastodon, or what have you. But I know a lot of folks …
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What’s !important #3: Popover Context Menus, @scope, New Web Platform Features, and More
15.1.2026
The developer community hasn’t wasted any time kicking off 2026 with some really great articles, demos, and insights. Firefox 147 and Chrome 144 also shipped, and while they’re not jam-packed with features, the releases are still pretty exciting for what’s normally a slow time of year, so without...
The Protocol: Vitalik Buterin flags stablecoin design flaws
14.1.2026
Also: Zcash token falls after developer quits, Smart Cashtags and BTC quantum computing defense
Playing With CodePen slideVars
14.1.2026
Super cool new CodePen feature alert! You've probably seen a bunch of "interactive" demos that let you changed values on the fly from a UI panel embedded directly in the demo.
Playing With CodePen slideVars originally published on CSS-Tricks, which is part of the DigitalOcean family. You should...
Postcard From Web Directions Dev Summit, 2025
12.1.2026
Lee Meyer recently spoke at Web Directions Summit 2025. This is his experience, not only speaking at the event, but experiencing the event through the lens of anxiety and imposter syndrome.
Postcard From Web Directions Dev Summit, 2025 originally published on CSS-Tricks, which is part of...
The Senate moves toward a market structure vote: State of Crypto
10.1.2026
Lawmakers will (finally) vote on a market structure bill next week