- Using CSS corner-shape For Folded Corners
Freitag 13:54 – Daniel Schwarz at CSS-Tricks
I came across Kitty Giraudel’s folded corners technique. I’ve been on a bit of a corner-shape kick lately, so I figured that corner-shape could be used to create folded corners as well.Using CSS corner-shape For Folded Corners originally handwritten and published with love on CSS-Tricks. You should really get the newsletter as well. - A Scrollytelling Gift for Mum on Mother’s Day 2026
Donnerstag 14:22 – Lee Meyer at CSS-Tricks
I will explain how my mum inspired this 2026 Mother’s Day scrollytelling experiment — but also, how she inspired my approach to dev and life.A Scrollytelling Gift for Mum on Mother’s Day 2026 originally handwritten and published with love on CSS-Tricks. You should really get the newsletter as well. - Google’s Prompt API
Mittwoch 19:41 – Geoff Graham at CSS-Tricks
Mat Marquis on Google pulling the web standards equivalent of U2 album marketing:As a Chrome user, you’ll have received Gemini Nano in the form of a 4GB transfer recently; no permission asked or required. If you remove it,…Google’s Prompt API originally handwritten and published with love on CSS-Tricks. You should really get the newsletter as well. - Making Zigzag CSS Layouts With a Grid + Transform Trick
Mittwoch 13:50 – Durgesh Rajubhai Pawar at CSS-Tricks
Most grid layouts sit in neat rows, perfectly aligned, like soldiers in formation. But sometimes you want something with more rhythm like, say, a zigzag pattern. Here’s how to do it with CSS Grid.Making Zigzag CSS Layouts With a Grid + Transform Trick originally handwritten and published with love on CSS-Tricks. You should really get the newsletter as well. - The Architecture Of Local-First Web Development
Mittwoch 10:00 – at Articles on Smashing Magazine — For Web Designers And Developers
An honest perspective on building local-first web apps in 2026, written for developers who’ve been doing this long enough to be skeptical of silver bullets. - Rethinking The Experience Of System Tools
Dienstag 8:00 – at Articles on Smashing Magazine — For Web Designers And Developers
Design always starts with function — function shapes form. But if that function can’t be made completely invisible and people still have to interact with it, it inevitably becomes part of their experience. In this article, Kyrylo Levashov shares four common software design assumptions. - Fixed-Height Cards: More Fragile Than They Look
Montag 14:01 – Kevine Nzapdi at CSS-Tricks
Getting a multi-column of cards to line up equally is is a headache we’ve all faced, and it gets even harder when working with fixed heights.Fixed-Height Cards: More Fragile Than They Look originally handwritten and published with love on CSS-Tricks. You should really get the newsletter as well. - 7 Essential Design Tools & Resources for High-Quality Web Builds in 2026 Sponsored
Montag 7:08 – Speckyboy at Speckyboy Design Magazine
Explore 7 essential design tools and resources for 2026. From AI website builders to powerful WordPress themes, create high-quality, fast, and modern web projects with ease.
The post 7 Essential Design Tools & Resources for High-Quality Web Builds in 2026 appeared first on Speckyboy Design Magazine. - 8 Best Add-Ons for the Gravity Forms WordPress Plugin in 2026
Sonntag 18:03 – Eric Karkovack at Speckyboy Design Magazine
We share some free and commercially available plugins that can help to turn Gravity Forms (and your website) into a feature-packed powerhouse.
The post 8 Best Add-Ons for the Gravity Forms WordPress Plugin in 2026 appeared first on Speckyboy Design Magazine. - 20+ Seasonal Lightroom Presets & LUTs for Photographers
Sonntag 17:54 – Eric Karkovack at Speckyboy Design Magazine
Lightroom presets and LUTs created for seasonal photography. Adjust colors, tones, and moods for spring, summer, autumn, and winter photos with professional-quality edits.
The post 20+ Seasonal Lightroom Presets & LUTs for Photographers appeared first on Speckyboy Design Magazine. - Keeping Your WordPress Client Expectations Realistic in the AI Era
Sonntag 10:27 – Eric Karkovack at Speckyboy Design Magazine
AI can speed up WordPress work, but it can also inflate client expectations. We show you how to set boundaries, explain why human review still matters, and keep pricing tied to outcomes rather than tools.
The post Keeping Your WordPress Client Expectations Realistic in the AI Era appeared first on Speckyboy Design Magazine. - 20+ Best Free Pixel Fonts for Creatives
Sonntag 10:25 – Eric Karkovack at Speckyboy Design Magazine
A curated collection of free pixel fonts for designers and gamers. Inspired by classic video games, computer systems, and plenty of pop culture references.
The post 20+ Best Free Pixel Fonts for Creatives appeared first on Speckyboy Design Magazine. - Why Humans Should Still Be a Part of WordPress Development
Sonntag 10:24 – Eric Karkovack at Speckyboy Design Magazine
Some teams are cutting staff and leaning on AI for WordPress work. Learn why that can backfire, and how humans improve results through testing, review, better planning, and user-focused decisions.
The post Why Humans Should Still Be a Part of WordPress Development appeared first on Speckyboy Design Magazine. - Using my.WordPress.net to Experiment With AI
Sonntag 9:44 – Eric Karkovack at Speckyboy Design Magazine
Learn how to use my.WordPress.net as a safe AI sandbox. We show you how to install WordPress in the browser, add the AI Assistant app, connect ChatGPT, Claude, or Ollama, and run a few test prompts.
The post Using my.WordPress.net to Experiment With AI appeared first on Speckyboy Design Magazine. - 30+ Best Business Card Templates for InDesign in 2026
Sonntag 9:43 – Paul Andrew at Speckyboy Design Magazine
A curated collection of the best business card templates for Adobe InDesign. Minimal, clean, and colorful choices. Also includes free templates.
The post 30+ Best Business Card Templates for InDesign in 2026 appeared first on Speckyboy Design Magazine. - What’s !important #10: HTML-in-Canvas, Hex Maps, E-ink Optimization, and More
Freitag 13:43 – Daniel Schwarz at CSS-Tricks
Developers have been experimenting with HTML-in-Canvas, a hexagonal world map-analytics feature, a web-based OS for e-ink devices, replacing image sources using the content property, and more. This is What’s !important #10.What’s !important #10: HTML-in-Canvas, Hex Maps, E-ink Optimization, and More originally handwritten and published with love on CSS-Tricks. You should really get the newsletter as well. - The Potential of Local Open-Source AI Models
Freitag 10:06 – Eric Karkovack at Speckyboy Design Magazine
Local open-source AI models can lower privacy risks and reduce API costs. We look at why smaller models can fit common site tasks, how they can be trained on narrow data, and where to start testing.
The post The Potential of Local Open-Source AI Models appeared first on Speckyboy Design Magazine. - Designing Stable Interfaces For Streaming Content
Freitag 8:00 – at Articles on Smashing Magazine — For Web Designers And Developers
Streaming UIs are an easy concept on the surface, but are quite complicated in practice. There are many considerations that need to be accounted for, from layout shifts and motion preferences to proper markup and various states, that may not be instantly obvious. What happens if the stream is interrupted? Can users tab through the UI on the keyboard as it shifts? What ARIA attributes might be needed? - The Importance of Native Randomness in CSS
Donnerstag 15:26 – Alvaro Montoro at CSS-Tricks
We’re getting new functions for generating random numbers in CSS! But the road to get here has been a long and winding one.The Importance of Native Randomness in CSS originally handwritten and published with love on CSS-Tricks. You should really get the newsletter as well. - A Fresh View In May (2026 Wallpapers Edition)
Donnerstag 11:00 – at Articles on Smashing Magazine — For Web Designers And Developers
Let’s welcome May with a new collection of desktop wallpapers! Following our monthly tradition, the wallpapers were created by the community for the community and can be downloaded for free. Enjoy! - contrast()
Mittwoch 14:58 – Gabriel Shoyombo at CSS-Tricks
The contrast() filter function increases or decreases the contrast of an element.contrast() originally handwritten and published with love on CSS-Tricks. You should really get the newsletter as well. - contrast-color()
Mittwoch 14:57 – Gabriel Shoyombo at CSS-Tricks
The contrast-color() function takes a and returns either black or white, whichever is the most contrasting color for that value.contrast-color() originally handwritten and published with love on CSS-Tricks. You should really get the newsletter as well. - Let’s Use the Nonexistent ::nth-letter Selector Now
Montag 13:55 – Lee Meyer at CSS-Tricks
My shim might give the powers that be another reason to say native support isn’t necessary, or if lots of people use my :nth-letter hack in the wild, the browser gods might recognize the need to implement it for real.Let’s Use the Nonexistent ::nth-letter Selector Now originally handwritten and published with love on CSS-Tricks. You should really get the newsletter as well. - The “Bug-Free” Workforce: How AI Efficiency Is Subtly Disrupting The Interactions That Build Strong Teams
Montag 10:00 – at Articles on Smashing Magazine — For Web Designers And Developers
AI tools are eliminating the need to “bug” colleagues for help, but the informal interactions they replace are the very scaffolding that builds team trust, belonging, and innovation. Casey Hudetz and Eric Olive explore the research and potential impacts behind that risk and offer practical strategies for maintaining human connection while leveraging AI’s strengths. - Recreating Apple’s Vision Pro Animation in CSS
Donnerstag 13:22 – John Rhea at CSS-Tricks
Putting CSS’s more recent scrolling animation capabilities to the test to recreate a complex animation of the Apple Vision Pro headset from Apple’s website.Recreating Apple’s Vision Pro Animation in CSS originally handwritten and published with love on CSS-Tricks. You should really get the newsletter as well. - Enhancing Astro With a Markdown Component
Mittwoch 13:49 – Zell Liew at CSS-Tricks
I use a Markdown Component for two main reasons: (1) It reduces the amount of markup I need to write, and (2) it converts typographic symbols. Here’s how it works.Enhancing Astro With a Markdown Component originally handwritten and published with love on CSS-Tricks. You should really get the newsletter as well. - The UX Designer’s Nightmare: When “Production-Ready” Becomes A Design Deliverable
Mittwoch 10:00 – at Articles on Smashing Magazine — For Web Designers And Developers
In a rush to embrace AI, the industry is redefining what it means to be a UX designer, blurring the line between design and engineering. Carrie Webster explores what’s gained, what’s lost, and why designers need to remain the guardians of the user experience. - Thank You For Being a Friend
Montag 17:21 – Jeff Atwood at Coding Horror
It’s been one of those months, and by that, I mean one of the 663 months since I was born. This won’t be a long post, because I only have two things to say. First, I’m really glad we re-ordered the GMI (Guaranteed Minimum - Markdown + Astro = ❤️
Montag 13:55 – Zell Liew at CSS-Tricks
Although Astro has built-in support for Markdown via .md files, I’d argue that your Markdown experience can be enhanced with MDX.Markdown + Astro = ❤️ originally handwritten and published with love on CSS-Tricks. You should really get the newsletter as well. - Session Timeouts: The Overlooked Accessibility Barrier In Authentication Design
Montag 13:00 – at Articles on Smashing Magazine — For Web Designers And Developers
Poorly handled session timeouts are more than a technical inconvenience. They can become serious accessibility barriers that interrupt essential online tasks, especially for people with disabilities. Here is how to implement thoughtful session management that improves usability, reduces frustration, and helps create a more accessible and respectful web. - How AI Could Change Collaboration for Web Designers & Developers
Sonntag 14:19 – Eric Karkovack at Speckyboy Design Magazine
AI can make web developers faster and more self-sufficient, but it can also reduce collaboration. We look at how relying on AI may cut down on outsourcing, community help, and the professional relationships many freelancers depend on.
The post How AI Could Change Collaboration for Web Designers & Developers appeared first on Speckyboy Design Magazine. - What’s !important #9: clip-path Jigsaws, View Transitions Toolkit, Name-only Containers, and More
Freitag 14:00 – Daniel Schwarz at CSS-Tricks
This issue of What’s !important brings you clip-path jigsaws, a view transitions toolkit, name-only containers, the usual roundup of new, notable web platform features, and more.What’s !important #9: clip-path Jigsaws, View Transitions Toolkit, Name-only Containers, and More originally handwritten and published with love on CSS-Tricks. You should really get the newsletter as well. - A Well-Designed JavaScript Module System is Your First Architecture Decision
Donnerstag 13:53 – Amejimaobari Victor at CSS-Tricks
Behind every technology, there should be a guide for its use. While JavaScript modules make it easier to write “big” programs, if there are no principles or systems for using them, things could easily become difficult to maintain.A Well-Designed JavaScript Module System is Your First Architecture Decision originally handwritten and published with love on CSS-Tricks. You should really get the newsletter as well. - How To Improve UX In Legacy Systems
Freitag 13:00 – at Articles on Smashing Magazine — For Web Designers And Developers
Practical guidelines for driving UX impact in organizations with legacy systems and broken processes. Brought to you by Measuring UX Impact, **friendly video course on UX** and design patterns by Vitaly. - Identifying Necessary Transparency Moments In Agentic AI (Part 1)
Dienstag 10:00 – at Articles on Smashing Magazine — For Web Designers And Developers
Designing for agentic AI requires attention to both the system’s behavior and the transparency of its actions. Between the black box and the data dump lies a more thoughtful approach. Victor Yocco explores how to map decision points and reveal the right moments to build trust through clarity, not noise. - A Practical Guide To Design Principles
Mittwoch 10:00 – at Articles on Smashing Magazine — For Web Designers And Developers
Design principles with references, examples, and methods for quick look-up. Brought to you by Design Patterns For AI Interfaces, **friendly video courses on UX** and design patterns by Vitaly. - The Joy Of A Fresh Beginning (April 2026 Wallpapers Edition)
Dienstag 11:00 – at Articles on Smashing Magazine — For Web Designers And Developers
With the new month just around the corner, could there be a better occasion to freshen up your desktop? If you’re looking for some unique and inspiring wallpapers to accompany you on all those adventures that April may bring — and maybe spark some new ideas, too — well, this post has got you covered. - The Site-Search Paradox: Why The Big Box Always Wins
Donnerstag 10:00 – at Articles on Smashing Magazine — For Web Designers And Developers
Success in modern UX isn’t about having the most content. It’s about having the most findable content. Yet even with more data and better tools than ever, internal search often fails, leaving users to rely on global search engines to find a single page on a local site. Why does the “Big Box” still win, and how can we bring users back? - Testing Font Scaling For Accessibility With Figma Variables
Dienstag 13:00 – at Articles on Smashing Magazine — For Web Designers And Developers
Accessibility works best when it blends into everyday design workflows. The goal isn’t a big transformation, but simple work processes that fit naturally into a team’s routine. With Figma variables, testing font size increases becomes part of the design flow itself, making accessibility feel almost inevitable rather than optional. - Modal vs. Separate Page: UX Decision Tree
Donnerstag 15:00 – at Articles on Smashing Magazine — For Web Designers And Developers
How to choose between modals and pages, when to avoid modals, and how to determine the right level of interruption or navigation. Brought to you by Smart Interface Design Patterns, a **friendly video course on UX** and design patterns by Vitaly.