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Entry (Sources) and TopicsDate#
Security Headers Check: How to Find and Fix Missing HTTP Security Headers (sit)70
how-tos, security, http-headers, dev-tools, csp, cookies, nginx
Tales from the 90s: On XML’s Great Future, the Mobile Web on a 4×20-Character Screen, and Accessibility as the Original Responsive Design (dxs)69
history, standards, xml, sgml, html, xhtml, hdml, responsive-design, graceful-degradation, mobile, accessibility, user-experience
llms.txt: What It Is, What It Does Not Do, and How to Write One (sit)68
how-tos, llmstxt, ai
Can AI Fix Web Accessibility? What the Evidence Actually Says67
accessibility, ai, metrics
We Migrated 70,000 Tests From Jest to Vitest—Yes, in 2 Months66
migrating, jest, vitest, testing, performance
AWS Launches a Local Answer to TypeSafe’s Jev Decision Model65
ai, aws, jev
On Being Anything Other Than a Designer (ron)64
career, ai
The Era of Command + Tab63
ai, tooling, design, figma
SvelteKit 3 Is Here (sve)62
release-notes, sveltekit
Design Details (des)61
websites, design, examples
Inset Shadows Directly on img Elements (ana/fro)60
images, svg, css, shadows
HTML’s Best Kept Secret: The <output> Tag (den)59
html
June Liu and David Denedo on Making the Web Accessible: The Mission Behind WP Accessibility Day (nat+)58
podcasts, interviewing, awareness-days, wordpress, accessibility
The Death of the Double Click: How UX Finally Buried a Relic of the Desktop Era (web)57
desktop, interaction-design, user-experience
SEO, SEM, and GEO: Understanding the Differences and Opportunities56
seo, sem, aiso, ai, keywords, marketing, concepts, comparisons
When’s the Right Time to Start Documenting Your Design System? (amy/zer)55
design-systems, documentation
How to Optimize Viewport for Mobile for Faster Interactions (deb)54
how-tos, viewport, mobile, performance, optimization, html
15 Recent Node.js Features That Replace Popular npm Packages (nod)53
nodejs, npm, dependencies, maintenance
Why Designers Abandoned Their Dreams of Changing the World (edw/fin)52
design, career
Designers Should Look to Demis Hassabis—Not Jony Ive51
design
Understanding the Removal of 4.1.1 Parsing in WCAG 2.2 (tpg)50
accessibility, wcag, conformance, html
3 Most Impactful Ways to Save Energy When Using AI (owe/pro)49
ai, prompting, sustainability
What’s New in ViteLand: September 2025 Recap (man/voi)48
release-notes, vite, vitest, rolldown, oxc
New to the Web Platform in September47
release-notes, web-platform, browsers, safari, firefox, chrome
What’s New in Svelte: October 2025 (sve)46
release-notes, svelte, sveltekit
An Interesting HTML Parser Conundrum (db)45
html, parsing
I Wasted a Day on CSS Selector Performance to Make a Website Load 2 ms Faster (try)44
css, selectors, performance
Web Components Are Not Framework Components—and That’s Okay (lea)43
web-components, web-platform, frameworks
Unleash JavaScript’s Potential With Functional Programming (jan)42
javascript, programming, comparisons
Web Components vs. State-Based UI (cfe)41
web-components, state-management, comparisons
Queering Design Systems Thinking (hey)40
design, design-systems, culture
Eleventy v3.0.0: Possums ❤️ ESM (zac/ele)39
release-notes, eleventy, esm
Chasing Color (aaa)38
css, colors, design-systems
Monitoring a Kubernetes Application With Prometheus, Grafana, and Loki37
videos, monitoring, kubernetes
All the Ways to Turn an Array Into an Object in JavaScript (ami)36
javascript, arrays, objects
TypeScript Monorepo With npm Workspaces (skw)35
monorepos, typescript, npm, architecture
In-Page Links for Content Navigation (nng)34
navigation, links, usability
The Myth of Infinite Data Growth (ger)33
sustainability, myths
Making a Website Is for Everyone (jim)32
dei, community, career
The 3 Secrets to Font Pairing31
typography, fonts, design
Software Engineering Practices (sim)30
best-practices, documentation, testing, migrating, formatting, environments, automation
What Is Website Minimalism?29
minimalism, design
Why I Don’t Use Prettier (ant)28
prettier
Ten Years of TypeScript (dan/typ)27
typescript
Introducing Svelte, and Comparing Svelte With React and Vue26
svelte, react, vuejs, comparisons, introductions
Using JavaScript to Detect High Contrast and Dark Modes (sco)25
javascript, accessibility, colors, contrast, dark-mode
Simple Blinking Cursor Animation Using CSS (ami)24
css, animations, effects, cursors
How to Ensure Your Design System Helps to Achieve the Purpose of Your Product (sma)23
how-tos, design-systems, product-management
The Developer’s Fallacy of Close Collaboration With Designers (j9t)22
design, collaboration, creativity
Happy 25th Anniversary, World Wide Web Consortium! (koa/w3c)21
anniversaries, w3c
Scripting SVN Releases (jul)20
releasing, processes, svn
About Cost in Web Development (j9t)19
economics, prioritization
SEO Strategies for Designers18
seo, strategies, urls, metadata, performance
TypeScript—Microsoft’s Replacement for JavaScript17
microsoft, typescript, javascript
Hmm, Let’s Not “Fuck the Standards Bodies” (mar)16
standards, w3c, whatwg
W3C Outlines Plan to Finalize HTML515
w3c, html, standards
Test the Web Forward (w3c)14
quality, testing, standards, web-platform
Accessible Interface Design13
design, accessibility
Automatic Numbering With CSS Counters12
css, counters
Understanding HTTP PUT (kar/w3c)11
http, link-lists
Client Side Load Balancing for Web 2.0 Applications (dig)10
web-2.0, web-apps, load-balancing
Can Your Personal Blog Hurt Your Career?9
blogging, career
Killer Web Content Examples (ger)8
content, quality, marketing, microcontent, headings
How Green Can You Be? (sib)7
sustainability
SVG Video Demo6
svg, multimedia, silverlight
OPML—the XML Format With No Friends5
xml
Structure Your Menus by Marking Them Up as Lists4
html, navigation
Generate PDFs With PHP3
php, pdf, code-generation
XQuery Implementation2
xml, xquery, standards
Steal Your Interface: A History (lka/wir)1
design, history, apple