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← On This Day in Web Development: October 16 →

Entry (Sources) and TopicsDate#
unload Event Deprecated in Chrome (tun)68
events, chrome, browsers, deprecation
Content on Images: A Common Design Choice With Unexpected Consequences (mal)67
videos, accessibility, images, design
Modern CSS Grid: Build Responsive Layouts With Less Complexity66
css, layout, grids, flexbox, examples
AI Is Driving a Boom in Modestly Successful Software Projects (sea)65
ai, plugins
How to Automate Content Creation: A Follow-Along Guide (ahr)64
guides, how-tos, content, automation, ai, quality
Google Boosts News and Link Visibility in AI Mode (str)63
google, ai, search
How Employment Is Changing at Anthropic62
anthropic, hiring, ai, claude
Code Review After Code Gets Cheap (myf/ore)61
code-reviews, diff, ai, processes
Making Context-Aware Components: How CSS inherit() Could Simplify Design Systems (stu)60
components, css, functions, custom-properties
Thirsty AI Mega Projects Raise Alarm in Some of Europe’s Driest Regions (sam/cnb)59
ai, sustainability
Claude for Code: How to Use Claude to Streamline Product Design Process58
how-tos, claude, ai, design, processes
Same-Document View Transitions Have Become Baseline Newly Available (bra)57
css, view-transitions, browsers, support, web-platform
Do Backlinks Still Matter in AI Search? Insights From 1,000 Domains (sem)56
ai, search, backlinks, links, metrics
Improving the Trustworthiness of JavaScript on the Web55
javascript, web-apps, security
How to Audit Web Accessibility With [the] WAVE Extension54
how-tos, accessibility, auditing, browser-extensions, wave, webaim
10 Niche Developer Tools You Didn’t Know Existed53
tooling, link-lists, command-line, debugging, testing, documentation
You’re a Real JavaScript Developer Only If…52
javascript, career
Node.js 2025: What’s New and What’s Next (ruy)51
slides, nodejs, outlooks
The Hidden Cost of URL Design (ahm)50
urls, routing, seo, principles
How to Implement Content Security Policy (CSP) Headers for Astro (tre)49
how-tos, security, http-headers, csp, astro, vercel, cloudflare
aria-activedescendant Is Not Focus (cod)48
accessibility, aria, focus
Tips for Inclusive and Accessible Hiring and Recruiting (gwi/deq)47
accessibility, dei, hiring, tips-and-tricks, myths, strategies
Using Static Websites for Tiny Archives46
html, css
You Should Be Using an RSS Reader (plu)45
syndication, rss, tooling, web
I’ve Been Doing Blockquotes Wrong (mic)44
html
Best Testing Practices in Node.js (app)43
nodejs, testing, best-practices
Create Efficient Error Messages (nng)42
videos, errors, microcontent, content, communication, efficiency, user-experience
How to Convert CommonJS to ESM (den)41
how-tos, conversion, commonjs, esm, javascript
Node v23.0.0 (Current) (raf/nod)40
release-notes, nodejs
Common Vue.js Development Mistakes and How to Avoid Them39
vuejs, mistakes
Ensuring Negative Numbers Are Available for Everyone (mfa/deq)38
accessibility, testing, math
Link Colors and the Rule of Tincture37
links, colors
“JavaScript Is Weird” as a Compressor36
javascript, compression
Scroll-Driven State Transfer (kiz)35
css, scrolling
2.4.11: Adversarial Conformance (aar)34
accessibility, wcag, compliance
The Wasted Potential of CSS Attribute Selectors33
css, attributes, selectors, bem
Don’t Be Arrogantly Ignorant: Don’t Flame32
career, communication
Why We’re Breaking Up With CSS-in-JS31
css, javascript, css-in-js
Next.js Crash Course30
videos, crash-courses, nextjs
Dealing With Timezones in Web Development29
javascript
100 Bytes of CSS to Look Great Everywhere (swy)28
css
Processing CPU-Intensive Jobs in Node.js27
nodejs
New Google Quality Rater Guidelines, Update Adds Emphasis on Needs Met26
guidelines, seo, quality, google
The hidden Attribute Is Visibly Weak (chr/css)25
html, attributes, hiding
Workflow Considerations for Using an Image Management Service (chr/css)24
images, performance, tooling, content-delivery
On Writing Better Markup (j9t)23
html, quality, maintainability, performance, terminology
Develop WordPress Themes Faster With Gulp (cra)22
wordpress, theming, gulp
Learn a CSS Framework in 6 Minutes With Bulma21
css, frameworks, bulma
Best Practices for XML Sitemaps and RSS/Atom Feeds20
sitemaps, rss, atom, best-practices
CSS-Only Solution for UI Tracking (sma)19
css, metrics, analytics, google
Lightbox218
libraries, javascript, images, effects, lightbox
Disabling JavaScript: Asking the Wrong Question17
javascript, support, usability
The De Facto Web16
web-platform, metrics, flash, javascript, ajax, conformance, opera, dreamweaver, open-web
Announcing the AEGIS Project—a €12.6m Investment in Open Source Accessibility15
introductions, accessibility, foss, economics, link-lists
Beware of JavaScript Semicolon Insertion (rob)14
javascript
The Most Annoying Yet Most Important Task in Website Management (j9t)13
links, link-rot, maintenance, user-experience, quality, web
Opera Study: Only 4.13% of the Web Is Standards-Compliant (ars)12
studies, research, opera, standards, conformance, semantics
Alerting Webmasters to Webserver Vulnerabilities11
google, security
Another Look at JavaScript Inheritance (dal/aja)10
javascript, inheritance
Why Accessibility? Because It’s Our Job! (sib)9
accessibility, user-experience, link-lists
Assist Future Developers by Writing Comments and Clean Code8
documentation, comments, best-practices
The World’s Highest Website—a CSS Experiment (j9t)7
websites, css, experiments
Making Flash Websites Searchable6
flash, html, links, search
Future-Proof Your CSS With Conditional Comments (bru)5
css, hacks, conditional-comments, internet-explorer, browsers
Maintainable CSS4
css, maintainability
Standards (ann)3
standards, conformance, html, xhtml, xml
Lauding Benefits of XML2
xml
Features Added [to Line Mode Browser 1.3a] (tim+)1
release-notes, line-mode, browsers