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Entry (Sources) and TopicsDate#
Testing an Iframe’s postMessage Handler (fro)89
iframes, javascript, security
JetBrains Posts a Loss (but Revenue Is Up), Puts Spotlight on Future of IDEs88
jetbrains, economics, code-editors, ai
A Sustainable Web Career, for When All This Blows Over (db)87
career, accessibility, css, communication, outlooks
Standards in Progress: Making Video Posters Accessible, Responsive, and an Element (sco)86
html, multimedia, accessibility, standards
ICANN Reveals 2026 Round Applications for New Generic Top-Level Domains85
domains, icann
Why Your Analytics Silently Stops Working (and the 4 Checks I Run First)84
analytics, debugging
Decision Models Are Suddenly Everywhere—OpenAI’s Is Now Public83
ai, openai, perplexity, cloudflare, amazon
A Small Icon Is Not Necessarily a Small Click Target82
icons, images, accessibility, wcag
How to Compile JavaScript Into a Single Executable (fla)81
how-tos, javascript, compiling, deno, bun, nodejs
A Practical Way to Check Your AI Search Visibility (ami)80
ai, search, aiso
Brian Coords on WordPress as the Source of Truth (bri+)79
podcasts, interviews, wordpress
State of Drupal Presentation (September 2026) (dri)78
videos, drupal
Don’t Measure AI Code Percentage on Its Own77
ai, productivity, engineering-management
Anti-Patterns in Software Blogging (mic)76
writing, blogging, anti-patterns
How to Test WCAG 1.4.10: Reflow (Level AA)—Easy Website Accessibility Test You Can Do75
videos, how-tos, testing, accessibility, wcag, reflow
Eyeing Accessibility Deadline, States Root Out Ancient Web Issues (col/sta)74
accessibility, design
Numbers That Fall (Scroll-Driven Animations and Sibling Index) (chr/fro)73
css, html, animations, scrolling, effects
Build Your Own /init Command Like Claude Code (kau)72
ai, prompting, claude
A Pragmatic Guide to Modern CSS Colours (kev/pic)71
guides, css, colors, examples
When to Use Modal vs. Dialog Components (a11)70
modals, html, aria, accessibility
The “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” Era of DEI (ani)69
dei, community
When Case Studies Become Anti-UX68
design, user-experience, anti-patterns
Introducing the React Foundation (set+/rea)67
introductions, react
Inside a 16.67 Millisecond Frame66
javascript, rendering, reflow, painting, performance
CSS :is() :where() the Magic Happens (mat)65
css, selectors, cascade
Testing Methods: Text Spacing (dec)64
accessibility, testing, wcag, typography, readability
When Design Drives Behavior (jas)63
design
Vibe Engineering (sim)62
vibe-coding, ai, terminology
Reminder That @scope and HTML Style Blocks Are a Potent Combo (chr/fro)61
css, scope
Breaking Into UX Research: Non-Traditional Paths to Success60
user-experience, career, case-studies
The Mazy Web She Whirls: Starting Open Web Advocacy (sil/web)59
videos, open-web, web-platform, advocacy
How Effective UX Design Can Boost Business Success (uxm)58
user-experience, design, economics, user-conversion, mobile, navigation, performance
Build a Static RSS Reader to Fight Your Inner FOMO (sma)57
rss, astro, netlify, functionality
18 Interview Questions Answered by Angular Experts (rai+/dan)56
interviews, angular
The Popover API: Your New Best Friend for Tooltips (dev)55
pop-overs, apis, tooltips, html, css, javascript
The Future of Voice User Interfaces and UX Design (uxm)54
outlooks, voice, user-experience, design
Recipes for Detecting Support for CSS At-Rules (mon/css)53
css, support, browsers, feature-detection
Building a Single-Page App With htmx (jak)52
single-page-apps, htmx
Why Do We Need a Design System? (rob)51
design-systems
Some Notes on Upgrading Hugo (b0r)50
hugo, maintenance
CSS Anchor Positioning Guide (mon/css)49
guides, css, anchor-positioning
Web Components: Little Bits (dav/web)48
videos, web-components, html
No Industry for Old Men (ste/web)47
videos, retrospectives, html, aria, browsers, screen-readers, accessibility, w3c
Designing for Privacy (uxm)46
design, privacy, cheat-sheets
Dive Into WebGPU (oka)45
introductions, webgpu, javascript
Don’t Use Fixed CSS height or width on Buttons, Links, or Any Other Text Containers (ash)44
css, accessibility, usability, buttons, links
Node.js vs. Django: Which Is Better for Web Development in 2023?43
nodejs, django, comparisons
Welcome WCAG 2.2 and Goodbye Success Criterion 4.1.1 “Parsing” (cer)42
accessibility, wcag, conformance
Naming Variables in CSS (doc)41
css, custom-properties, naming
CSS 3D Text Effects40
css, effects, 3d
Understanding async and await39
javascript, asynchrony
2022 Web Almanac Report Finds WordPress Adoption Is Growing, Adds New Page Builder Data (sar)38
studies, research, web-almanac, wordpress, content-management
4 Required Tests Before Shipping New Features (5t3)37
accessibility, testing
Prioritizing Technical Debt With Hotspots36
videos, technical-debt, visualization, prioritization
Layout Breakouts With CSS Grid (hex)35
css, grids, layout
The Ultimate Guide to Getting Started With the Rollup.js JavaScript Bundler (cra)34
guides, introductions, rollup, bundling, javascript
Internationalization: How to Boost Traffic With a Multilingual Site33
how-tos, internationalization, traffic
How We Improved Our Design System Delivery32
design-systems, processes, optimization, case-studies
Have Single-Page Apps Ruined the Web? (ric)31
videos, single-page-apps, web
Accessibility: A Gentle Introduction30
accessibility, introductions
Why Does Everything Look the Same?29
design
How to Add Search to a Ghost Site (fla)28
how-tos, ghost, search
Buttons vs. Links (yat)27
html, semantics, buttons, links, comparisons
The Widening Responsibility for Front-End Developers (chr/css)26
career, craft, tech-stacks
How to Design a Set of Icons25
design, icons, images
Apache Configuration Basics24
fundamentals, servers, apache, configuration
Tuning Your Apache Server23
apache, servers, optimization, configuration
Design Systems Are About Relationships (rcd/sma)22
design-systems, collaboration
Introducing Sass Modules (mia/css)21
introductions, sass, modules
Gutenberg (chr/css)20
wordpress
Silverlight Techniques for WCAG 2.0 (w3c)19
accessibility, wcag, techniques, silverlight
Accelerated Mobile Pages Project18
websites, amp
Training the CMS (web/ali)17
content-management, content, writing, content-strategy, processes
Flexbox Layout Isn’t Slow (pau)16
css, flexbox, layout, performance
What’s New in Chrome 30 (cra)15
browsers, chrome
The Extensible Web (dom)14
web-platform, extensibility, web-components, shadow-dom, multimedia, ecmascript
Where Form Met Function (ale)13
w3c, apple, history
There Is No WebKit on Mobile12
mobile, webkit, browser-engines
Zoom (dav)11
design, zooming, resizing, browsers
JavaScript and Screen Readers10
javascript, events, screen-readers, support, accessibility
Floatitis—an Introduction9
introductions, floats, css
Douglas Crockford: JavaScript Doesn’t Suck (dou+)8
interviews, javascript, ecmascript, yahoo
Understanding Progressive Enhancement (aar/ali)7
progressive-enhancement, graceful-degradation, concepts
Accessibility Heuristics (j9t)6
accessibility, wcag, heuristics
Is the Target Lawsuit Frivolous?5
accessibility, legal, link-lists
Skip Links—What Are They?4
skip-links, html, accessibility
CSS Specificity Wars (mal)3
css, selectors, cascade, cheat-sheets
Open Source vs. Closed Source (jus)2
foss, economics, comparisons
Introduction to RSS1
introductions, rss, syndication