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Entry (Sources) and TopicsDate#
Announcing TypeScript 6.0 Beta (dan/typ)19,798
typescript
The Software Sovereignty Scale (dri)19,797
foss, licensing, legal
It’s About to Get a Lot Easier for Your JavaScript to Clean Up After Itself (wil/pic)19,796
javascript, garbage-collection
Shades of Halftone (max)19,795
effects
The 2026 Frontend Dogma Survey (fro)19,794
frontend-dogma, surveys
Trying to Make the Perfect Pie Chart in CSS (mon/css)19,793
css, html
Definitive Guide to Multi-Threaded Rendering on the Web (hac)19,792
guides, dom, rendering
What to Expect in Angular 2219,791
angular
A New Meta Tag for Respecting Text Scaling on Mobile (mat)19,790
accessibility, metadata, scaling
Your Design System Needs an Enforcer (nng)19,789
design-systems, processes
The Return of the Intuitive Designer in the Age of AI (uxd)19,788
design, user-experience, ai
Why Designers Secretly Love Constraints (Even When We Complain About Them) (web)19,787
design
Quick Tip: Do Not Replicate OS Behavior (nat)19,786
accessibility, tips-and-tricks
What’s New in ViteLand: January 2026 Recap (man/voi)19,785
release-notes, vite, vitest, rolldown, oxc
Clarity Is Not the Enemy of Depth (the)19,784
content, writing, accessibility
How to Improve Your HTML Game (j9t)19,783
how-tos, html, conformance, learning, career
Introduction to the New HTML Element “<geolocation>” (mat)19,782
introductions, html, geolocation
[Webpack] Roadmap 2026 (eve)19,781
webpack
CSS Properties That Solve Annoying Problems (kev)19,780
videos, css
Introducing Deno Sandbox (tin/den)19,779
deno
State of JavaScript 2025 [Results] (sac/dev)19,778
surveys, metrics, javascript
Deno Deploy Is Generally Available (lca+/den)19,777
deno
Combobox vs. Multiselect vs. Listbox: How to Choose the Right One (vit/sma)19,776
how-tos, forms, design-patterns, comparisons
Nice Select (arg)19,775
forms, css
How Eleventy Survived: Funding, Growth, and Open Source Reality (zac+/fon)19,774
podcasts, interviews, eleventy, foss
A Percise Parser (rem)19,773
javascript, parsing
Elastic/Bouncy Text Effect (css)19,772
css, effects
Performance-Optimized Video Embeds With Zero JavaScript (stf/fro)19,771
multimedia, performance
What Is JPEG XL: Do We Really Need Another Image Format? (aar/deb)19,770
jpeg-xl, images, quality, performance, metrics
Release Notes for Safari Technology Preview 236 (jon/web)19,769
release-notes, safari, apple, browsers
Building an RSS Aggregator With Astro (ray)19,768
astro, rss, syndication, functionality
Explicit Resource Management in JavaScript19,767
javascript
Stop Asking “Is This on Brand?”—It’s Killing Your Creativity (web)19,766
design, branding, creativity
Limiting Work in Progress Is a Superpower19,765
project-management, processes, productivity, agile, scrum
HTML Minifier Next 5, a Quick Upgrade Guide (j9t)19,764
guides, html-minifier
Tim Cook Sold Apple’s Soul (kev)19,763
apple
Google Helped Israeli Military Contractor With AI, Whistleblower Alleges (was)19,762
google, ai, ethics, privacy
My Opinionated ESLint Setup for Vue Projects (ale)19,761
eslint, configuration, vuejs
Tickering With Node.js Core on ARM64 Windows (joy)19,760
nodejs, building, windows, microsoft
When Design Stops Asking Why and Starts Asking, “Can AI Do It?” (uxd)19,759
design, ai, processes, quality
The Too Early Breakpoint (sha)19,758
css, layout
“WCAG Is Difficult to Read, Don’t Read It” Is a Self-Fulfilling Prophecy (yat)19,757
wcag, standards, accessibility
AI Agents Explained (tre)19,756
ai-agents, ai
Practical Use of AI Coding Tools for the Responsible Developer (ska/sma)19,755
ai, tooling, prompting
Announcing Rspress 2.019,754
release-notes
New to the Web Platform in January (rac/dev)19,753
release-notes, web-platform, browsers, firefox, mozilla, chrome, google
How the Same Content Always Has Multiple Different Versions19,752
accessibility, content, comparisons
React’s “ViewTransition” Element (chr/fro)19,751
react, view-transitions
Is Learning CSS a Waste of Time in 2026?19,750
css, learning, career, discussions
Vibe Prototyping Is a Double-Edged Sword (edd/uxd)19,749
prototyping, vibe-coding, ai, design
OpenJS Foundation Security Program: Annual Report 2025 (ope)19,748
openjs, security
Cryptography Usage in Web Standards (w3c)19,747
standards, cryptography, security
Understanding Hydration in Frontend Frameworks: Definition, Challenges, and Optimization Strategies (ele/des)19,746
guest-posts, frameworks, hydration, optimization, concepts, strategies
How an Accessibility Designer Adds Keyboard Shortcuts to a Web App (eri)19,745
web-apps, keyboard-shortcuts, accessibility
The Next Decade of UX: Why Psychology Matters More Than Ever (tbf/nng)19,744
videos, interviews, user-experience, design, outlooks
How to Design Great Alt Text: An Introduction (deq)19,743
how-tos, introductions, alt-text, images, accessibility
How to Style the New “::search-text” and Other Highlight-y Pseudo-Elements (dxn/css)19,742
how-tos, css, selectors
Introducing ReliCSS: A Tool for Front-End Archaeology (stu)19,741
introductions, tooling, css, auditing
7 Learnings From Anders Hejlsberg: The Architect Behind C# and TypeScript (git)19,740
lessons, scalability, typescript, foss, ai, collaboration
How AI Is Redefining the Way We Find Content (cle)19,739
ai, crawling, search, content, seo
Some Notes on Starting to Use Django (b0r)19,738
django
More Invoker Commands, and More Reasons Not to Use JavaScript Please (paw)19,737
html, examples
Unstacking CSS Stacking Contexts (sma)19,736
css, positioning
Try Text Scaling Support in Chrome Canary (jos)19,735
chrome, google, browsers, scaling, accessibility
We’re Creating a Knowledge Collapse and No One’s Talking About It19,734
ai, documentation, learning, career
Solving Shrinkwrap: New Experimental Technique (kiz)19,733
css, techniques
On the Need for Neutral Maintained Minifier Metrics (j9t)19,732
minification, tooling, html-minifier, htmlnano
Drawing Connections With CSS Anchor Positioning19,731
css, anchor-positioning
Improving Single Executable Application Building for Node.js (joy)19,730
nodejs
Density vs. Clarity: The Core Tension in Modern UI Design (web)19,729
design, information-design, minimalism, comparisons, figma
How Web Performance Impacts User Experience (deb)19,728
performance, user-experience, web-vitals, metrics
Why the Future of Design Is Less Flash and More Thought19,727
design, outlooks
There Is No Need to Trap Focus on a “dialog” Element (zel/css)19,726
modals, focus, accessibility
A Security Checklist for Your React and Next.js Apps (the)19,725
security, react, nextjs
Porting 100k Lines From TypeScript to Rust Using Claude Code in a Month (vje)19,724
migrating, typescript, rust, claude, anthropic, ai
SPAs Are a Performance Dead End (yeg)19,723
single-page-apps, performance
Using Maturity Models to Build Accessibility That Lasts (ted)19,722
accessibility
How to Use Font Ligatures19,721
how-tos, typography, fonts, tooling, adobe, figma, microsoft, css
npmx (dan/npm)19,720
websites, npm, packages
Software Design Principles That Matter19,719
software-design, principles, examples
6 Ways to Set Better Content Accessibility Goals in 202619,718
accessibility, processes
Anchor Interpolated Morph (AIM) (arg)19,717
css, animations, techniques
Responsive Hexagon Grid Using Modern CSS (css/css)19,716
css, functions, math, responsive-design
Understanding the Fundamentals of CSS Layout (pol)19,715
fundamentals, css, layout, grids, flexbox, positioning
The Context Collapse Problem19,714
ai, documentation
CSS Optical Illusions (alv)19,713
css, effects, examples
Claude’s New Constitution (ant)19,712
claude, anthropic, ai
Why Webflow Isn’t the Future—Yet (web)19,711
webflow, low-and-no-code
10 Digital Accessibility Predictions for 2026 (ons)19,710
accessibility, outlooks, wcag, career, ai, legal, assistive-tech
When Will CSS Grid Lanes Arrive? How Long Until We Can Use It? (jen/web)19,709
css, grids, masonry, layout
CTA Hierarchy in the Wild (jim)19,708
user-experience, buttons, youtube
10 Tips for Effective User Experience Evaluation19,707
user-experience, usability, content, design, testing, tips-and-tricks
Barriers From Links With ARIA (aar)19,706
accessibility, links, html, aria
The Conditionally Open Web (cor)19,705
open-web
Floating Action Buttons Are Bad, and What to Do Instead (eri)19,704
buttons, usability, material-design, google
The Accessibility Manager Moment No One Warns You About19,703
accessibility, leadership, legal, communication
Securing npm Is Table Stakes (nza+/cha)19,702
podcasts, interviews, npm, security, ai
Accessibility 101 and Core Concepts (kno)19,701
videos, introductions, accessibility, concepts
What Makes Generated UI Worth Keeping? (uxd)19,700
design, ai, branding, tooling
Demystifying Screen Reader Use for Manual Testing: Deneb Pulsipher and Kosi Asabere19,699
videos, accessibility, testing, screen-readers
CSS in 2026: The New Features Reshaping Frontend Development (log)19,698
css, functions
How to Favicon in 2026: Three Files That Fit Most Needs (sit/evi)19,697
how-tos, images, favicons
I Learned the First Rule of ARIA the Hard Way (css)19,696
accessibility, aria, semantics, html
Developing Trustworthy Information (jma)19,695
writing, content, ai
Faking a Fieldset-Legend (tyl/clo)19,694
html, forms, css
Node.js 16 to 25 Performance Benchmarks19,693
nodejs, performance, metrics, comparisons
Lowering the Specificity of Multiple Rules at Once (mat)19,692
css, cascade
Inside Turbopack: Building Faster by Building Less (she+)19,691
turbopack, performance
A Brief History of Programming… (fir)19,690
videos, programming, history
Animating Responsive Grid Layout Transitions With GSAP Flip (cod)19,689
css, grids, layout, animations, gsap, plugins
Rethinking “Pixel Perfect” Web Design (ami/sma)19,688
design, quality
View Transitions and Playing Video (chr/fro)19,687
javascript, view-transitions, multimedia
AI’s Missing Ingredient (cwo)19,686
ai, vibe-coding, creativity, design
Some Thoughts on the Open Web (mno)19,685
open-web, web
Design Tokens With Confidence (luk/uxd)19,684
design-tokens, json, css
What Figma Got Wrong About Design Systems (web)19,683
figma, design-systems
The State of WebAssembly—2025 and 2026 (uno)19,682
webassembly, retrospectives, outlooks
“Code Only” Props in Figma (nat)19,681
figma, props
Design in Code, Get Praise (ada)19,680
design, processes, communication
Vercel vs. Netlify vs. Cloudflare: Serverless Cold Starts Compared19,679
vercel, netlify, cloudflare, serverless, comparisons, metrics
jQuery 4.0.0 (tim/jqu)19,678
jquery, release-notes
AdonisJS v7 Is Feature-Complete and Entering Final Validation (vir/ado)19,677
release-notes, adonisjs
ASCII Characters Are Not Pixels: A Deep Dive Into ASCII Rendering19,676
deep-dives, ascii, rendering
When Design Kills Usability—Meet the Custom Cursor (mal)19,675
videos, design, usability, cursors
Chrome 145 Adds Experimental Support for Vertical Tabs (bra)19,674
chrome, google, browsers
Better Defaults for Popovers (mat)19,673
pop-overs, css, resets
State of UX 2026: Design Deeper to Differentiate (nng)19,672
user-experience, design, outlooks, career, ai
PWA (htt)19,671
web-almanac, studies, research, metrics, progressive-web-apps, web-apps, web-workers
Ecommerce (htt)19,670
web-almanac, studies, research, metrics, ecommerce, tooling, performance, web-vitals, lighthouse
The Astro Technology Company Joins Cloudflare (ast)19,669
astro, cloudflare
CMS (htt)19,668
web-almanac, studies, research, metrics, content-management, tooling, wordpress, user-experience, performance, web-vitals, lighthouse, apis
Security (vik+/htt)19,667
web-almanac, studies, research, metrics, security, tls, certificates, cookies, csp, http-headers, apis, sanitization, configuration
On Coding Agents and the Future of Design (jef)19,666
ai, ai-agents, design, outlooks
Software as Fast Fashion (tan)19,665
programming, ai, sustainability, economics
Fonts (htt)19,664
web-almanac, studies, research, metrics, fonts, performance, css
The Missing Link for Web Components (kin/fro)19,663
web-components, typescript, json, mcp, ai, tooling
Building a Scroll-Driven Dual-Wave Text Animation With GSAP (cod)19,662
gsap, animations, scrolling
The Incredible Overcomplexity of the Shadcn Radio Button (pau)19,661
html, forms, complexity
Performance (25p+/htt)19,660
web-almanac, studies, research, metrics, performance, web-vitals, hints, speculation
Third Parties (htt)19,659
web-almanac, studies, research, metrics, embed-code
Using “100vw” Is Now Scrollbar-Aware (in Chrome 145+, Under the Right Conditions) (bra)19,658
css, units, scrolling, chrome, google, browsers
Accessibility (bog+/htt)19,657
web-almanac, studies, research, metrics, accessibility, colors, contrast, zooming, scaling, internationalization, keyboard-navigation, skip-links, forms, labels, placeholders, multimedia, images, aria, overlays, ai
Why Designers Are the New Bureaucrats (web)19,656
design, processes
Accessible Faux-Nested Interactive Controls (eri/pic)19,655
accessibility, conformance, html, nesting
Privacy (htt)19,654
web-almanac, studies, research, metrics, privacy, legal, consent-management, do-not-track
Generative AI (chr+/htt)19,653
web-almanac, studies, research, metrics, ai, robotstxt, llmstxt
WebAssembly (htt)19,652
web-almanac, studies, research, metrics, webassembly
CDN (htt)19,651
web-almanac, studies, research, metrics, content-delivery, http, performance, http-headers, compression, tls, hints
Usability Heuristics and Competition in Games (uxd)19,650
usability, heuristics, design, aesthetics
SEO (htt)19,649
web-almanac, studies, research, metrics, seo, robotstxt, llmstxt, links, content, structured-data, amp, html, internationalization
Cookies (htt)19,648
web-almanac, studies, research, metrics, cookies
Page Weight (bar+/htt)19,647
web-almanac, studies, research, metrics, performance, web-vitals, lighthouse, google
StyleX vs. Tailwind: Meta’s Take on CSS-in-JS Maintainability (ric/the)19,646
tailwind, comparisons, css-in-js, maintainability, css, javascript
So You Think Your Website Is Doing Great (cit)19,645
html, javascript, css, quality
Beyond Manual Audits: How Automation Strengthens Accessibility (equ)19,644
accessibility, auditing, automation, wcag
Making GitHub Actions Suck a Little Less19,643
github-actions
Node.js January 2026 Security Release: What Changed and Why It Matters (nod)19,642
nodejs, security
The “Senior Developer” Is Now the New “Entry Level”19,641
career, ai
Smashing Animations: Theming Animations Using CSS Relative Colour (mal/sma)19,640
animations, colors, theming, css
The Unhinged World of Tech in 2026… (fir)19,639
videos, outlooks, ai, javascript
Live Region Support (aar)19,638
accessibility, live-regions, support, screen-readers, nvda, jaws, voiceover
Everything You Need to Know About Ruby 4.0 (hon)19,637
ruby
EPUB and HTML—Survey Results and Next Steps (rei/w3c)19,636
surveys, epub, html
ARIA Roles Can Remove Their Children’s Semantics (ste)19,635
html, aria, semantics, accessibility
Traditional Code Review Is Dead: What Comes Next? (the)19,634
code-reviews, ai, processes, infrastructure, scalability
18 Predictions for 202619,633
outlooks, ai, usability, user-experience
Introducing the “<geolocation>” HTML Element (tom+/dev)19,632
introductions, html, geolocation, chrome, google, browsers
The Invisible Work (hvp)19,631
leadership, productivity, processes
Mitigating Denial-of-Service Vulnerability From Unrecoverable Stack Space Exhaustion for React, Next.js, and APM Users (mco+/nod)19,630
nodejs, security, vulnerabilities, react, nextjs, tooling, monitoring, performance
Tuesday, January 13, 2026 Security Releases (nod)19,629
release-notes, nodejs, security
Simulating Crop Marks (chr/fro)19,628
css
Astro 6 Beta (mat)19,627
release-notes, astro
Just the Browser (cor)19,626
websites, browsers, chrome, google, firefox, mozilla, edge, microsoft
A Polyfill for the HTML “switch” Element (tom)19,625
html, forms, polyfills
Solid.js Best Practices (bre)19,624
solidjs, best-practices, examples
Is There Too Much Design in Design Systems? (sha)19,623
design, design-systems
Don’t Start With AI, Start With the Problem (cal/nng)19,622
videos, ai, processes
Aspire for JavaScript Developers (dav/mic)19,621
tooling, javascript, typescript
Manufacturing as Code Is the Future, and the Future Is Now19,620
programming, outlooks
OpenCode vs. Claude Code (bui)19,619
opencode, claude, anthropic, ai, comparisons
Stop Turning Everything Into Arrays (and Do Less Work Instead)19,618
javascript, methods, arrays
SVG Filters Are Just Amazing (ami)19,617
svg, filters
Focus Rings With Nested “contrast-color()”? (dav)19,616
css, selectors, functions, focus, contrast
Stop Using MySQL in 2026, It Is Not True Open Source (ott)19,615
mysql
Don’t Fall Into the Anti-AI Hype (ant)19,614
ai, career
How Wrong Can a JavaScript Date Calculation Go? (phi)19,613
javascript, time, apis
On Abbreviating Accessibility (ons)19,612
accessibility, microcontent
What Is the Minimum Markup Needed to Create a Modal?19,611
modals, minimalism, html, css, accessibility
Prompt Engineering Won’t Fix Your Architecture19,610
architecture, ai
How to Steal Any React Component19,609
react, components
Beyond the Mouse: Animating With Mobile Accelerometers (ami/fro)19,608
mobile, javascript, animations
Death to Scroll Fade (dbu)19,607
scrolling, effects, performance
How Markdown Took Over the World (ani)19,606
markdown, web
Not All Browser APIs Are “Web” APIs (pol)19,605
apis
Brief Note on Application Keyboard Shortcuts (aar)19,604
accessibility, keyboard-shortcuts, screen-readers
Your Brand Just Evolved: The Rise of AI-Generated Identities (web)19,603
design, branding, ai
Very Good Components (bee)19,602
websites, components, html
Popover Context Menus With Anchor Positioning (chr/fro)19,601
css, tooltips, pop-overs, anchor-positioning
Node.js Package Configuration Guide (nod)19,600
guides, packages, dependencies, configuration, commonjs, esm
Judging Severity in Accessibility Issues (joe)19,599
accessibility
What Makes a Good Tech Meet-Up?19,598
discussions, community
A Data Model for Git (and Other Docs Updates) (b0r)19,597
git
Async React19,596
videos, react, asynchronicity
Exploring React Performance (en-)19,595
videos, react, performance
Profiling With React Performance Tracks19,594
videos, react, profiling, performance
Designing Page Transitions19,593
videos, design, transitions, effects
Software Is Culture (fig)19,592
culture
2026 Accessibility Hiring Looks Busy, Yet the Patterns Show Underlying Weakness19,591
accessibility, career
Common Misconceptions About Testing Accessibility (tet)19,590
accessibility, testing
Modern Emails Using React19,589
videos, email, react
Date Is Out, Temporal Is In (wil/pic)19,588
javascript, time
Ethical and Resilient Blog Hosting (pad)19,587
hosting, blogging, ethics
npm to Implement Staged Publishing After Turbulent Shift Off Classic Tokens (sar/soc)19,586
npm, dependencies, security, github
Web Dependencies Are Broken—Can We Fix Them? (lea)19,585
dependencies, javascript, import-maps, web-platform
4 CSS Features Every Front-End Developer Should Know in 2026 (arg)19,584
css, functions, scrolling
Designing With AI-Readable Design Systems in Cursor (uxd)19,583
design, design-systems, ai, cursor, code-editors
5 Accessibility Checks to Run on Every Component (hdv/zer)19,582
accessibility, components, testing, keyboard-navigation, design-tokens, microcontent, zooming, screen-readers
Google Broke My Heart (per)19,581
google, search, licensing, legal
2025 JavaScript Rising Stars19,580
javascript, frameworks, libraries, react, vuejs, tooling, ai, mobile, desktop, state-management, css-in-js, testing, static-site-generation, graphql, retrospectives
We Fixed a 6-Year-Old JavaScript Memory Leak (deb)19,579
javascript, memory
JavaScript Frameworks—Heading Into 2026 (rya/thi)19,578
javascript, frameworks, outlooks, ai
How I Evaluate an ACR (VPAT) (aar)19,577
accessibility, compliance, vpat-acr, processes
Claude Devs Complain About Surprise Usage Limits, Anthropic Blames Expiring Bonus (tho/the)19,576
claude, anthropic, ai
Eric Bailey’s Predictions for the Future of Accessibility (eri)19,575
accessibility, outlooks
How to Create a Pixel-to-Voxel Video Drop Effect With Three.js and Rapier (cod)19,574
how-tos, javascript, effects, tooling, gsap
Streaming JSON in Just 200 Lines of JavaScript19,573
streaming, json, javascript
Anna Thielke’s Predictions for the Future of Accessibility19,572
accessibility, outlooks
Damian Sian’s Predictions for the Future of Accessibility19,571
accessibility, outlooks
Kai Wong’s Predictions for the Future of Accessibility19,570
accessibility, outlooks
The Nine Levels of JavaScript Dependency Hell (and)19,569
javascript, dependencies, maintainability
Pre-Tenuring in V8 (win)19,568
v8, javascript-engines
How to “@ scope” CSS Now That It’s Baseline (dxn/fro)19,567
css, scope, examples
I Built an App in Every Frontend Framework19,566
frameworks, libraries, react, vuejs, svelte, angular, lit, marko, jquery, alpinejs, solidjs, astro, qwik, comparisons
How GitHub Monopoly Is Destroying the Open Source Ecosystem (plo)19,565
foss, github, microsoft
WASI 1.0: You Won’t Know When WebAssembly Is Everywhere in 2026 (the)19,564
webassembly, components, standards
The Next Two Years of Software Engineering (add)19,563
programming, career, outlooks, ai
V7: Typographic Scales and Technical Pens19,562
design, typography, css, case-studies
How Browsers Work (dmy)19,561
websites, guides, browsers, urls, http, tcp, html, dom
TIL: Why ARM Has a JavaScript Instruction19,560
javascript
Sounds on the Web19,559
web, multimedia
21 Lessons From 14 Years at Google (add)19,558
lessons, google, career
Web Development Is Fun Again19,557
ai, creativity
The Package Management Landscape (and)19,556
dependencies, tooling, overviews, link-lists
The Code Review That Cost $2 Million19,555
code-reviews, economics, ai
Managing Infrastructure Across Multiple Environments19,554
infrastructure, dev-ops, maintenance
Building a JavaScript Runtime in One Month (the)19,553
javascript, runtimes, functionality
10 UX Design Shifts You Can’t Ignore in 2026 (uxd)19,552
design, user-experience, ai, outlooks
2026: The Year of My Website (the)19,551
indieweb, social-media
Security Basics for Vibe-Coders (owe/pro)19,550
fundamentals, security, vibe-coding, ai
JavaScript’s “for…of” Loops Are Actually Fast19,549
javascript, loops, performance
“!important” and CSS Custom Properties (chr/fro)19,548
css, custom-properties, cascade
On Using IndieWeb Protocols Like Webmentions and Keeping Your Website Separate From Social Media (pat)19,547
indieweb, webmentions, social-media
Teaching Agents About Performance Insights (web/per)19,546
performance, ai, ai-agents
Chrome DevTools Features I Use All the Time (and Why You Should Too) (kee/per)19,545
dev-tools, chrome, google, browsers, performance, accessibility, lighthouse, network, embed-code
What Happened to WebAssembly (emn)19,544
webassembly
More Efficiency, More Demand19,543
efficiency, ai, career
Building the Brain of Your Accessibility AI (ted)19,542
accessibility, ai
The Curious Case of the Shallow Session SPAs (sli/per)19,541
performance, single-page-apps, javascript, frameworks, metrics
From Theory to Tiny: Implementing Compression Dictionaries (rya/per)19,540
performance, compression, content-delivery
How Can You Tell What’s Allowed Inside Each HTML Element?19,539
html, conformance
Touch Targets and Web Accessibility19,538
accessibility, touch
Testing Methods: Status Messages (dec)19,537
accessibility, testing, wcag, notifications, link-lists
What’s !important: Conditional View Transitions, CSS/SVG Text Effects, the Best of CSS Bluesky, and More (dxn/css)19,536
css, retrospectives
8 Predictions for 2026: What Comes Next in AI? (phi)19,535
ai, outlooks
The 8 Trends That Will Define Web Development in 2026 (log)19,534
trends, outlooks, ai, frameworks, tanstack, typescript, edge-computing, presentational-html
Testing Methods: Name, Role, Value (dec)19,533
accessibility, testing, wcag, aria, link-lists
HTML Content Categories19,532
html, semantics
How to Design for (and With) Deaf People (vit/sma)19,531
how-tos, design, accessibility
7 Steps of a Web Performance Journey (ser/per)19,530
performance, processes
Introducing Flint (jos)19,529
introductions, tooling, linting
7 Real Predictions for Web Design in 2026 (web)19,528
design, outlooks, ai, aesthetics
“Why Do You Code?”—a Surprisingly Hard Question19,527
discussions, programming, career
Why Developers Are Ditching Frameworks for Vanilla JavaScript (the)19,526
frameworks, javascript, apis, performance, micro-frontends, architecture
Opening and Closing Dialogs Without JavaScript Using HTML Invoker Commands (sch)19,525
modals, html
Reliability by Design (uxd)19,524
design, ai, link-lists
pnpm in 2025 (koc/pnp)19,523
pnpm, retrospectives
Third Parties and Single Points of Failure (pau/per)19,522
performance, embed-code, metrics
How I Write Custom Elements With “lit-html” (fro)19,521
web-components, lit
How to Dynamically Install Custom Elements (hey)19,520
how-tos, web-components, naming, javascript
Testing Methods: Accessible Authentication (Enhanced) (dec)19,519
accessibility, testing, wcag, authentication, security
The Final Nail in the HTML5 Document Outline Coffin (tem)19,518
html, headings, accessibility
Tests for CSS Generated Content Alternative Text19,517
css, generated-content, alt-text, accessibility, support, voiceover, nvda, jaws, screen-readers
Testing Methods: Accessible Authentication (Minimum) (dec)19,516
accessibility, testing, wcag, authentication, security
Tips for Making the Performance Panel Less Overwhelming (duf/per)19,515
performance, dev-tools, browsers, chrome, google, tips-and-tricks
JavaScript Creator Warns Against “Rushed Web UX Over Native” as Windows 11 Leans Harder on WebView2 and Electron (win)19,514
windows, microsoft, web-apps, electron
Testing Methods: Redundant Entry (dec)19,513
accessibility, testing, wcag, forms
Trends That Defined JavaScript in 2025 (low/the)19,512
javascript, trends, retrospectives, react, frameworks, tooling, ai
Chrome DevTools for Debugging Web Performance (nuc/per)19,511
performance, debugging, dev-tools, chrome, google, browsers
You Can’t Design Software You Don’t Work On (sea)19,510
software-design, architecture
Testing Methods: Error Prevention (All) (dec)19,509
accessibility, testing, wcag, errors
Revisiting HTML Streaming for Modern Web Performance (per)19,508
performance, html, streaming
The Most Dangerous Person on Your Team Is “Dave” (and He Just Quit) (hac)19,507
collaboration, documentation, ai, prompting
Testing Methods: Help (dec)19,506
accessibility, testing, wcag
Chasing BFCache Navigations (per)19,505
performance, bfcache, caching
How to Stay Ahead of AI as an Early-Career Engineer (gwe/iee)19,504
how-tos, career, ai
Ruby Turns 30: A Celebration of Code, Community, and Creativity (jet)19,503
ruby, ruby-on-rails, history, anniversaries
Nobody Knows How Large Software Products Work (sea)19,502
programming, software-design, complexity, maintainability
TTFB Doesn’t Mean What You Think It Means (pro/per)19,501
performance, concepts, http
The Three Semantics of HTML (mat)19,500
html, semantics
Node.js in 2026 with Rafael Gonzaga (raf)19,499
podcasts, interviews, nodejs, outlooks
Why Object of Arrays (SoA Pattern) Beat Interleaved Arrays: A JavaScript Performance Rabbit Hole19,498
javascript, performance, arrays
Fixing TypeScript Performance Problems: A Case Study (vig)19,497
typescript, performance, case-studies
Testing Methods: Error Suggestion (dec)19,496
accessibility, testing, wcag, errors, link-lists
For the Love of “<details>” (dev/mat)19,495
disclosure-widgets, html
Web Components Are the Comeback Nobody Saw Coming (the)19,494
web-components, frameworks, developer-experience
Fixing the URL Params Performance Penalty (tun/per)19,493
performance, urls, caching, http-headers, examples
The AI Divide19,492
ai, studies, research
The Two Most Important Tools for HTML Developers19,491
tooling, html, conformance, minification, html-minifier, htmlnano
Five Accessibility Trends to Watch in 202619,490
accessibility, trends
Testing Methods: Labels or Instructions (dec)19,489
accessibility, testing, wcag, labels, forms, link-lists
2026 Predictions: The Next Big Shifts in Web Accessibility (web)19,488
accessibility, outlooks, ai, wcag, html
Optimizing for 75% Is Fine—Optimizing for 90% Is Where It Gets Interesting (jor/per)19,487
performance, web-vitals, optimization
The HTML Elements Time Forgot (val/mat)19,486
html, history
A Year of Vibes (mit)19,485
ai, retrospectives, wish-lists
“text-decoration-inset” Is Like Padding for Text Decorations (dxn/css)19,484
css
Did You Know Some ARIA Roles Remove Child Semantics?19,483
html, aria, semantics, accessibility
Testing Methods: Error Identification (dec)19,482
accessibility, testing, wcag, errors, link-lists
Insights From 100 Site Speed Reviews in 2025 (per)19,481
performance, retrospectives
Styling by Language: Using the “lang” Attribute for Multilingual Design (mat)19,480
html, internationalization, css
The Many Lives of the Page Title (kat/mat)19,479
html, user-experience, accessibility, wcag
Optimizing CLS for Infinite Scroll and Load More (ver/per)19,478
performance, web-vitals, scrolling, optimization
8 PostgreSQL Tricks (kem)19,477
postgresql, databases, tips-and-tricks
Testing Methods: Consistent Help (dec)19,476
accessibility, testing, wcag, consistency
Tech Talk: Improving Window Resize Behavior (ele)19,475
electron, resizing, debugging, case-studies
Accessibility Is Personal (css)19,474
accessibility, html
The Anatomy of an Accessible Text Field (ink)19,473
forms, accessibility, html, labels
Early Signs of EAA Enforcement Across Europe (deq)19,472
accessibility, eaa, legal, compliance
Testing Methods: Change on Request (dec)19,471
accessibility, testing, wcag, link-lists
Introducing CSS Grid Lanes (jen+/web)19,470
introductions, css, masonry, layout
Masonry Layout Is Now Grid-Lanes (sun/css)19,469
css, layout, masonry
5 Terminal Commands That Saved Me Hours of Clicking19,468
command-line, productivity
Targeting by Reference in the Shadow DOM (mey)19,467
shadow-dom, html, javascript
Design Wrapped 2025 (uxd)19,466
design, retrospectives
Semantics Beyond the Tag Name (kno/mat)19,465
html, attributes, aria, semantics, accessibility
A Short History of Performance Engineering (per)19,464
performance, history
A Decade of Accessibility Weekly (dav)19,463
accessibility, retrospectives
Understanding Don Norman’s Principles of Interaction19,462
design, interaction-design, usability
Open-Source Funding: Do We Need a “No Maintenance” Month? (j9t)19,461
foss, economics, community
Web UX: Study Guide (nng)19,460
guides, user-experience, usability, training, link-lists
The Anatomy of LCP—a Deep Dive Into Sub-Parts (per)19,459
deep-dives, performance, web-vitals, tooling
Forms Are a Badly Designed Part of HTML (jen/mat)19,458
html, forms, standards
4 AI-Powered, No-Code Tools to Speed Up Your Frontend Workflow in 2026 (ele/des)19,457
guest-posts, ai, low-and-no-code, tooling, productivity
You Can’t Opt-Out of Accessibility (val)19,456
accessibility, design, legal
Directional CSS With “scroll-state(scrolled)” (una)19,455
css, functions, scrolling
Testing Methods: Consistent Navigation (dec)19,454
accessibility, testing, wcag, navigation, consistency
How “aria-labelledby” Really Works19,453
accessibility, aria, attributes, html
Warp Speed to Accessibility: Fast-Tracking Inclusive Testing (a11)19,452
videos, accessibility, testing
Dialog View Transitions (med)19,451
modals, javascript, view-transitions
Your Post Is Cool, but Is It Accessible and Inclusive? (a11)19,450
videos, accessibility
3 Color Contrast Mistakes Designers Still Make (uxd)19,449
contrast, colors, images, wcag, accessibility, mistakes
The Rise of the Invisible Designer (web)19,448
design
What Continuous Improvement Model Is Best for Accessibility?19,447
accessibility, processes
Don’t Leave the Screen Reader Hungry (ger/mat)19,446
html, emoji, screen-readers, accessibility
The Old Ways Are the Best: 100 Lighthouse, 0 ms TBT, 32 ms Queries (per)19,445
performance, case-studies
AI and Productivity: Year-In-Review With Microsoft, Google, and GitHub Researchers (lau)19,444
ai, productivity, retrospectives
The JavaScript Bundler Grand Prix (kat/red)19,443
javascript, bundling, tooling, vite, turbopack, bun, rolldown, browserify, webpack, rollup, parcel, esbuild, history
Responsive and Fluid Typography With Baseline CSS Features (mia/dev)19,442
css, typography, responsive-design
Does Chrome Get the “<header>” Element Wrong?19,441
html, aria, chrome, google, browsers
German Auditors Reject Accessibility Overlays in EAA Context19,440
accessibility, auditing, overlays, legal, eaa
Testing Methods: On Input (dec)19,439
accessibility, testing, wcag, forms, link-lists
Different Page Transitions for Different Circumstances (chr/fro)19,438
css, javascript, view-transitions, animations
Why We Should Stop Talking Performance Metrics to Business Leaders (san/per)19,437
performance, metrics, communication, business-relations
Giving Pages a Clear Shape by Using Headings (mat)19,436
html, headings
Mozilla’s Next Chapter: Building the World’s Most Trusted Software Company (moz)19,435
mozilla, firefox, browsers, ai
New to the Web Platform in December (rac/dev)19,434
release-notes, web-platform, browsers, firefox, mozilla, chrome, google, safari, apple
CSS Layout: How to “Center a Div,” the Old School Way (the)19,433
css, layout, floats, centering, techniques, how-tos
State of HTML 2025 [Results] (sac/dev)19,432
surveys, metrics, html
Ripple: A New TypeScript-First Front-End Framework19,431
frameworks, typescript, ripple
Testing Methods: On Focus (dec)19,430
accessibility, testing, wcag, forms, focus, keyboard-navigation
Responsive List of Avatars Using Modern CSS (css/css)19,429
css, masking, responsive-design
Them’s the Breaks (tyl/mat)19,428
html
I Ported JustHTML From Python to JavaScript With Codex CLI and GPT-5.2 in 4.5 Hours (sim)19,427
migrating, ai, python, javascript, tooling, parsing, html
Accessibility as a Core Requirement (mha)19,426
accessibility, prioritization
Throttle Individual Network Requests (dev/dev)19,425
performance, chrome, google, browsers, dev-tools
Testing Methods: Pronunciation (dec)19,424
accessibility, testing, wcag, pronunciation, screen-readers
What Does “Hidden” Actually Mean in Accessible Name Computation?19,423
accessibility, naming, hiding
A Tale of Two Animations—the Compositor in the Skies (per)19,422
animations, css, performance
The “<time>” Element Should Actually Do Something (nol)19,421
html, time, semantics
The Wonderful World of Web Feeds (mau/mat)19,420
syndication, rss, atom, json
How to Load CSS (Fast) (per)19,419
how-tos, css, performance, critical-path
Automate Your Testing Workflows Using BrowserStack’s AI Agents (zor/css)19,418
videos, testing, automation, browsers
Testing Methods: Reading Level (dec)19,417
accessibility, testing, wcag, link-lists
Accessibility Is a Human Right, Cruelty a Human Wrong (zel)19,416
accessibility, fonts
Changes in the World of HTML Minifiers (apo)19,415
html, tooling, minification, html-minifier
Hell Is Other People’s Markup (llo/mat)19,414
html, auditing, tooling
Chrome DevTools Elements Panel Tips and Tricks (zor/css)19,413
videos, dev-tools, chrome, google, browsers, tips-and-tricks
New Front-End Framework Ripple Blends React and Svelte Together (inf)19,412
frameworks, ripple
The Design System of the Christmas Factory19,411
design-systems, accessibility, processes
Using the Browser Console for Accessibility Testing19,410
accessibility, testing, console, javascript, examples
Testing Methods: Abbreviations (dec)19,409
accessibility, testing, wcag, content, link-lists
A11y Considerations in Math on the Web (man/mat)19,408
accessibility, mathml, screen-readers, nvda, voiceover, support
The Ultimate Guide to UI Design in 2026 (web)19,407
guides, design, user-experience, simplicity, consistency, hierarchy, accessibility
The Vibe Coding Paradox (jun)19,406
programming, vibe-coding, ai
Intro to Performance of React Server Components (ade/per)19,405
introductions, performance, react, components, server-side-rendering
WebKit Features for Safari 26.2 (jen+/web)19,404
release-notes, webkit, safari, apple, browsers
Eleventy Core Dependency Watch (2025 Edition) (zac/11t)19,403
eleventy
What Else Could Container Queries… Query? (dxn/css)19,402
css, container-queries
The New “clamp()” Function in PHP 8.6 (ami)19,401
php, functions
Why Are My View Transitions Blinking? (pic)19,400
css, view-transitions
Accessibility Updates (w3c)19,399
videos, accessibility, wcag, standards
How HTML Changes in EPUB (rob/mat)19,398
epub, html, standards
Testing Methods: Unusual Words (dec)19,397
accessibility, testing, wcag, content, link-lists
Thoughts on Native CSS Mixins (chr/fro)19,396
css, mixins
Vote for the Web Features You Want to See (rvi/dev)19,395
web-platform, standards, support
Denial of Service and Source Code Exposure in React Server Components (rea)19,394
react, components, security
HTML Minifier Next: Presets, New Config Options, Minification Sharing, and Type Definitions (j9t)19,393
release-notes, html-minifier
How We Automate Accessibility Testing With Playwright and Axe (boj)19,392
accessibility, testing, automation, playwright, axe
Common Misconceptions About WCAG (tet)19,391
accessibility, wcag, standards
Useful Patterns for Building HTML Tools (sim)19,390
html, ai, tooling
Testing Methods: Language of Parts (dec)19,389
accessibility, testing, wcag, internationalization
React 19.2: Further Advances INP Optimization (per)19,388
react, web-vitals, performance, optimization
The “Two-Brain” Advantage: Why You Should Never Trust Just One AI (owe/pro)19,387
ai, processes, quality
A11y Freedom Beaver (ste/mat)19,386
accessibility, aria, html
Creating Scroll-Based Animations in Full view() (pre/css)19,385
css, animations, scrolling, functions
Frontend News #19: CSS “overscroll-behavior”, “scrollbar-gutter”, “text-grow” Properties, and More (zor/css)19,384
videos, css, scrolling
Why RSS Matters (wer)19,383
rss, syndication, social-media
“aria-busy” Is Not Your Friend (ger)19,382
accessibility, aria, nvda, jaws, voiceover, screen-readers
Testing Methods: Language of Page (dec)19,381
accessibility, testing, wcag, internationalization
The Slow Death of Magic (uxd)19,380
product-management, simplicity
Meeting WCAG Is an Achievement (yat)19,379
accessibility, wcag, compliance
Why Every Conference Needs a Nursing Room (bla)19,378
community, dei
The Inconvenient Truth: How Web Performance Case Studies Undermine Our Relationship With Business (mac/per)19,377
performance, metrics, economics
Discover Dialog (sar/mat)19,376
html, modals, javascript, css
Making Complex Web Apps Faster (pat/mic)19,375
performance, web-apps, apis, time, complexity
Anthropic Donates the MCP Protocol to the Agentic AI Foundation (fre/the)19,374
anthropic, mcp, protocols, foss, ai
Type-Aware Linting Alpha (cam/bos)19,373
linting, tooling, oxc
Comparing HTML Minifiers (j9t)19,372
html, minification, tooling, html-minifier, htmlnano, metrics, comparisons
Why Federated Design Systems Keep Failing (sha)19,371
design-systems, collaboration
Design Accessible Animation and Movement With Code Examples (pop)19,370
design, accessibility, animations, css, javascript, examples
Getting a Close Button to Hang Off of a Dialog (dar)19,369
modals, buttons, css, anchor-positioning
Blogging Is Dead. Long Live the Blog. (web)19,368
blogging, seo, ai, social-media, web
Thursday, December 18, 2025 Security Releases (nod)19,367
release-notes, nodejs, security
What’s Wrong With This HTML, and Is It Valid? (pat/mat)19,366
html, standards, conformance, web-platform
The Anatomy of a Web Performance Report (web/per)19,365
performance, documentation, web-vitals, lighthouse
Did You Know Your Browser Has Two Accessibility Trees?19,364
accessibility, browsers, chrome, blink, google
CSS Wrapped 2025 (una/dev)19,363
css, standards, retrospectives
That Time I Tried Explaining HTML and CSS to My 5-Year Old Niece (css)19,362
html, css, learning
Web Performance 2025: The Shift From Optimization to Prediction (fab/per)19,361
performance, optimization, retrospectives
Testing Methods: Dragging Movements (dec)19,360
accessibility, testing, wcag
Controlling Dialogs and Popovers With the Invoker Commands API (sta/mat)19,359
modals, pop-overs, apis, attributes, html
Testing Methods: Concurrent Input Mechanisms (dec)19,358
accessibility, testing, wcag
NoLoJS: Reducing the JS Workload With HTML and CSS (aar/per)19,357
html, disclosure-widgets, forms, modals, pop-overs, navigation, scrolling, positioning
Accessible by Design: The Role of the “lang” Attribute (col/mat)19,356
accessibility, internationalization, html, attributes, metrics
Dealbreaker Bugs in Native Popovers (mat)19,355
accessibility, pop-overs, bugs
Lies, Damned Lies, and Design System Adoption Statistics (ikn)19,354
design-systems
What Are DOM Mutations?19,353
accessibility, dom, javascript
How We’re Protecting Our Newsroom From npm Supply Chain Attacks (rya/pnp)19,352
npm, dependencies, security, case-studies
Testing Methods: Target Size (Enhanced) (dec)19,351
accessibility, testing, wcag, touch
How I Built a Form Management Platform With Angular 17 and SurveyJS19,350
functionality, forms, angular, tooling
Non-Blocking Cross-Browser Image Rendering on the Canvas (mys/per)19,349
canvas, javascript, images, performance
10 Usability Heuristics19,348
usability, heuristics
2025 in Review: What’s New in Web Performance? (deb)19,347
performance, web-vitals, lighthouse, apis, speculation, chrome, google, firefox, browsers, dev-tools, tooling, testing, mcp, ai, retrospectives, outlooks
IDREFs: What They Are and How to Use Them (kil/mat)19,346
html, forms, aria, accessibility
I Studied 50+ Engineers Who Got Promoted Fast: They All Did One Thing I’d Been Ignoring19,345
career, collaboration
Testing Methods: Motion Actuation (dec)19,344
accessibility, testing, wcag, mobile
Fast by Default (den/per)19,343
performance, processes
No More Tokens—Locking Down npm Publish Workflows (zac)19,342
npm, dependencies, security, github, processes
Standards Queues (bka)19,341
standards, web-platform, collaboration
Why You Need Design Maturity in a Product Organisation, and How to Get It (uxd)19,340
design, product-management
In 1995, a Netscape Employee Wrote a Hack in 10 Days That Now Runs the Internet (ben/ars)19,339
netscape, javascript, history
The Web Runs on Tolerance (ede)19,338
web-platform, standards, principles
Referencing HTML Elements Inside Shadow DOM (meh/mat)19,337
html, shadow-dom, web-components
Getting Creative With “the Measure” (mal/css)19,336
css, typography, readability
During Helene, I Just Wanted a Plain Text Website (spa)19,335
content
The Downsides of “scrollbar-gutter: stable;” (and One Weird Trick) (chr/fro)19,334
css, scrolling
A Little Bit Uncomfortable19,333
career, learning
Solving Small Text and Contrast Issues for Large-Screen Readability (a11)19,332
accessibility, contrast, readability, typography
Common Misconceptions About Disability (tet)19,331
accessibility, concepts
Public Design Systems Are Worth It (pjo)19,330
design-systems
TypeScript Strictness Is Non-Monotonic: Strict-Null-Checks and No-Implicit-Any Interact (huo)19,329
typescript, arrays
Intopia Launches Assistive Technology Survey 2025 (int)19,328
surveys, assistive-tech
Speculation Rules Improvements (tun/mat)19,327
performance, speculation, apis
The Timing Problem in Design Systems (mur)19,326
design-systems, components
End-to-End Browser and Accessibility Event Architecture19,325
accessibility, browsers, event-loop, browser-engines, javascript-engines, assistive-tech
Testing Methods: Label in Name (dec)19,324
accessibility, testing, wcag, labels, aria
HTML Semantics: The Short Descriptions of All 113 Elements (j9t)19,323
html, semantics, overviews
Critical Security Vulnerability in React Server Components (rea)19,322
react, components, security
[Next.js] Security Advisory: CVE-2025-66478 (seb)19,321
nextjs, security
Get the Core Right and the Resilient Code Will Follow (bel/btc)19,320
videos, resilience, design, communication
A Pragmatic Guide to Modern CSS Colours II (kev/pic)19,319
guides, css, colors, examples
From Reactive to Proactive: Building a Sustainable Accessibility Program (equ)19,318
accessibility, processes, culture, w3c
Scrollytelling on Steroids With Scroll-State Queries (css)19,317
css, scrolling
Masonry: Things You Won’t Need a Library for Anymore (pat/sma)19,316
css, masonry, layout, examples, web-platform
Understanding “aria-live” Timing: A Two-Layer Model19,315
accessibility, aria, live-regions, notifications
Exploring Large HTML Documents on the Web (per)19,314
performance, html, metrics
How Does Amazon’s Kiro Differ From Traditional IDEs? (ele/des)19,313
guest-posts, kiro, aws, code-editors
Progress on TypeScript 7—December 2025 (dan/typ)19,312
typescript
You Can’t Make Something Accessible to Everyone (aar)19,311
accessibility, design
Testing Methods: Pointer Cancellation (dec)19,310
accessibility, testing, wcag
Web Backstories: Shadow DOM (ada+/iga)19,309
podcasts, interviews, shadow-dom, web-components, standards, history
Using the Ancient Evils for Debugging (bol/mat)19,308
html, debugging
The Nuances of JavaScript Typing Using JSDoc (jar/van)19,307
javascript, jsdoc, typescript, developer-experience
Bun Is Joining Anthropic (jar/bun)19,306
bun, anthropic
Designing Decisions: Behavioral Psychology That Moves Users (uxd)19,305
design, interaction-design, user-experience
Decreasing [Let’s Encrypt] Certificate Lifetimes to 45 Days (mat/let)19,304
http, security, certificates, lets-encrypt
Anchor Positioning and the Inset-Modified Containing Block (IMCB) (bra)19,303
css, anchor-positioning, concepts
What Sam Altman Just Taught Us About OKRs (Without Meaning To) (cwo)19,302
okr, prioritization, processes, openai
The Next Revolution in Design: Emotional Accessibility (fas)19,301
design, accessibility, outlooks
“Sloppy” Code and Accessibility Issues: The Trouble With Trump’s Silicon Valley-Inspired Web Design Project (not)19,300
design, accessibility, quality, case-studies
Non-Square Image Blur Extensions (ana/fro)19,299
images, css, effects