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Entry (Sources) and Additional TopicsDate#
AI Operating Principles (buz)279
ai
AI-Assisted Development Means Test-First Development (j9t)278
ai, testing
Defining Ethical Design for Machines277
design, ethics, ai
39 Principles for Designing Human-AI Interaction276
design, hci, ai
Open-Source AI Agent: Integrating OMO With OpenCode—Principles and Practices275
translations, opencode, ai, ai-agents, best-practices
What’s New in Web UI (una+)274
videos, web-platform, user-experience, html, canvas, css, google
Three Stoic Principles for Better Web Accessibility (stv/pic)273
accessibility
The Vertical Codebase (tkd)272
components, concepts, monorepos
A Practical Guide to Design Principles (vit/sma)271
guides, design, link-lists
Why Most Design Principles Fail (ben)270
design
Agentic UX: 7 Principles for Designing Systems With Agents269
ai-agents, ai, design
Software Design Principles That Matter268
software-design, examples
The Web Runs on Tolerance (ede)267
web-platform, standards
Good Visual Design, Explained (nng)266
design, quality
Programming Principles for Self Taught Front-End Developers (kil/pic)265
programming
My CSS Selector Strategy (mal)264
css, selectors
12 Essential Java Best Practices Every Developer Should Follow263
programming, java, best-practices
The Hidden Cost of URL Design (ahm)262
urls, routing, seo
Principles of Simplicity in Frontend Architecture261
simplicity, dependencies
The 10 Foundational UX Principles Every Designer Should Know (web)260
design, user-experience
Is SOLID Still a Solid Choice for Software Design? (lan)259
solid, oop, programming
Ambient Animations in Web Design: Principles and Implementation (mal/sma)258
design, animations, css
Why Inclusive Products Are Green Products (tet)257
accessibility, dei, user-experience, consistency, sustainability
The First Rule of ARIA (nat)256
accessibility, aria, html
How to Write Clean Code, Actually…255
how-tos, programming, software-design
Agent Experience (AX): The Concept of AI Agent Designing254
agent-experience, ai, concepts
A Progressive Complexity Manifesto (che)253
manifestos, complexity, web-apps, html, htmx, javascript, web-components, frameworks
The Three Great Virtues of an AI-Assisted Programmer (sea)252
programming, ai, career
24 UX Design Principles of the Build-for Framework (uxm)251
user-experience, design
Designing Information Architecture: Design Principles (pab/uxm)250
books, information-architecture, design
The Eleven Commandments of AI UX249
ai, user-experience, design
Setting Targets for Developer Productivity Metrics (lau)248
productivity, metrics
Designing Calm: UX Principles for Reducing Users’ Anxiety (uxm)247
design, user-experience
The Fastest Way to Spend Less Time Debugging246
videos, debugging, testing
Design System Documentation Is Essential—as Long as It’s Good (pjo)245
design-systems, documentation, content, writing
Principles for Coding Securely With LLMs (sea)244
ai, security
7 UI/UX Principles Every Dev Should Know243
design, user-experience
12-Factor Agents—Principles for Building Reliable LLM Applications242
ai, reliability
From Designing Things to Designing Change241
design, collaboration
Ethical Foundations in Modern Software Development (fra)240
fundamentals, ethics, foss, ai
Google’s Principles for Measuring Developer Productivity239
google, productivity, studies, research
11 Practical Tips to Make Code Reviews Easier as a Developer238
code-reviews, tips-and-tricks, ai, linting, formatting, quality, collaboration
Clean Code in JavaScript: A Comprehensive Guide237
guides, javascript, conventions, variables, objects, functions, comments, testing, quality
Accessible UX Design: 6 Advanced Techniques to Elevate Your Process (a11)236
design, user-experience, accessibility, techniques, processes
Designing for AI Engineers: UI Patterns You Need to Know (eve)235
design, design-patterns, processes, ai
The Systemic Failure of Implementing CSS Principles234
css, history, maintainability, consistency, modules, craft
Your Clean Code Might Be Someone Else’s Technical Debt233
technical-debt, quality
Angular Clean Coding Fundamentals232
fundamentals, angular
Open Source Drives the Twelve-Factor Modernization Project231
foss, architecture
The 20 Commandments of Software Engineering230
programming, complexity, documentation, commit-messages, code-reviews, dependencies, maintenance, collaboration
Principles of Web Accessibility (hey)229
accessibility
15 Principles for Secure Programming (rak)228
security, validation, testing
The Design Leader Dilemma (boa/sma)227
design, leadership, policies, prioritization
Become a Better Developer With Clean Code Essentials: YAGNI, KISS, and DRY in Software Engineering226
fundamentals, minimalism, simplicity, maintainability
Ethical Web Principles: Building a Better Web (tor/w3c)225
web, ethics, processes, advocacy
Ethical Web Principles (tor+/w3c)224
web, ethics, w3c
Goodhart’s Law in Action: 3 Webperf Examples (nom/per)223
performance, lighthouse, web-vitals, metrics, examples
Program Errors Out of Existence (ale)222
programming, errors
Privacy Principles (rob+/w3c)221
privacy
The Art of Clean Code: A Practical Guide to Writing Maintainable JavaScript220
guides, javascript, maintainability
What Developers Miss About the Single Responsibility Principle (jac)219
solid
How Gestalt Principles Influence UX Design (uxm)218
user-experience, design
Mastering Clean Code With SOLID, DRY, KISS, and YAGNI Principles217
solid, quality, craft
9 Laws That Every Software Developer Should Know216
programming
The Golden Ratio in CSS (sto)215
css, design
Conway’s Law: The Hidden Force Shaping Your Software Architecture (tre)214
architecture, engineering-management
The Evolution of CSS: From Early Days to Flexbox and Grid (kev/thi)213
videos, css, history, concepts
Good UX Is Not Just About Minimizing Clicks212
user-experience, design, processes
The Nine Node Pillars (mco/pla)211
nodejs, dependencies
Frontend Development Practices That Will Help You Avoid Failure210
best-practices, tech-stacks, architecture, validation, linting, testing
Interface Segregation Principle in React (ale)209
solid, react
In Defense of DRY (max)208
maintainability, link-lists
80/20 Accessibility (mar)207
accessibility
SOLID Principles for Designers206
design, solid
HTML Web Components Make Progressive Enhancement and CSS Encapsulation Easier (css)205
html, web-components, solid, progressive-enhancement, examples
The Art of Clean Code: Mastering the SOLID Principles204
quality, solid
Kagi’s AI Integration Philosophy (kag)203
kagi, ai
Some UX Design Principles Startups Should Know202
user-experience, design
Opinions for Writing Good CSS (wal)201
css, conventions
Ethical Web Principles (tor+/w3c)200
web, ethics, w3c
Write SOLID React Hooks199
react, hooks, solid
Applying the Four Principles of Accessibility198
accessibility, wcag
Software Engineering Principles Every Frontend Developer Should Know197
craft, quality
Manifesto for a Humane Web (mic)196
websites, manifestos, web, accessibility, dei, security, sustainability, user-experience
Build Your Own React.js in 400 Lines of Code195
react, jsx
How I Use Generative AI in Branding194
ai, branding, design
15 Essential UX Design Principles and Practices for Developers (uxm)193
user-experience, best-practices
Psychology and UX: Decoding the Science Behind User Clicks192
user-experience, design
Homepage Design: 5 Fundamental Principles (nng)191
design, homepages
What Is Utility-First CSS? (hey)190
css, presentational-html
Tailwind Marketing and Misinformation Engine189
tailwind, css, semantics, maintainability, marketing
A Manifesto for Small, Static, Web Apps (ros)188
manifestos, web-apps
SOLID Principles: They’re Rock-Solid for Good Reason187
programming, solid
Web Platform Design Principles (lea/w3c)186
web-platform, software-design, standards, w3c
“HTML First” Is Not HTML First (j9t)185
html, quality, craft
The Golden Rule of Web Performance and Different Performance Engineering Specializations (per)184
performance
The Goldilocks Principle for Prototyping (nng)183
videos, prototyping, usability
Behavior Belongs in the HTML182
html, javascript
Is It Worth Keeping Your CSS DRY—Pros and Cons181
css, maintainability
HTML First180
websites, html
We Need Web Progress, Not Pessimism (kev)179
web-platform
Designing for All: The Basic Principles of Web Accessibility178
accessibility, fundamentals, aria, tooling
What Happened to Separation of Concerns in Frontend Development (j9t)177
maintainability, css, frameworks, history
Sustainability and Tech and Us (j9t)176
sustainability, performance, minimalism
Writing Clean Code: Best Practices and Principles175
javascript, best-practices, conventions, formatting, maintainability
The 5 Principles of Unit Testing174
testing, quality
4 Design Principles I Use Every Day to Avoid Bad UX and Create Products That Work for Everyone (ada)173
design, user-experience, dei
The SOLID Principles: Writing Scalable and Maintainable Code172
solid, scalability, maintainability
Three Key Principles for an Accessible Website171
accessibility
48 Laws, Rules, and Principles of Web Development (j9t)170
programming, terminology
Visual-Design Principles and UX Design Best Practices (uxm)169
design, user-experience, best-practices
Core Principles of SEO168
seo, overviews
System Design Blueprint: The Ultimate Guide (zon)167
guides, cheat-sheets, architecture, system-design
A Designers Guide to the Principles of Web Design166
guides, design, consistency, legibility, navigation, images, hierarchy, whitespace, usability
Formulating Your Product Design North Star (aka Design Principles)165
design, processes
UX Principles for AI Products164
user-experience, ai
From UX to Growth Design: 5 Principles to Multiply Your Value163
user-experience, design
Privacy Principles (rob+/w3c)162
privacy
Platform Engineering Teams Done Right… (adr)161
platform-engineering
5 Principles of Readable Code: KISS, YAGNI, DRY, BDU, Occam’s Razor160
maintainability
7 Principles of Design Psychology Every UX Designer Should Know (uxm)159
design, user-experience
Select the Right Tool for the Job (jim)158
Proximity: Gestalt Principle for User Interface Design (nng)157
videos, design
Accessibility and MVPs (dav)156
accessibility
10 Key Principles of User-Centered Design (web)155
design, usability, user-experience
The BBC’s 15 Web Principles—15 Years Later (ede)154
web, history
Design Principles for the Web153
videos, design
W3C TAG Ethical Web Principles152
ethics, w3c
20 Principles I Learned From 10 Years of Developing Software151
The Design Principle Paradox (ian)150
design
Applying SOLID Principles in React149
quality, maintainability, solid, react
Software Engineering: The Soft Parts (add)148
Design Principles for the Web (wea)147
videos, software-design, web
10 Dos and Don’ts of Web Design in 2022 (web)146
design
The Cicada Principle and Why It Matters to Web Designers (mis)145
design
W3C TAG Ethical Web Principles (tor+/w3c)144
ethics, w3c
Resilience, Flexibility, and Immediacy: Working With Headless Systems (sma)143
headless, resilience
If Design Principles Are for Designs, Then Design Values Are for Designers142
design
9 Useful Principles of UX Design (uxm)141
user-experience, design
Principles of Object-Oriented Programming in TypeScript (app)140
typescript, oop
Designing “Above the Fold”? Try the Reciprocity Principle139
design
Design System—Principles of Success138
design-systems
Remember You Are Not the User (css)137
accessibility, internationalization, user-experience
Web Platform Design Principles (w3c)136
web-platform, software-design, standards, w3c
Three Principles to Better Present Your UI Designs135
design
The Golden Ratio and User-Interface Design (nng)134
design, layout, aesthetics
Writing Clean JavaScript Tests With the BASIC Principles133
javascript, testing
New Principle: Do Not Design Around Third-Party Tools Unless It Actually Breaks the Web (lea)132
software-design, css
8 Fundamental Principles of Effective Web Design131
Principles by Design130
design
The (Most Comprehensive) JavaScript Design Principles Guide129
guides, software-design, javascript
UX Principles That Include Cognitive Accessibility (gar)128
accessibility, user-experience
Principle of Closure in Visual Design (nng)127
design
Making the Web—Faster126
web, performance, developer-experience
9 Principles of Good Web Design125
design, simplicity, navigation, content, layout, performance, mobile
Information Architecture—Secret to Converting Complexity Into Clarity124
information-architecture, user-experience, examples
Optimizing Your CSS: Writing DRY, Scalable Styles (ath)123
css, optimization, maintainability
10 Principles of the Best Landing Page Design122
design, landing-pages
The Principles of Visual Communication (sma)121
design, communication, examples
Similarity Principle in Visual Design (nng)120
design, colors, shapes
The Cicada Principle, Revisited With CSS Variables (lea)119
css, custom-properties
Design Principles 101118
videos, introductions, design
The Most Critical Python Code Metric117
python, metrics, quality
Goodbye, Clean Code (dan)116
processes, quality
Design Principles for Developers: Processes and CSS Tips for Better Web Design (css)115
design, typography, spacing, colors, processes, css, tips-and-tricks
Characteristics of a Strong Performance Culture (tka)114
performance, culture
F.I.R.S.T. Principles of Testing (www)113
testing
5 Simple UX Principles to Guide Your Product Design112
user-experience, design
The Anchoring Principle (tbf/nng)111
design, user-experience
The Psychology of Design (jon/ali)110
design, user-experience
Notes to Myself on Software Engineering109
career, apis
DRY HTML or DRY CSS?108
maintainability, html, css, bem, oocss, atomic-css
The Principle of Commitment and Behavioral Consistency (tbf/nng)107
user-experience
The Authority Principle (tbf/nng)106
user-experience
Laws of UX (jon)105
websites, user-experience
Universal Principles of User Experience Design (sma)104
user-experience, design, typography
The First Principles of Product Management103
product-management, communication, collaboration
The Two Extremes of Writing CSS, and What We Can Learn From Them (j9t)102
css, concepts, best-practices, comparisons
DRY CSS: How to Use Declarations Just Once, Effectively (j9t)101
how-tos, css, maintainability
What We Should Teach Up-and-Coming Developers (j9t)100
training, quality, ethics
CSS Architecture and the Three Pillars of Maintainable CSS99
css, architecture, maintainability, solid
The Nine Principles of Design Implementation (sma)98
design, html, css
Code Responsibly97
best-practices
Two Paradigms of Web Development (j9t)96
concepts, best-practices, comparisons
Inclusive Design Principles (ian+)95
websites, accessibility, dei, community
Principles of Web Development (j9t)94
user-experience, quality, simplicity, maintainability, learning
[Insert Clickbait Headline About Progressive Enhancement Here] (aar)93
progressive-enhancement, javascript, economics
Quick Tip: DRY Up Your Model Validations Tests92
testing, validation, ruby-on-rails, tips-and-tricks
Design Systems and Postel’s Law (mar)91
design-systems
Schools of Thoughts in Web Standards (kar)90
standards
You Got Your CSS in My JavaScript (jus)89
javascript, css
Design Systems in Difficult Places (mar)88
design-systems
Technical SEO—Fundamental Principles (sma)87
seo, fundamentals
Design Principles: Compositional, Symmetrical, and Asymmetrical Balance (sma)86
design
DRY: Do Repeat Yourself (ppk)85
best-practices
Design Principles: Compositional Flow and Rhythm (sma)84
design
Design Principles: Dominance, Focal Points, and Hierarchy (sma)83
design, hierarchy
Web Design and Principles (j9t)82
design
Design Principles: Visual Weight and Direction (sma)81
design
3 Principles for Perfect Typeface Pairing80
typography, fonts
Fundamental Principles of Great UX Design—How to Deliver Great UX Design (uxm)79
fundamentals, how-tos, user-experience, design
CSS, DRY, and Code Optimization (j9t)78
css, optimization, maintainability
Design Principles: Connecting and Separating Elements Through Contrast and Similarity (sma)77
design, contrast, colors
Design Principles: Space and the Figure-Ground Relationship (sma)76
design, spacing
13 Tenets of User Experience (rhj/sma)75
user-experience
The End of Object Inheritance and the Beginning of a New Modularity74
videos, programming, conventions
CSS Architectures: Principles of Code Cleanup73
css, optimization, quality
The Single Responsibility Principle72
solid, php
The Open/Closed Principle71
solid, php
Mastering CSS Principles: A Comprehensive Guide (vit/sma)70
guides, css, link-lists
The Open/Closed Principle Applied to CSS (css)69
solid, oocss, css
Google HTML/CSS Style Guide (j9t)68
google, html, css, style-guides, quality, conformance, formatting, naming, sorting
Decoupling HTML From CSS (jus/sma)67
html, css, smacss
DRY CSS: Don’t Repeat Your CSS66
css, maintainability, oocss
Design Advice From Jony Ive65
design
The 2 Principles of Object Oriented CSS64
oocss, css, examples
Redefining Hick’s Law (sma)63
design
The Performance Golden Rule62
performance
“window.scrollTo()” or: When to Stay Clear of User Agents (j9t)61
browsers
Simple Made Easy (ric)60
videos, software-design, architecture, complexity, simplicity
The Guide to CSS Animation: Principles and Examples (sma)59
guides, css, animations, examples
5 Principles of User-Centered Interface Design58
design, user-experience
Web Development Principles: Develop for What Is, Not What Could Be (j9t)57
Design Principles56
websites, overviews
4 More Principles of Information Architecture55
information-architecture
Guidelines for URI Design (jac/css)54
guidelines, urls
The Principles of Cross-Browser CSS Coding (lou/sma)53
css, box-model, browsers, support
Principles of Icon Design (jon)52
icons, images, design
Wabi Sabi: Natural Simplicity in Web Design51
design, simplicity
How to Improve Usability With Fitts’ and Hick’s Laws50
how-tos, usability, optimization, design
Application Compatibility Layers Are There for the Customer, Not for the Program49
Principles of Design: Color48
design, colors
Principles of Design: Contrast47
design, contrast, colors
Principles of Design: Proximity46
design
HTML/CSS Frameworks: Useful, Universal, Usable, Unobtrusive (j9t)45
frameworks, html, css
The True Advantage of CSS (j9t)44
css, maintainability
Inappropriate Uses (chr/css)43
databases, html, css, javascript
Orthogonality of Specifications (w3c)42
standards, web-platform, software-design, architecture
10 Principles of Readability and Web Typography (sma)41
design, typography, readability
The Principles of Beautiful HTML Email40
email, writing, microcontent
12 Principles for Clean HTML Code (chr/sma)39
html, encoding, formatting, naming, css, conformance
Code Responsibly (j9t)38
websites, best-practices
7 Principles of Clean and Optimized CSS (sma)37
css, optimization, minification, hacks
The Principles of Project Management36
project-management, prioritization
10 Principles of Effective Web Design (vit/sma)35
design, usability, performance, simplicity, whitespace, conventions, testing
The Principles of Beautiful Typography (jas)34
typography, fonts, readability, legibility
HTML Design Principles (ann+/w3c)33
html, software-design
Cost of Solution vs. Cost of Problem (j9t)32
economics, prioritization, comparisons
The Principles of Beautiful Web Design (jas)31
design, processes, overviews
Web 2.0 Patterns30
web-2.0
Giving You Fitts (jen)29
design, usability
Transcendent CSS: Creating the Aesthetic Web (mho)28
css, support, browsers, community
Build for the Future: Bend, Don’t Break (gar/dig)27
html, processes
Principles and Elements of Design (dig)26
design
Rails Manifesto25
ruby-on-rails, web-2.0
The Rule of Least Power (tim/w3c)24
programming, software-design
PHP 5 and Design Patterns: An Introduction (inf)23
php, software-design-patterns
Microformats (mic)22
microformats, concepts, html, xhtml
The Principles of Design (dig)21
design, fundamentals, link-lists
On Separating Style and Behaviour (far)20
html, xhtml, css, javascript, dom
The Four Essentials of Modern Web Design19
fundamentals, conformance, accessibility, semantics, quality
The Web Is a Human Creation (dig)18
web, marketing
Introduction to Device Independence17
introductions, domains
Fitts’s Law (dav)16
design, usability
The Zen of Python15
python
Future of the Web, a Must-Read (gla)14
web-platform, outlooks, mozilla, opera
Separating Behavior and Structure (ppk/dig)13
javascript, html, css
Interface Design Issues: The Complexity Principle12
design, complexity
Principles of XML Design: When to Use Elements Versus Attributes (uog)11
xml
Are They Really Separated? (sto)10
maintainability, content, content-management, html, css
The One Magic Rule of Web Design9
design
First Rule of Usability? Don’t Listen to Users (nng)8
usability, testing
The Joel Test: 12 Steps to Better Code (spo)7
programming, version-control, building, culture, tooling, testing, quality
A Dao of Web Design (joh/ali)6
design
Best Viewed With Any Browser5
browsers, support, design
“How Do I Force…?”4
best-practices
The Web Is Ruined and I Ruined It3
html, css
Effective Use of Style Sheets (nng)2
css, maintainability, craft
The Ten Commandments of HTML1
html