CSS or BS?
We show you a CSS property name. You tell us if it’s real or if we made it up. That’s it. It starts easy. It does not stay easy.
Sass Color Functions in CSS | Jim Nielsen’s Weblog
I’m not the only one swapping out Sass with CSS for colour functions:
Because of the declarative nature of CSS, you’re never going to get something as terse as what you could get in Sass. So sure, you’re typing more characters. But you know what you’re not doing? Wrangling build plugins and updating dependencies to get Sass to build. What you write gets shipped directly to the browser and works as-is, now and for eternity. It’s hard to say that about your Sass code.
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Performance-Optimized Video Embeds with Zero JavaScript – Frontend Masters Blog
This is a clever technique for a CSS/HTML only way of just-in-time loading of iframes using details and summary.
An in-depth guide to customising lists with CSS - Piccalilli
Think you know about styling lists with CSS? Think again!
This is just a taste of the kind of in-depth knowledge that Rich will be beaming directly into our brains at Web Day Out…
What’s new in web typography? | Clagnut by Richard Rutter
There have been so many advances in HTML, CSS and browser support over the past few years. These are enabling phenomenal creativity and refinement in web typography, and I’ve got a mere 28 minutes to tell you all about it.
I’ve been talking to Rich about his Web Day Out talk, and let me tell you, you don’t want to miss it!
It’s gonna be a wild ride! Join me at Web Day Out in Brighton on 12 March 2026. Use JOIN_RICH to get 10% off and you’ll also get a free online ticket for State of the Browser.
Lowering the specificity of multiple rules at once - Manuel Matuzovic
This is clever, and seems obvious in hindsight: use an anonymous @layer for your CSS reset rules!
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