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100 Devs
Kevin Powell is doing game-show-style (specifically Family Feud) shorts where, using data from a survey of 100 devs, he asks another dev what the most popular answers were. Here’s:
Introducing Solo
A versatile tool for managing coding projects, integrating multiple terminals and AI agents within a single control panel.
Brighter Than White
If you’ve got an HDR display, and use Chrome 137+ or Safari 26+ (even on iOS), perhaps you’ve seen images sometimes with colors that are so bright they seem to dim the rest of the screen. I find it a bit distracting, but I can see how it could be a fun technological gimick sometimes. […]
Dark Mode Very Much Matters To Me
It's not just vibes, it's an accessibility thing.
Custom Glow Rings Inside of Elements
A box-shadow is an obvious choice for an inner glow of an element to highlight it. But with some fancy masking, we can use any overlay style we want.
Better Centering with CSS text-box
Jake has a very nice, clear video about what text-box solves in CSS. It essentially makes even padding on an element (like a button) doable without magic numbers, and that will work across any font (sick). Temani made a tool to help pick the right values.
Extracting Grid Information Using CSS
It's an interesting and potentially useful trick to have an element know where it is on a grid. That's tricky enough when the items are in one row/column, but what about when they span?
Code Snacks
Love these little animations (“code snacks”) from Lauren Basser that illustrate basic technological concepts. Check out the ones for Working Directory and Shadow DOM — not the easiest concepts to illustrate as simply as this!
Comparing Values With CSS progress()
The new CSS progress() function maps a given value to a range. Super useful for responsive layouts, responsive typography, and fun tricks.
It’s All About The Permissions Recovery
Users who deny permissions can recover them by adjusting settings, although many may not realize this.