Layout. It’s one of those easy-to-learn, difficult-to-master things, like they say about playing bass. Not because it’s innately difficult to, say, place two elements next to each other, but because there are many, many ways to tackle it. And layout is one area of CSS that seems to evolve more than others, as we’ve seen […]
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Scroll-driven animations are great! They’re a powerful tool that lets developers tie the movement and transformation of elements directly to the user’s scroll position. This technique opens up new ways to create interactive experiences, cuing images to appear, text to glide across the stage, and backgrounds to subtly shift. Used thoughtfully, scroll-driven animations (SDA) can
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In today’s fast-paced world, your portfolio has only 30 seconds to make an impact. These 8 essential tips will help you grab attention, showcase your skills, and ensure you stand out to recruiters, clients, and employers.
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New technologies and innovative concepts frequently enter the product development lifecycle, promising to revolutionize user experiences. However, even the most ingenious ideas risk failure without a fundamental grasp of user interaction with these new experiences. Consider the plight of the Nintendo Power Glove. Despite being a commercial success (selling over 1 million units), its release
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Optimize ARM64 performance with larger memory page sizes. Learn when 64K pages benefit databases, AI, and I/O workloads plus Linux configuration steps. Continue reading Understanding Memory Page Sizes on Arm64 on SitePoint.
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Rounded corners didn’t just win—they staged a quiet coup and made our interfaces soft, friendly, and suspiciously comforting. This satirical love-hate letter to border-radius explores how we went from brutalist boxes to UI that feels like a therapy session. If you’ve ever surrendered to a 12px curve, this one’s for you.
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This article is a sponsored by Droip Traditional WordPress page builders had their moment. Builders like Elementor, Divi, and Oxygen have been around for years. So long, in fact, that many of us just accepted their limitations as the cost of using WordPress. But Droip, a relatively new no-code website builder, steps in with a
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In many products, setting notification channels on mute is a default, rather than an exception. The reason for that is their high frequency, which creates disruptions and eventually notification fatigue, when any popping messages get dismissed instantly. There is a good reason for it: high frequency of notifications. In usability testing, it’s the most frequent
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This is the fourth post in a series about the new CSS shape() function. So far, we’ve covered the most common commands you will use to draw various shapes, including lines, arcs, and curves. This time, I want to introduce you to two more commands: close and move. They’re fairly simple in practice, and I
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WordPress in 2025 isn’t thriving — it’s rotting. Bloated, outdated, and hijacked by commercial greed, the world’s most popular CMS has become a cautionary tale of innovation gone stale. If you’re still building on WordPress, you’re clinging to a corpse.
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