From Adam, prototyped in Chrome Canary 145: h1 { text-grow: per-line scale; } Danny discussed this a while back when looking at different approaches for fitting text to a container, spelling out the syntax (text-shrink included) that you can find in Roma Komarov’s explainer: text-grow: <fit-target> <fit-method>? <length>?; text-shrink: <fit-target> <fit-method>? <length>?; <fit-target> per-line: For text-grow, […]
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If I were to divide CSS evolutions into categories, we have moved far beyond the days when we simply asked for border-radius to feel like we were living in the future. We are currently living in a moment where the platform is handing us tools that don’t just tweak the visual layer, but fundamentally redefine
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I would like to tell you what I learned from a five-year old child about HTML and CSS. Just when I opened my code editor and browser and began writing basic HTML boilerplate, my niece walked in. She is tiny and normally very loud, but was standing quietly next to my desk on this particular
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Blogging isn’t dead—it just got weird, broke up with Google, and joined a Substack cult. From SEO zombie posts to AI-written filler, we’ve lost the soul of writing—but the rebellion has already started. If you’ve got something real to say, now’s the time to blog like it’s 2004 (but with better fonts).
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Your senior management is excited about AI. They’ve read the articles, attended the webinars, and seen the demos. They’re convinced that AI will transform your organization, boost productivity, and give you a competitive edge. Meanwhile, you’re sitting in your UX role wondering what this means for your team, your workflow, and your users. You might
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Web components, as imagined in 1998 from a never-adopted specification: Componentization is a powerful paradigm that allows component users to build applications using ‘building blocks’ of functionality without having to implement those building blocks themselves, or necessarily understand how the building works in fine detail. This method makes building complex applications easier by breaking them down
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In my last piece, we established a foundational truth: for users to adopt and rely on AI, they must trust it. We talked about trust being a multifaceted construct, built on perceptions of an AI’s Ability, Benevolence, Integrity, and Predictability. But what happens when an AI, in its silent, algorithmic wisdom, makes a decision that
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Ownership is quietly disappearing from every part of our digital lives. From Photoshop to Spotify, Kindle to Netflix, we’re trading permanence for convenience — and losing control in the process. Web designers felt it first, but now the subscription trap has swallowed everything from creativity to culture.
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I spend an unhealthy amount of time on the typography in my designs, and if you’ve read any traditional typography books, you might remember “the measure.” If not, it’s simply the length of a line of text. But measure means more than that, and once you understand what it represents, it can change how you
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Set up Angular 17 with SurveyJS for form creation. Configure standalone components, install dependencies, and establish a PHP backend for survey management. Continue reading How I Built a Form Management Platform with Angular 17 and SurveyJS on SitePoint.
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