I love “re-learning” things I thought I knew. HTML is full of those opportunities (case in point, like today) since it’s where you typically start learning about web development. And in those early days, you don’t know what you don’t know. So, thanks Jim Nielsen for giving me a reason to give URL patterns another […]
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The designer portfolio is dead—and AI killed it. Recruiters don’t click your link, algorithms flatten your work into bullet points, and the real hiring decisions happen on LinkedIn, X, and in community feeds.
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My brain can’t help but try to make connections between seemingly disparate ideas. And that’s what happened yesterday when I read: Hidde’s “Can components conform to WCAG?” Joas’s “Automating Design Systems” Zell’s “We Might Need Something Between Root and Relative CSS Units for “Base Elements” What we have is: A semantic issue of saying that
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Explore the key differences between Tailwind CSS and Bootstrap. Discover their pros, cons, and ideal use cases to decide which CSS framework is best for your next web development project. Continue reading Tailwind CSS vs. Bootstrap: Which Framework Is Right for Your Next Project? on SitePoint.
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CSS provides us with root and relative values. Root values are like rem and rlh — they’re tied to the values written in the :root selector (the most common one would be the html element). Relative values are like em, lh, ch and various others — they’re tied to the font-size in that specific element.
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Think “user” and “customer” are the same thing? Think again. Confusing the two could be the silent killer of your product—and your profits. Here’s why designing for the wrong journey could cost you everything.
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Design career origin stories often sound clean and linear: a degree in Fine Arts, a lucky internship, or a first job that launches a linear, upward path. But what about those whose paths were not so straight? The ones who came from service, retail, construction, or even firefighting — the messy, winding paths that didn’t
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Deep dive into Insurify’s insurance marketplace technology: 400+ carrier API connections, sub-10-second quote delivery, and intelligent matching algorithms. Continue reading Behind Insurify: How One Insurance Marketplace Handles 400+ API Integrations and Real-Time Quotes at Scale on SitePoint.
Sunkanmi Fafowora is a frequent flier around here. You’ve probably seen his name pop up in the CSS-Tricks Almanac and we actually just published something today that he wrote up for the color-mix() function. The guy spends a lot of time in the Almanac because he loves technical documentation, something he showed off when writing
We don’t publish a big ol’ bunch of links pushing products and whatnot around here. But I do like sharing a good resource when it’s available and that’s what I’m doing here with Andy Clarke’s upcoming Practical Layout Workshop. First off, the deets: Date: Thursday, 18th September Time: 3:00 p.m. (UK) Duration: 2 hours (live,
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