Sometimes I want to set the value of a CSS property to that of a different property, even if I don’t know what that value is, and even if it changes later. Unfortunately though, that’s not possible (at least, there isn’t a CSS function that specifically does that). In my opinion, it’d be super useful […]
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Wireframes are dead, and prototypes killed them. In 2025, no one has time for grayscale boxes and lorem ipsum — the real work is happening in clickable, testable, living prototypes. If your design process still leans on wireframes, you’re not just behind — you’re signaling irrelevance.
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No design exists in isolation. As designers, we often imagine specific situations in which people will use our product. It might be indeed quite common — but there will also be other — urgent, frustrating, stressful situations. And they are the ones that we rarely account for. So how do we account for such situations?
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Sketch is getting a massive UI overhaul, codenamed Copenhagen: Our latest update — Copenhagen — features a major redesign of Sketch’s UI. Redesigns like this don’t happen often. In fact, our last one was in 2020, when Apple launched macOS Big Sur. Makes a lot of sense for an app that’s so tightly integrated to Mac to
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Learn how Glassmorphism and Voice User Interface (VUI) work together to create immersive, futuristic websites. Explore design trends, benefits, and best practices for modern web UX. Continue reading How Glassmorphism and Voice UI are Redefining Website UX on SitePoint.
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Microcopy is supposed to guide users—but let’s be real, half the time it’s gaslighting us. From cheery cookie banners that secretly rob your data to “Oops!” error messages that tell you nothing, these tiny words are the web’s most manipulative tool. Designers call it *delight*, but users know it’s just UX in a clown suit.
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Picture this: you join a new project, dive into the codebase, and within the first few hours, you discover something frustratingly familiar. Scattered throughout the stylesheets, you find multiple @keyframes definitions for the same basic animations. Three different fade-in effects, two or three slide variations, a handful of zoom animations, and at least two different
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For the past few months, I’ve been writing a lot of entries on pseudo-selectors in CSS, like ::picker() or ::checkmark. And, in the process, I noticed I tend to use the :open pseudo-selector a lot in my examples — and in my work in general. Borrowing words from the fine author of the :open entry in the Almanac: The CSS :open pseudo-selector targets
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Discover how manufacturing software serves as the digital backbone of modern factories, from unified data architecture to AI-powered planning and real-time monitoring. Continue reading How Manufacturing Process Software Actually Works on SitePoint.
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