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Using Web Components With Next (or Any SSR Framework)
5.10.2022
In my previous post we looked at Shoelace, which is a component library with a full suite of UX components that are beautiful, accessible, and — perhaps unexpectedly — built with Web Components. This means they can be used …
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State of CSS 2022 Survey Now Open
4.10.2022
The State of CSS survey recently opened up. Last year, the survey confirmed everyone’s assumptions that TailwindCSS is super popular and CSS variables are mainstream. It also codified what many of us want from CSS, from Container Queries to …
State of CSS 2022 Survey Now Open...
Bankrupt Crypto Lender Celsius’ Asset Sale Is Scheduled, Sources Say FTX CEO May Bid
4.10.2022
According to a filing published by the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York, the crypto lending firm Celsius has been given a final bid deadline of October 17, 2022. Following the bankruptcy court’s final bid deadline, a sale hearing is scheduled for November 1....
Introducing Shoelace, a Framework-Independent Component-Based UX Library
4.10.2022
This is a post about Shoelace, a component library by Cory LaViska, but with a twist. It defines all your standard UX components: tabs, modals, accordions, auto-completes, and much, much more. They look beautiful out of the …
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Bank of Russia Adds Digital Assets to Banking Chart of Accounts
3.10.2022
Central Bank of Russia has introduced digital assets, including the digital version of the Russian ruble, to the recently published draft of the new banking chart of accounts. In the future, financial institutions will be able to provide data about operations with these assets. Russian Banks...
Basel Study Shows World’s Largest Banks Are Exposed to $9 Billion in Crypto Assets
1.10.2022
A first-of-its-kind study published by the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision details that the world’s largest financial institutions are exposed to roughly €9.4 billion (US$9 billion) in crypto assets. The research paper authored by the Basel Committee’s secretariat Renzo...
Microstrategy Is Seeking a Full-Time Lightning Network Engineer to Build a SaaS Platform
1.10.2022
The mobile software, cloud-based services, and business intelligence (BI) firm Microstrategy is seeking a full-time Lightning Network software engineer, according to a job listing published this week. The developer, if hired, will build a Lightning Network-based software as a service (SaaS)...
Getting Started With WordPress Block Development
30.9.2022
Let’s acknowledge that developing for WordPress is weird right now. Whether you’re new to WordPress or have worked with it for eons, the introduction of “Full-Site Editing” (FSE) features, including the Block Editor (WordPress 5.0) and the Site Editor (WordPress …
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GIFs Without the .gif: The Most Performant Image and Video Options Right Now
28.9.2022
So you want an auto-playing looping video without sound? In popular vernacular this is the very meaning of the word GIF. The word has stuck around but the image format itself is ancient and obsolete. Twitter, for example, has …
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Research Finds Bitcoin Mining Equates to 0.10% of Global Greenhouse Gas Emissions
27.9.2022
According to a recent report published by the Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance (CCAF), bitcoin mining worldwide accounts for around 0.10% of global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions or 48.35 million tons of carbon dioxide per annum. Moreover, CCAF’s report details that...
Named Element IDs Can Be Referenced as JavaScript Globals
27.9.2022
Did you know that DOM elements with IDs are accessible in JavaScript as global variables? It’s one of those things that’s been around, like, forever but I’m really digging into it for the first time.
If this is the first …
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How to Create Wavy Shapes & Patterns in CSS
26.9.2022
The wave is probably one of the most difficult shapes to make in CSS. We always try to approximate it with properties like border-radius and lots of magic numbers until we get something that feels kinda close. And that’s before …
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How To Customize WordPress Block Theme Cover Templates with Dynamic Post Feature Images
23.9.2022
If we browse the WordPress theme directory, a majority of themes showcase cover images. It is a feature in popular demand. The cover page trend is true even in the block theme directory screenshots as well.
Let’s consider the …
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The Web is Good Now
23.9.2022
The video of Chris Coyier’s talk at CascadiaJS 2022 is now available. It’s his first in-person talk in more than two years, so it’s great to see our good friend back on stage slinging gems on what makes the web …
The Web is Good Now originally published on CSS-Tricks, which...
How I Made an Icon System Out of CSS Custom Properties
22.9.2022
SVG is the best format for icons on a website, there is no doubt about that. It allows you to have sharp icons no matter the screen pixel density, you can change the styles of the SVG on hover …
How I Made an Icon System Out of CSS Custom Properties originally published on CSS-Tricks, which...
CSS Rules vs. CSS Rulesets
21.9.2022
The latest spec:
A style rule is a qualified rule that associates a selector list with a list of property declarations and possibly a list of nested rules. They are also called rule sets in CSS2.
Louis Lazaris:
As the above quote from W3C indicates...
CSS Checkerboard Background… But With Rounded Corners and Hover Styles
20.9.2022
On one hand, creating simple checkered backgrounds with CSS is easy. On the other hand, though, unless we are one of the CSS-gradient-ninjas, we are kind of stuck with basic patterns.
At least that’s what I thought while staring at …
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Making a Real-Time Clock With a Conic Gradient Face
19.9.2022
Gradients have been a part of the CSS spectrum for quite some time now. We see a lot of radial and linear gradients in a lot of projects, but there is one type of gradient that seems to be a …
Making a Real-Time Clock With a Conic Gradient Face originally published on CSS-Tricks, which...
Vietnam, Philippines, India, China Among Top Countries for Crypto Adoption, Chainalysis Global Index Shows
16.9.2022
Blockchain analytics firm Chainalysis has published its 2022 cryptocurrency adoption index. Vietnam, the Philippines, India, and China are among the countries with the highest crypto adoption. While the overall adoption slows worldwide in bear markets, it “remains above pre-bull market...
Michael Saylor Publishes Open Letter Discussing the ‘Sheer Volume of Misinformation’ Tied to Bitcoin
16.9.2022
The Microstrategy executive Michael Saylor is a big believer in Bitcoin as his company has purchased close to 130,000 bitcoin during the last few years. Six days ago, the U.S. Office of Science and Technology Policy published a report that claims proof-of-work mining operations have been affecting...