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Revisiting CSS border-image
21.3.2025
I’ve used border-image regularly. Yet, it remains one of the most underused CSS tools, and I can’t, for the life of me, figure out why. Is it possible that people steer clear of border-image because its syntax is awkward and unintuitive? Perhaps it’s because most explanations don’t solve the type...
Quick Reminder That :is() and :where() Are Basically the Same With One Key Difference
20.3.2025
I’ve seen a handful of recent posts talking about the utility of the :is() relational pseudo-selector. No need to delve into the details other than to say it can help make compound selectors a lot more readable.
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Quick Reminder That :is() and :where()...
What Steam's own data tells us about the 2025 market!
18.3.2025
Also: a look at organic TikTok reach wins, and lots of discovery news
Styling Counters in CSS
17.3.2025
Going from the most basic ways to style lists directly in HTML to advanced customization techniques that are even capable of making things that aren't lists look like lists.
Styling Counters in CSS originally published on CSS-Tricks, which is part of the DigitalOcean family. You should get...
What are the surprise hits of 2025 so far on Steam?
14.3.2025
Also: much game news & a reminder re: our GDC Plus/Pro meetup
Web Components Demystified
14.3.2025
Scott Jehl released a course called Web Components Demystified. This is my full set of notes from Scott's course. You'll still want to take the course on your own, and I encourage you to because Scott is an excellent teacher who makes all of this stuff extremely accessible, even to noobs like...
Crypto for Advisors: Memcoins
13.3.2025
Memecoins have gained mainstream visibility recently. However, understanding what they are, how they work and where the risks are is critical
The Protocol: Ethereum’s Holesky Testnet Finalizes, Finally
12.3.2025
Also: Starknet Settles to Bitcoin And Ethereum, Danny Ryan’s New Mission from Ethereum’s Engine Room to Wall Street, And Japanese Tech Giants Sony and LINE Join Forces
Axie Infinity’s new Web3 game, LVMH sued over NFT patent: Nifty Newsletter
12.3.2025
In this week’s newsletter, check out non-fungible token (NFT) gaming project Axie Infinity’s new trailer for its upcoming Web3 game, Atia’s Legacy. In other news, luxury fashion giant LVMH has been sued for NFT patent infringement, and NFT sales have tumbled by 63% since December...
Axie Infinity’s new Web3 game, LVMH sued over NFT patent: Nifty Newsletter
12.3.2025
In this week’s newsletter, check out non-fungible token (NFT) gaming project Axie Infinity’s new trailer for its upcoming Web3 game, Atia’s Legacy. In other news, luxury fashion giant LVMH has been sued for NFT patent infringement, and NFT sales have tumbled by 63% since December...
Axie Infinity’s new Web3 game, LVMH sued over NFT patent: Nifty Newsletter
12.3.2025
In this week’s newsletter, check out non-fungible token (NFT) gaming project Axie Infinity’s new trailer for its upcoming Web3 game, Atia’s Legacy. In other news, luxury fashion giant LVMH has been sued for NFT patent infringement, and NFT sales have tumbled by 63% since December...
How Heroes Of Hammerwatch II hit 300k sold, fast!
11.3.2025
Also: the most-watched games on February & a bonanza of news
Powering Search With Astro Actions and Fuse.js
11.3.2025
With Astro, we can generate most of our site during our build, but have a small bit of server-side code that can handle search functionality using something like Fuse.js. In this demo, we’ll use Fuse to search through a set of personal “bookmarks” that are generated at build time, but return back...
Smashing Meets Accessibility
10.3.2025
The videos from Smashing Magazine's recent event on accessibility were just posted the other day. I was invited to host the panel discussion with the speakers, including a couple of personal heroes of mine, Stéphanie Walter and Sarah Fossheim. But I was just as stoked to meet Kardo Ayoub who shared...
Split Fiction, Two Point Museum debut super strong!
7.3.2025
Also: a ton of relevant links for your delectation, as per usual
A CSS-Only Star Rating Component and More! (Part 2)
7.3.2025
In this second article of a two-part series, Temani Afif demonstrates an alternative approach to creating the star rating component from the first article using experimental scroll-driven animations to animate the star rating's colors in place rather than using the border-image property.
A...
Maybe don’t use custom properties in shorthand properties
6.3.2025
This easily qualifies as a "gotcha" in CSS and is a good reminder that the cascade doesn't know everything all at the same time. If a custom property is invalid, the cascade won't ignore it, and it gets evaluated, which invalidates the declaration.
Maybe don’t use custom properties...
SEC drops Yuga Labs probe, Trump files NFT marketplace trademark: Nifty Newsletter
5.3.2025
Trump-owned company DTTM Operations filed a trademark for “TRUMP” in relation to a metaverse and an NFT marketplace
SEC drops Yuga Labs probe, Trump files NFT marketplace trademark: Nifty Newsletter
5.3.2025
Trump-owned company DTTM Operations filed a trademark for “TRUMP” in relation to a metaverse and an NFT marketplace
SEC drops Yuga Labs probe, Trump files NFT marketplace trademark: Nifty Newsletter
5.3.2025
Trump-owned company DTTM Operations filed a trademark for “TRUMP” in relation to a metaverse and an NFT marketplace