So your designer wants stuff to overlap
I started my first full-time web developer job back in September of 2013 (not counting the period where I built random sites for …
Hacking background-clip with gradient colour stops
Before we get into all the hacking and unorthodox ways of doing things, let’s talk about background-clip: text properly. If …
The horizontal overflow problem
My good friend, Wei, has a pet peeve: unintended horizontal over-scrolling on mobile. Which is very different from intentional …
Can we enterprise CSS grid?
Regardless of whether the title of this blog post is grammatically correct or not, this is a question that I’ve had the …
CSS card shadow effects
Card-style components are pretty much still a thing these days, and there are many ways to make a bunch of identical rectangles …
CSS animation on button hover state
Recently, I came across an animation prototype on a button hover state and wanted to see if I could build it with just CSS.
@font-face fun times
I’m currently a member of the Chinese Text Layout Task Force | 中文排版需求, and we have monthly calls to discuss issues and work …
Random update for 2022
I had a conversation with my brother-from-another-mother, Zell, a couple days ago. Half catch-up and half discussion on the …
The many methods for using SVG icons
Recently at work, I ran into a situation where we had to revisit how SVG icons were being implemented on our pages.
Debugging vertical layouts in 2021
This blog has been around for more than 7 years. Where has the time gone? I first started messing around with vertical layouts …
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