Jake has a very nice, clear video about what text-box solves in CSS. It essentially makes even padding on an element (like a button) doable without magic numbers, and that will work across any font...
In a previous article , calculated a few values for a responsive grid such as the number of columns, the number of rows, and the coordinates of the grid items. Knowing that each item is automatically...
Taking a web application from local development to a live, secure production environment can be daunting if you've never looked under the hood. We just published a comprehensive course on the...
To be completely honest with you, I missed the news when CSS Container Queries first shipped. And when I finally heard about it, my very first thought was, “Why exactly do I need this when media...
A Linux kernel module is a small piece of code that can be loaded into the running kernel without rebuilding the entire kernel. That sounds simple enough, but even a minimal module produces a...
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A developer's laptop holds more sensitive data than most people realize: API keys, database credentials, staging environment secrets, and sometimes entire copies of production data pulled down "just...
macOS 27 Golden Gate is here. Apple released it September 14, 2026, as a free upgrade for every Mac that can run it. I'll show you what actually changes for developers in macOS 27, how to upgrade...
Web Real-Time Communication (or WebRTC) is the open standard browsers use to send audio, video, and data straight to each other. There's no plugin or native app, nothing beyond an API that every...
Love these little animations ( “code snacks” ) from Lauren Basser that illustrate basic technological concepts. Check out the ones for Working Directory and Shadow DOM — not the easiest concepts to...
Security reviews are most effective when developers receive feedback while the code is still fresh in their minds. Waiting until a pull request, CI build, or penetration test to find exposed...
There is a new progress() function in CSS that maps a given value against a value range. It can be used for layout scaling, but it can do more, as you’ll see in this article where progress() is used...
The most dangerous moment in a legacy migration isn't necessarily when you start writing the new implementation. It's when the new implementation looks finished. The code compiles, the tests pass,...
Feature flags are one of the most powerful tools in a team's deployment arsenal. They decouple deployment from release , meaning your CI/CD pipeline can push code to production servers on every...
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