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Andy Bell

Andy is the founder of Piccalilli and design agency, Set Studio. He mostly specialises in CSS — whether that is publishing an in-depth course on CSS and soft skills, writing a CSS course for Google, co-authoring a book on CSS layout, or creating a methodology to help people write better CSS.

He obsesses about designing and building for everyone with a sharp focus on progressive enhancement and being the browser’s mentor, not its micromanager.

Latest articles by Andy Bell

  1. Wrapping up 2025

    We don't normally do one of these, but I think 2025 has been a stellar year for Piccalilli, so we wanted to get into what we've done and what we're planning for next year.

    Announcements

  2. We made an email template to help convince your boss to pay for Mindful Design

    We recently launched Mindful Design, and plenty of people have mentioned that they don’t know how to approach their boss to ask them to pay for it. Here’s an email template for you to help with that.

    Advice

  3. We made an email template to help convince your boss to pay for JavaScript for Everyone

    We recently launched JavaScript for Everyone, and a lot of people have mentioned that they don’t know how to approach their boss to ask them to pay for it. Here’s an email template for you to help with that.

    Advice

  4. While you’re fixing the fun stuff, fix the important stuff too

    We walk through a fictional bug and fix a little visual issue, but we then spend time uncovering other much more important issues and fix them too.

    CSS

  5. Are people’s bosses really making them use AI tools?

    Andy Bell had heard companies were forcing employees to use AI tools so spoke to developers to determine if that was the case and learned some horrors in the process.

    Opinion