Front-end education for the real world. Since 2018.





  1. Interop 2024

    After the success of previous years, it’s great to see Interop is back in 2024. In this post, I note down what I’m looking forward to.

    CSS

  2. Some information about my upcoming workshop and course

    I’m doing a lot of content this year, but the stuff I’m most excited about is a brand new workshop and a brand new course. They follow a similar theme to each other: helping you to become a better CSS developer who writes more scalable, maintainable CSS.

    Announcements

  3. Happy international box sizing awareness day

    My all-time favourite CSS technique — courtesy of Paul Irish — celebrates another birthday.

    CSS

  4. It feels like React is getting a bit of a kicking recently

    I talk about an apparent attitude shift in attitude towards React in the community and also make some recommendations about decision-making for your projects.

    Advice

  5. A highly configurable switch component using modern CSS techniques

    Learn how build a highly configurable switch component using modern CSS, such as :has(), container queries, Logical Properties and Custom Properties.

    CSS

  6. Low-tech Eleventy Categories

    Eleventy has built-in tagging and collections capabilities that I’m riffing on to show you how to build a super simple category system with RSS feeds for each one.

    Eleventy

  7. Piccalilli Links

    I give a run-down about the new links setup on the Piccalilli site and how it all works.

    Announcements

  8. Reality Check #3: Building out a layered hero grid layout from Dribbble

    In this edition of Reality Check, I tackle an interesting grid layout that also features some pretty unique background image treatment.

    Reality Check

  9. Piccalilli will return in 2024

    Announcements

  10. LH units are cool

    CSS