#110

11 July 2025

When developers are allowed to use AI tools, they take 19% longer to complete issues—a significant slowdown that goes against developer beliefs and expert forecasts.

A fascinating study.

Heydon Pickering takes a fresh look the Every Layout Sidebar layout, 6 years on, to see if modern CSS selectors can improve it.

A very creative studio site here with butter smooth animations, nice custom cursors and really nice layout work.

An interesting account from Nic and their IAAP accessibility certification. It’ll be especially useful to read for those wanting that formal qualification.

Chris here with a useful run-down of working with the new select element capabilities we have available to us.

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