UI Dev Newsletter #79
Issue #79
2021-10-18
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CSS is Going Gosh-Darned Hog Wild, I Tell Ya What
https://css-tricks.com/css-is-going-gosh-darned-hog-wild-i-tell-ya-what/
Chris Coyier shares a list of things happening in the CSS world lately. -
Conditional border-radius and three future CSS features
https://www.stefanjudis.com/blog/conditional-border-radius-and-three-future-css-features/
Stefan Judis simplifies the conditional border radius solution and explores different future solutions. -
100 Bytes of CSS to look great everywhere
https://dev.to/swyx/100-bytes-of-css-to-look-great-everywhere-19pd
Shawn Swyx Wang shares a few lines of code that make every website look good. -
New online CSS analyzer
https://www.projectwallace.com/blog/new-online-css-analyzer
Bart Veneman introduces a new CSS analyzer that powers all of Project Wallace, a next-gen analyzer that keeps track of your CSS over time. -
The art of deception, Lighthouse score edition
https://www.zachleat.com/web/lighthouse-deception/
Zach Leatherman explains the possibilities to manipulate the Lighthouse score and how to avoid common mistakes. -
Stop using if else
https://dev.to/rjitsu/stop-using-if-else-264o
Rishav Jadon shows how to write “if else” statements in an object-oriented way by using Objects and Maps. -
What if… you could use Visual Studio Code as the editor of in-browser Developer Tools?
https://christianheilmann.com/2021/10/12/what-if-you-could-use-visual-studio-code-as-the-editor-of-in-browser-developer-tools/
Christian Heilmann explains why it is good to use Visual Studio Code as the editor of the in-browser Developer Tools. -
HTML Size Analyzer
https://www.debugbear.com/html-size-analyzer
Analyze HTML size and catch bloat like inline images, large React hydration state or code duplication. -
Just for fun
I keep making things out of checkboxes
https://www.bryanbraun.com/2021/09/21/i-keep-making-things-out-of-checkboxes/
Bryan Braun explains why he got on a run making checkbox animations and why he couldn’t stop. -
Popular on Twitter
A universal date format that works for everyone
https://mobile.twitter.com/dan_abramov/status/1447710863960551433
Dan Abramov shares a date format that might be a solution to an evergreen problem with dates. -
Story
A New Toilet
https://blog.jim-nielsen.com/2021/a-new-toilet/
Jim Nielsen shares a story about getting to the root of a shitty problem.
Happy coding!