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πŸ” Dive into CSS Anchor Positioning – Let's Hang!

June 26, 2024

Ship Better Interfaces

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Hey πŸ‘‹ This weeks newsletter is packed full of  great reads and resources here's a quick look:

πŸ”— No more 404s – smarter URL handling
🧩 Pure CSS Nesting & BEM Modifiers
βš”οΈ Master auto transitions in CSS

Enjoy & stay inspired πŸ‘‹ - Adam at Unicorn Club.

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πŸ’» Dev UX
Designing a website to not have 404s

I wanted to reduce lock-in to URL architecture as much as possible. One of the ways I've done it is by using fuzzy matching to redirect users to the right place when they make a typo, a product is renamed, or the logic used to generate the URL changes.

πŸŒ… CSS
BEM Modifiers in Pure CSS Nesting

Pure CSS now includes many features that were previously missing, causing people to prefer preprocessors.

One of the Boss Battles of CSS is Almost Won! Transitioning to Auto

The experimental CSS function calc-size(auto) can be used so that transitions and animations can go from zero (0) to this value. But that is unlikely to be the final syntax!

Let’s hang! An intro to CSS Anchor Positioning with basic examples

The CSS anchoring API is something that I’ve been following for at least a year now, and I’m happy to see that the first level is fully specced.

πŸ’­ Fun Fact

Gits First Commit - The first-ever commit made in Git was not a grand feature but rather a simple README file by Linus Torvalds on April 7, 2005. It marked the humble beginnings of what would become the world's most widely used version control system

πŸ”˜ Design + UX
Is Content Design Dead?

The chronic undervaluation of content designers and the urgent need for change

Shaping the Multisensory Experience: How Design Influences Taste, Smell, and Perception in Food and Beverages

In recent years, researchers have increasingly focused on how the design of food and beverage packaging, serving vessels, and dining environments can influence our perception.

Design outside the computer

Your digital UI can come from the physical world.

πŸ€– Git
git commit -m is a lie! How to commit like a pro

When you first started learning git, you probably learned that the way to commit something is by using git commit -m "your message".

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