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Hope you're having a good week so far. This edition I loved the deep dive into the State of CSS 2025 results, with :has() rightly in the spotlight.
You will also find smart takes on real-time dashboards, motion that serves the product, and handy bits from debugging minified files to tidier animation starts.
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Element Size Results - Chrome and Safari both get very close to 225-1 (33,554,431), with Safari backing off from that by just 3 pixels, and Chrome by 31.
CSS resets are a technique nearly as long lived as the modern CSS era itself, stretching all the way from the CSS Zen Garden days to inclusion in mass-market current-day tools like Tailwind.
Try animating from a higher initial scale instead (0.9+). It helps it feel more gentle and elegant.
⚡️ Resetting Community Slack - your voice matters
Slack’s been too quiet. We’re resetting: fewer channels, most chat to #general and Monday threads on what moves product, design, and dev. Want in? Join the convo in #general and help shape a sharper, no-noise club.
OKRs (Objectives and Key Results) is a popular goal-setting framework used by individuals, teams, and organizations to define objectives and track their progress and outcomes.
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