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Apr 25
🎉Mini article. I turned the styling of my code snippets on the blog to a proper theme that you can use 😇 I already had a version of them in my editor, so I thought... why not share them? utilitybend.com/blog/bringin…
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Apr 14
An update on <rangegroup>: I shared anonymised feedback from the form, what changed in the explainer (e.g., disabled state), and why I still need you to make noise. Community feedback is priority number 1 at this point.
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✨ Once upon a time, rounded corners meant five background images. Then border-radius arrived. Now, the corner-shape property takes CSS corners one step further, opening the door to beveled, scooped, and squircle corners: smashingmagazine.com/2026/03…
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Mar 5
Time to put my money where my mouth is! 💸
In recent months, I’ve updated my site with a range of progressive enhancements. It is rock-solid across all modern browsers and is finally live! With a story 📖: utilitybend.com/blog/putting…
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Feb 12
🚀Do we like scroll-driven animations? yes! Do we want scroll-triggered animations? Also yes! Would it be cool to combine them? Ow hell yes! And that's just what I did in this year's Valentine's article, enjoy! ❤️❤️
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Jan 23
🚀 Is it scrolled? Is it not? Let's find out with CSS @container scroll-state() queries.
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Jan 15
🚀 I didn't think I'd start the year with another demo on customizable select, but people should know about the upcoming things. The multiselect might still be a bit further down the road, but the size attribute updates should be shipped with Chrome 145.😍
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If you like exploring browser boundaries and finding out how far native HTML and CSS can really go, this one’s for you. 🌎 webexpo.net/prague2026/sessi…
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19 Dec 2025
🚀❄️ Yep, another "holidays" blog article. As tradition, I always try to create a little "happy holidays" card as well, with something new and shiny in CSS. This time, the corner-shape property in CSS. Happy Holidays, ya'll
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10 Dec 2025
✨ CSS Wrapped 2025 is out! We’re entering a world where CSS can increasingly handle logic, state, and complex interactions once reserved for JavaScript.
↬ Here’s an unpacking of the highlights and how they connect to the broader evolution of modern CSS:smashingmagazine.com/2025/12…
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4 Dec 2025
I've been working a bit with Tailwind lately, and without jumping into a rage article, I took some time to gather my thoughts. It's not my favourite tool, but why? Here is an honest article on that:
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1 Dec 2025
Barbecue, D&D, and UI. This episode is packed with my favourite things. But one thing I'm extremely happy about is that @ShopTalkShow talked about <rangegroup> from #OpenUI. Thank you for the nice words as well! Let's make this happen. youtube.com/watch?v=rx3gQkRZ…
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28 Nov 2025
🚀 I made a holiday wishlist for @ChromeDevTools in November! Because I can 😀 What's the thing you'd like to see to simplify your CSS/layout debugging?
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19 Nov 2025
Been going back and forth with @Google support for my phone that was under so called extended warranty for a pink line... One month since it started, no decent answers, phone travelled to Poland 2 times and returned... I really expected better 😔
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19 Nov 2025
It's about this info, my phone was so called eligible for the fix. But maybe if it gets stalled enough with bureaucracy the problem solves itself 😅 support.google.com/pixelphon…
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17 Oct 2025
🚀 There should be a native way to have more than one thumb on a range slider. For this, I need your help. I created a starting point and would love you all to talk about it and give some feedback.
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14 Oct 2025
Happy "View Transitions Level 1 support in all major browsers" Day! 🎉
With Firefox 144 now stable, everyone gets beautiful transitions with Astro ClientRouter
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14 Oct 2025
🚀As a case study, I tried to recreate the famous Guess Who game with built-in AI and the Prompt API. You can read about it on the Chrome for developers blog. #AI #Gemini #Chrome developer.chrome.com/blog/ai…
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12 Sep 2025
🚀The new CSS sibling-index() and sibling-count() functions let us create staggered animations, dynamic color palettes, and even complex circular layouts with ease.
I wrote about my first experiments with these fantastic new CSS additions. So much fun! ♥️
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If you thought we were done with View Transitions, guess again!
Chrome is working on “Scoped View Transitions” which allow you to scope a VT to a subtree of the DOM.
This unlocks things like concurrent VTs and prevents layering issues.
Thread on 🦋: bsky.app/profile/bram.us/pos…
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