Tag: Tips

2025 Posts

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   Container queries are widely available!

   on Winging It episode 23 with Miriam on Aug 13 | 3.5 min

   Happy 30-month anniversary to Container Queries – shipping in every browser since February of 2023. It was supposed to be impossible, but here we are!

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   Avoid this mistake when anchor positioning a popover!

   on Winging It episode 22 with James on Aug 12 | 1 min

   Are you positioning a popover with CSS anchor positioning and position-area? Make sure to override the default margins on the popover.

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   There’s a new stretch keyword in CSS?

   on Winging It episode 21 with Miriam on Aug 7 | 4 mins

   There’s a new stretch keyword that we can use for CSS height and width properties. But how is that different from 100%? And how is that different from 100vh when we want a full-height layout?

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2022

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   Replace Dependabot With a Single Dependency Upgrade Pull Request

   by Ed Rivas on Jun 1

   Keeping your project dependencies up to date can become an unwieldy task when Dependabot opens a dozen pull requests every week. We present an alternative approach that uses only one scheduled pull request for all upgrades.

2017

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   Event: Live Q&A with OddBird

   by Sondra Eby on May 27

   Are you a startup founder looking to develop a new web app, or a company interested in expanding your web services? Here’s your chance to ask all those questions that keep you up at night.

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   Color Theory for Coders

   from Natalya Shelburne

   by Sondra Eby on Feb 20

   If you write code and you want to delve into design, Natalya Shelburne’s Practical Color Theory for Coders will get you up and running with a beautiful, cohesive, and accessible color palette using Sass color functions, and teach you why her palettes work so well, all at the same time.

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   Tips and Tools We Love

   by Stacy Kvernmo on Feb 14

   We wanted to show some love to a few great tools we use to get us through our work days. Do you have any to add to our list?

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   Birds Recommend: Performant Parallaxing with CSS 3D

   by Sondra Eby on Jan 27

   If you’d like to learn how to create parallax scrolling for your website, Paul Lewis’ guide to performant parallaxing is the perfect place to start.

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   Designing Using Data

   by Stacy Kvernmo on Jan 19

   Ongoing education in our industry is a must. Attending conferences is a great way to learn and network with other industry professionals. Unfortunately, not everyone is able to attend conferences, but have no fear! Many of the best conferences post videos online, giving our community an easy way to learn…

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