Style queries for nested breakpoints

8 September 2026 | tagged as CSS

I plan to use style containers for centralised breakpoint definitions, combining style queries with CSS nesting. Also, I went down a rabbit hole. Do you know what a container is? And that size containers, the ones with the cqw goodness, are the exception rather than the rule in container land?

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initial-scale no longer needed

2 September 2026 | tagged as Safari Web development

Fifteen years ago I helped popularise the meta viewport width=device-width,initial-scale=1. Today I found out the second bit is no longer necessary. A retrospective.

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From the archives: The gig economy as student jobs

15 August 2026 | tagged as Archives Monetisation

Thoughts about the gig economy from a more innocent era. Maybe they’re still useful today.

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The website as irrelevant bullshit

13 August 2026 | tagged as Web development

An example of a website being irrelevant bullshit that happened to trigger me. Why didn't a UX designer pull the emergency break?

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Grid algorithm adventures

27 May 2026 | tagged as CSS

I explain a bit of grid theory, a simplified grid algorithm, and how the noble art of not giving too many instructions is best for creating robust layouts. Rambles slightly.

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performance.now() ticket sales start

26 May 2026 | tagged as Conferences

Ticket sales for the performance.now() web performance conference have started. There are three ticket tiers.

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From the archives: New speakers, devrels, and videos

8 May 2026 | tagged as Archives Conferences

Devrel departments, especially of smaller companies, should make videos of their people available for conference organisers to watch.

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