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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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Column-filled grids: the issues

7 May 2026 | tagged as CSS

I created a technique to fill a grid column by column instead of row by row, while still setting a maximum number of columns. It works, but is brittle. Here we’ll discuss why it is brittle, and why a superior technique can't work without children-count().

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CSS Day tickets: normal or late-bird?

6 May 2026 | tagged as Conferences

CSS Day price hike coming. Get your ticket now.

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Column-filled grids: the technique

5 May 2026 | tagged as CSS

I have a grid that I want to fill with items, not row by row, as usual, but column by column. At the same time, I want to set a maximum number of columns, and add rows as needed, as a regular row-by-row grid does. To do so I created the technique described here. It's not perfect.

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