This is a curated list of articles I've read and have shared online as I believe they are worth sharing. I aim to update this list on a weekly basis. You can keep up to date with all the links I share by revisiting this page, or alternately, you can subscribe to the RSS feed for links.
The path to becoming a publisher - Piccalilli
In my 2023 wrap-up post I said the following: I also see a gap in publications. CSS-Tricks is done now, and unfortunately, been abandoned. A List Apart has…
AI and accessible front-end components: is the nuance generatable?
Companies are rushing to add generated AI capabilities to their products. Some promise to produce front-end components for you. Is that even possible, given the…
Which CSS framework should I use?
I’ve been ragging on Tailwind a lot lately (because it’s terrible). One of the natural follow-up questions I get is… Which CSS framework do you like? I tend to…
How to create a responsive grid system with CSS Grid
I recently updated the grid system on my site from Flexbox to CSS Grid. Today, I wanted to share how to use it, how it works under-the-hood, and why I made the…
Capo.js: A five minute web performance boost
You want a quick web performance win at work that’s sure to get you a promotion? Want it to only take five minutes? Then I got you. Capo.js is a tool to get…
Tailwind vs. Semantic CSS
Over the last week or two, I’ve written about why Tailwind is bad. Yesterday, I stumbled upon this article from Tero Piirainen comparing semantic CSS to…
Where I’m at on the whole CSS-Tricks thing
It was March 2022 when I sold CSS-Tricks to DigitalOcean. So it’s been just about 2 years now. This was me and my wife’s thinking: The negotiated sale price was…
Now's the time to own and host your own content
We've seen Meta, Google, Microsoft, Apple, Reddit, Automattic, Mozilla — name a company — integrate AI that continues to be trained on public data with or…
Own Your Web – Issue 10: Links Worth Sharing
Hi All! 🤗 Every day, we browse the Web and scroll our timelines. And every day, we find even more interesting websites, blog posts, articles, videos, podcasts…
Piccalilli Links
You might have noticed that I’m starting to share links on here. There’s a hole that’s been left by publications like CSS-Tricks and A List Apart going quiet…