✨ CSS Evolves - Discover Inline if() & CSS Flow Charts

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Hey 👋 This weeks newsletter is packed full of great reads and resources here's a quick look:

🔤 Beyond Monospace

👁️ Recognizing Dark Patterns

⚙️ JavaScript on Steroids

Enjoy & stay inspired 👋 - Adam at Unicorn Club.

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🌅 CSS

Opinions for Writing Good CSS

While it’s easy to learn the parts: selectors, properties, etc. It’s much tougher to practically compose multiple ideas together to make something new or more complex happen.

Inline conditionals in CSS?

Last week, we had a CSS WG face-to-face meeting in A Coruña, Spain. There is one resolution from that meeting that I’m particularly excited about: the consensus to add an inline if() to CSS.

Flow Charts with CSS Anchor Positioning

With the introduction of the CSS Anchor Position API in Chrome 125, it's never been easier to position an element relative to another element.

Learn Grid Now, Container Queries Can Wait

Several people have asked recently why container queries aren’t being used more broadly in production. But I think we underestimate the level of legacy browser support that most companies require to re-write a code-base.

💭 Fun Fact

***The Birth of Courier*** - One of the most iconic monospaced fonts, Courier, was designed by Howard "Bud" Kettler in the early 1950s. Originally created for IBM's typewriters, Courier has become a staple in the digital age for its clean, typewriter-like appearance.

🔘 Design + UX

Dark Patterns Hall of Shame

Protect your online privacy and rights by learning about dark patterns and unethical designs. Stay informed and avoid manipulation in the digital world.

Beyond monospace: the search for the perfect coding font

What makes a font suitable for writing code? Back in 2021, when I started working on Martian Mono—the Evil Martians font for programming — I naively believed it was just a matter of making all characters the same width, and maybe including some code ligatures.

🟨 JS

Advanced JavaScript Performance Optimization: Techniques and Patterns

This post dives into advanced techniques and patterns to elevate your JavaScript performance and ensure your applications run smoothly even under heavy loads.