Issue #445

February 3, 2021

Things You Can Do With CSS Today

Andy Bell explores masonry layout, :is selector, clamp(), ch and ex units, updated text decoration, and a few other useful new CSS properties.

Making GitHub’s New Homepage Fast and Performant

Tobias Ahlin takes a deep-dive into two strategies that produced the most significant performance impact for GitHub’s new homepage: crafting high-performance animations and serving the perfect image.

A Newsletter That Will Help You Grow and Improve

I’m running another newsletter called Inspiration Bits. The content is not technical but rather inspirational; it intends to initiate change bit by bit, person by person. It’s for the people who seek progress, who want to thrive and improve. It’s for you.

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Articles & Tutorials

New Aspect-Ratio CSS Property Supported in Chromium, Safari Technology Preview, and Firefox Nightly

Una Kravets explains how to maintain aspect ratio within images and elements with the new aspect-ratio CSS property.

The Importance of @font-Face Source Order When Used With Preload

Matt Hobbs outlines how a small change in the ordering of your font sources in the @font-face rule can significantly impact performance.

Best Practices for Carousels

Katie Hempenius shows how to optimize carousels for performance and usability.

Use the tabindex Attribute

Eric Bailey shares some advice on working with tabindex attribute.

How to Become Better Developer

Luka Peharda gives some fundamental tips on becoming a better developer.

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