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David Gilbertson has written an excellent guide to setting up the bits and bobs required to test a bunch of different browsers and devices.

Sanjay Purswani explains how the browser renders the page, and how to use that knowledge to improve the performance of your sites and apps.

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Ire Aderinokun explains the basic concepts and terminology of CSS Grid Layout.

Harry Roberts shares a few things that you should look out for in your CSS to improve its quality, maintainability, and integrity.

Sérgio Gomes explains how to use CSS Custom Properties to improve readability and maintainability of your CSS.

Dominic Nguyen explains what are UI component explorers, and how can they help you encapsulate the styling and functionality of increasingly complex UI components.

Zviad Sichinava demonstrates how to build a “thumbnail list” and a “sidebar” components using Flexbox.

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Git quick stats is a simple command-line tool that will show you various statistics in a git repository.

A tiny utility that takes periodic screenshots of your site while you develop.

Mary Lou shares a couple of schematic, inspirational proof-of-concepts for how to show the search interface on a website using CSS animations.