Animations can be one of the most joyful parts of building interfaces, but without structure, they can also become one of the biggest sources of frustration. By consolidating and standardizing keyfram...
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AI coding tools like agents can be valuable allies in everyday development work. They help handle time-consuming grunt work, guide you through large legacy codebases, and offer low-risk ways to implem...
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Combobox vs. Multi-Select vs. Listbox vs. Dual Listbox? How they are different, what purpose they serve, and how to choose the right one. Brought to you by Design Patterns For AI Interfaces, **friendl...
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Prescriptive class name conventions are no longer enough to keep CSS maintainable in a world of increasingly complex interfaces. Can the new `@scope` rule finally give developers the confidence to wri...
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Autonomy is an output of a technical system. Trustworthiness is an output of a design process. Here are concrete design patterns, operational frameworks, and organizational practices for building agen...
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Designing for mental health means designing for vulnerability. Empathy-Centred UX becomes not a “nice to have” but a fundamental design requirement. Here’s a practical framework for building trust-fir...
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What makes streaks so powerful and addictive? To design them well, you need to understand how they align with human psychology. Victor Ayomipo breaks down the UX and design principles behind effective...
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Every high-resolution hero image, autoplay video, and complex JavaScript animation carries a cost. Sustainable UX challenges the era of “unlimited pixels” and reframes performance as responsibility. I...
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Meet our brand new conference for designers and UI engineers who love the web. That’s [SmashingConf Amsterdam](https://smashingconf.com/amsterdam-2026), taking place in the legendary Pathé Tuschinski,...
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Do you need a little inspiration boost? Well, then our new batch of desktop wallpapers is for you. Designed by the community for the community, the wallpapers in this collection are the perfect opport...
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What happens if you rebuild a single tooltip using the browser’s native model without the aid of a library? The Popover API turns tooltips from something you simulate into something the browser actual...
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A critical zero-day in Chrome's CSS parsing engine allows sandbox escapes. Here's how it works, who's vulnerable, and the CSP rules that block it. Continue reading CVE-2026-2441: When CSS Becomes a Sa...
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Your web scraper keeps getting blocked? Learn why rotating IPs fail, how Cloudflare detects bots, and what strategies actually bypass modern anti-bot systems. Continue reading Modern Web Scraping: How...
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Implementing high-quality Text-to-Speech models that allow real-time voice interaction on
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A look at the trending 'superpowers' framework and the shift from writing functions to defining agent capabilities. Continue reading Agentic Engineering with 'Superpowers' on SitePoint.
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What the ban on 'subscription auth for third party use' means for SaaS businesses built on top of Claude/LLMs. Continue reading The End of the 'Wrapper' Era? Anthropic's New API Terms on SitePoint.