👀 Coming to Chrome DevTools in Chrome 138: CSS Value Tracing

When you hover a --custom-prop in a `var()`, DevTools currently shows you the computed value. From Chrome 138 onwards, you can hover the `var` part to see how CSS actually got to that value.

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I’ve said it before but it bears repeating, because I’m starting to get the “our brains work like LLMs” in my mentions this week:

The idea that human consciousness could be simulated is, in 2025, still science fiction. You have never used or seen a product that has a clear roadmap between it and AGI, let alone consciousness.

We are not on the cusp of accurately simulating human consciousness in silicon; moreover, the idea that if we did, that silicon would have a first-person conscious experience is a leap of faith on the same level as believing in an immaterial, immortal soul.

You are so much more than an LLM. Anybody who says differently either hasn’t done their homework or has an agenda.

Eleventy v3.1.0 is now available 🎈

⏩ 11% faster!
🤏 22% smaller!

https://github.com/11ty/eleventy/releases/tag/v3.1.0

#CSS only carousels arrive in Chrome 135

⤷ https://nerdy.dev/css-carousel-in-chrome-135

My team at Internet Archive has 3 open roles: a senior product manager (we build web and digital preservation services for mission-aligned memory and cultural heritage institutions), a senior AI engineer (exploring how we might use AI/ML to better surface human-authored content to humans), and a (non-senior) backend software engineer.

If you want to help keep this ember glowing and growing, and are up for some unique challenges, please apply!

https://archive.org/about/jobs