Mastodawn

I saw yet another “CSS is a massively bloated mess” whine and I’m like. My dude. My brother in Chromium. It is trying as hard as it can to express the totality of visual presentation and layout design and typography and animation and digital interactivity and a few other things in a human-readable text format. It’s not bloated, it’s fantastically ambitious. Its reach is greater than most of us can hope to grasp. Put some *respect* on its *name*.

Arpit Feb 18

Zach Leatherman Feb 17

it’s important to keep caring about how things work and how they’re built

Arpit Jan 14

bob.php

Jan 13

we should normalise this asap.

Arpit Jan 14

Mayank Jan 13

RE: https://mastodon.social/@firefoxwebdevs/115888165064929058

anchor positioning finally!

this will be one of the most important web features of this decade. use cases are everywhere and current techniques are full of complexity.

https://mastodon.social/@firefoxwebdevs/115888643726438528

Arpit Jan 14

Héliographe Jan 14

If you put the Apple icons in reverse it looks like the portfolio of someone getting really really good at icon design

Arpit Jan 9

ppk 🇪🇺Jan 8

CSS Day, 11th and 12th of June, just announced @brucelawson and @anarodrigues as their 2026 MCs.

https://cssday.nl

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CSS Day 2026, 11th & 12th of June, Amsterdam

CSS Day is the conference for CSS designers, developers, spec writers, and browser vendors.

Arpit Jan 2

Ben Werdmuller Jan 1

I don't like patriotism; I think it's arbitrary to be proud of a country, and I think it's a pretty slippery funnel into nationalism. Flag-waving feels fascist to me.

But it turns out that politicians who preach real multiculturalism and inclusive care for the vulnerable do, in fact, make me feel patriotic. So maybe it's that I've rarely found anything to feel proud of.

Arpit Dec 23

I really liked @andyallen's talk from Config 2024 on how software designers can learn from game designers.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wBnIyD5I8mM

It reminded me of the Wheel by @argyleink, inspired by the arcade game Black Emperor. The game feel is so strong that I find myself scrolling up and down again and again just to play with it and experience that delightful bounce effect.

https://chrome.dev/carousel/vertical/wheel/

Config 2024: Serious play (Andy Allen, Software Designer, !Boring) | Figma

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Arpit Nov 28

I’m really determined to change that, which is why I just bought Scott Riley’s course, Mindful Design. @piccalilli is running a Black Friday sale on all their courses, including Mindful Design, and I can wholeheartedly recommend them.

- https://piccalil.li/mindful-design

Mindful Design

A high quality, expansive video course that will elevate your design skills to a level you never thought was achievable.

Piccalilli

Arpit Nov 28

I’m a web designer-developer who has mostly designed and built marketing websites for small to medium-sized businesses. I started designing because my clients didn’t have a designer and expected me to handle everything. But I’ve always felt like an imposter. It’s not a nice feeling.

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