An honest perspective on building local-first web apps in 2026, written for developers who’ve been doing this long enough to be skeptical of silver bullets.

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Design always starts with function — function shapes form. But if that function can’t be made completely invisible and people still have to interact with it, it inevitably becomes part of their experience. In this article, Kyrylo Levashov shares...

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Learn how to set up, design, and launch your own online store with WooCommerce on WordPress.com in our new free, self-paced course.

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Getting a multi-column of cards to line up equally is is a headache we've all faced, and it gets even harder when working with fixed heights. Fixed-Height Cards: More Fragile Than They Look originally handwritten and published with love...

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Developers have been experimenting with HTML-in-Canvas, a hexagonal world map-analytics feature, a web-based OS for e-ink devices, replacing image sources using the content property, and more. This is What’s !important #10. What’s !important #10: HTML-in-Canvas, Hex Maps, E-ink Optimization,...

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Streaming UIs are an easy concept on the surface, but are quite complicated in practice. There are many considerations that need to be accounted for, from layout shifts and motion preferences to proper markup and various states, that may...

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We're getting new functions for generating random numbers in CSS! But the road to get here has been a long and winding one. The Importance of Native Randomness in CSS originally handwritten and published with love on CSS-Tricks. You...

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Let’s welcome May with a new collection of desktop wallpapers! Following our monthly tradition, the wallpapers were created by the community for the community and can be downloaded for free. Enjoy!

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The contrast() filter function increases or decreases the contrast of an element. contrast() originally handwritten and published with love on CSS-Tricks. You should really get the newsletter as well.

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The contrast-color() function takes a <color> and returns either black or white, whichever is the most contrasting color for that value. contrast-color() originally handwritten and published with love on CSS-Tricks. You should really get the newsletter as well.

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At WordPress.com, we believe short thoughts deserve a real home. Today we’re introducing a new theme built for quick posts, replies, and reblogs: the kind of writing that lives somewhere between a tweet and a blog post, on a...

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Studio Code is a CLI coding agent for WordPress that builds sites from descriptions, manages local environments, and validates content. Now in beta.

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My shim might give the powers that be another reason to say native support isn't necessary, or if lots of people use my :nth-letter hack in the wild, the browser gods might recognize the need to implement it for...

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AI tools are eliminating the need to “bug” colleagues for help, but the informal interactions they replace are the very scaffolding that builds team trust, belonging, and innovation. Casey Hudetz and Eric Olive explore the research and potential impacts...

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Kinetic fonts are the perfect choice for making your design feel alive and full of motion. In this collection, you’ll find typefaces that radiate energy and motion. Each one is designed to bring rhythm and life to your words,...

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A well-designed paper bag can be more than packaging. It can be part of the brand experience. In this roundup, you’ll find paper bag mockups that highlight design in both practical and stylish ways. They offer the perfect canvas...

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Looking for the best stencil fonts for your next design project? We’ve collected our favorite stencil letter fonts to give you dozens to choose from, all beautifully crafted to give you a stylish stencil effect. When it comes to...

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There are some fonts that give you a warm, friendly feeling and make you feel right at home. This collection is all about those friendly fonts. Fonts are one of the few design elements that have the power to...

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Test the WordPress 7.0 beta on WordPress.com, upgraded the block editor and fix fatal plugin errors in just one click.

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Putting CSS’s more recent scrolling animation capabilities to the test to recreate a complex animation of the Apple Vision Pro headset from Apple's website. Recreating Apple’s Vision Pro Animation in CSS originally handwritten and published with love on CSS-Tricks....

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