Sometimes I feel so alone in my dislike of Tailwind. So many other developers I speak with almost drool over it, citing how quickly they can work, how powerful they feel when using it. But I see two problems:

And the third one! Showing the same principles applied across N oscillators. Can you see where this is going?

I'm three episodes into Startrek Academy and I'm just finding it... Boring? The main character feels like the very worst zoomer stereotypes, the robots feel very Lucasian, and the story, so far, doesn't inspire. Am I missing something? Does it get better?

Made the second one of these this morning, which is the same thing, but with two linked together. It's always cool seeing these systems come together, where this kind of complex behaviour grows from relatively simple systems.

The CodePen 2.0 editor has a whole new brain: The CodePen Compiler. It looks at all your code, figures out what needs to be done, makes a plan, and executes it. It does a lot very quickly. (Go, naturally). Here's a page that goes into some of it: codepen.io/beta/compiler

It's a little thing, but I wrote this demo for an upcoming article I'm writing and, after playing with it in its basic form, just rabbit-holed into making it more kinetic with some motion blur, stretching etc. It feels so nice to play with.

I think my best ideas often come from moments of silence and boredom. Taking a step back and stopping can help clear the noise. It's something I need to remind myself of; to take the time to shut down all the stimuli for a while.

And people still have the nerve to say CSS isn't a programming language. Of course it is! lyra.horse/x86css/

Something that's become clearer to me over the last few months is that writing about technical subjects is surprisingly difficult. You either pick something small and pull away its layers, expounding on the myriad details, or you skim the surface and hope people can get into it.

Full write-up with the maths and the SVG details. CodePen is live, and the points are draggable. www.surface-detail.com/posts/arc-pl...

Amazing how we went from not being able to style selects, to doing things like this with them codepen.io/editor/cbols... (and this codepen.io/t_afif/pen/P...)

Arc plotter

Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you've seen Nirvana Bjork Portishead David Bowie NIN

A bit of a vulnerable post by me but we need your help to get us through what has been a more difficult period than 2020. It would be really appreciated if you could read and share in your networks too 💛 bell.bz/its-been-a-v...

It's that time of year again! Let's have a look at the deals we, and our much loved community are offering this year. It's the most important time of year for independents, so let's give them our support 💛 piccalil.li/links/black-...

been a couple years since I wrote a dumb pathtracer-in-a-shader; felt that itch again and decided to brush off the cobwebs by 'covering'/'blatantly ripping off' noby's brilliant 10yo 4k www.youtube.com/watch?v=9r8p...

Every time someone uses the word “agent “to describe a service/microservice, take a drink

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Nothing particularly groundbreaking about this, but I wanted to demonstrate to some colleagues how cameras work in 3D graphics, and the easiest way to do that is by applying a 3D camera to a 2D shader. I liked the way it turned out. codepen.io/shubniggurat...

This is highly anecdotal, and is likely to upset some people, but it's been my experience interviewing people that developing an exclusive preference for Tailwind changes the way a person thinks about styling such that it makes them bad at CSS.

This soundtrack is incredible. @supergiantgames.bsky.social youtu.be/kjiYUgx74rU?...

fwiw I first learned about the website-publishing-as-gardening / the digital garden metaphor from @maggieappleton.com, who's done some really lovely and comprehensive writing on the topic maggieappleton.com/garden-history

86,791 words later, countless rounds of thorough technical edits and a humongous team effort building custom infrastructure, JavaScript for Everyone is now ready and available to purchase. piccalil.li/links/javasc...

You've seen your fair share of bad date pickers. Well, now it's your turn to create something even worse! Unlike those other bad ones out there that just frustrate users, you might win a trophy for your efforts if you enter it into the #BadUXWorldCup where I'll be one of the judges 😊 badux.lol

Bluesky isn’t the exciting bit, it’s the AT Protocol, just like ActivityPub is more exciting than Mastodon. Dan breaks down what is exciting about AT Protocol with this great article. overreacted.io/open-social/

I can't remember the last time I didn't finish a game, but I've decided to give up on Silksong. I'm just not having fun with it any more, which kills me because I LOVED hollow knight. I want to love this game, but I just can't.

The State of JS 2025 survey is now open! survey.devographics.com/survey/state...

Is anyone else feeling abused by Silksong? Like: *dying for the 20th time on a boss* F**K THIS I HATE THIS GAME! 5 minutes later: ok one more try.

We’re live!! My brand-new course, “Whimsical Animations”, is now available. 🥳🎉 whimsy.joshwcomeau.com I’m so excited to share all of my animation tools and techniques with y’all. 😄

I have the pre-launch jitters. 😬 My third course launches in “early access” in a little over 24 hours from now. I feel very confident about the content, but even still, launches are so stressful. 😅

Thanks Andy! It was great to write something up that I hope will be truly helpful to developers who find themselves at this point in their career. There's so much writing out there about management, generally, but vanishingly little about management for developers.

SGI demos from 1995 in the browser via WASM sgi-demos.github.io #gamedev #gamedevelopment #indiedev #retro #SGI

I finally got around to writing about this algorithm. This was super fun to put together. www.surface-detail.com/posts/rubber... #javascript #canvas #frontenddev

overflow: clip to the rescue again chriskirknielsen.com/blog/prevent...

My next course, Whimsical Animations, launches in “Early Access” in 1 week from today! 🎉 The most important thing to know is that registration will only be open for 7 days. You’ll be able to register from Sept 24th to Sept 30th. Otherwise, you’ll need to wait for the full launch, sometime in 2026.

So many nuggets of knowledge in this one and an approach to web components that's really appealing.

Something I don't understand about the RAPID addoption of tailwind is that people are so ready to replaces CSS with something less flexible, less powerful, and less enjoyable to program. I frequently feel like I'm just missing the point. Am I missing the point?

My latest coding adventure is now up on YT -- some experiments with ray-tracing glass and water, and the cool caustics they can cause youtu.be/wA1KVZ1eOuA?...

Be like @jim-nielsen.com and share what you learn, even if you think it's common knowledge!

I think this is the end of this series for now. It's been fun putting this together, really diving into the subject and producing something both pretty and (hopefully) useful. www.surface-detail.com/posts/lets-g... #generative #plotter #generativeart #algorithmic

One thing I love about writing interactive articles is how it pushes me to explore new ways to represent the ideas I have in mind. The deeper I dig into a topic, the clearer it becomes. f you haven't explored my interactive articles yet, you can have a look on my blog: ishadeed.com/articles/

Explore how Bayer Dithering can create subtle, interactive WebGL backgrounds in this quick tutorial by Seva Dolgopolov. A great way to add depth and interactivity to your designs without the performance hit: tympanus.net/codrops/2025...

This news made me want to play with some code while listening to the podcast 😅 and thus, a blog post was born! cassidoo.co/post/faded-t...

A little tune I made several years ago and then forgot about

Please don't plug keyboards or other devices into random USB ports, ok?

Definitely not hated. I adored the book, and the movie was great, but it really helped me to think of them as telling two completely different stories. The movie just couldn't capture that wonder and horror that the book did.

A demonstration of a simple hashing function. This is one of the most basic building blocks of a lot of algorithmic work. This one is simple, elegant, and wildly imperfect. I'll be writing a lot with and about this function in the next little while. codepen.io/shubniggurat...