One step closer to something I’ve been working on very quietly. geoffgraham.me/one-step-clo...

🎵🎵🎵 "There's nowhere you can be, That isn't where you're meant to be... it's easy." geoffgraham.me/failures-and... (Thanks to @zeldman.bsky.social for the nugget to chew on.)

And guess what? We *open up* the show to your questions, which you can send in. forms.gle/nkrUPmiEGmp6... We’ve gotten some really good ones, from symptoms of imposter syndrome, to tough career moves… and even wanting to disappear off the internet. 😲

I am so excited to share this article with the world. It started as a question on Front End Study Hall in August that led me to ask, "Is it time to Un-Sass?" Credit to @sturobson.com for coining un-Sass. Term was spot on to describe what I have been thinking about. css-tricks.com/is-it-time-t...

Now loading the loader thingy that loads the uploader… geoffgraham.me/now-loading-...

Hey, @bradfrost.com and I do this little live podcast called Open Up, getting into the feelzzzz side of web dev and design. The latest episode might be my favorite yet because we tackle fear and anxiety in the current tech space head on: www.youtube.com/watch?v=55FG...

It's hard not to be totally inspired by @amitsheen.bsky.social's endless curiosity that leads to wild experiments like this.

Later today, at 8 AM PT, 5 PM CET, we're hosting our 5th episode of Open Up with Brad Frost. Today @bradfrost.com and @geoffgraham.me are joined by the wonderful Rebecca Garza-Bortman, and you can still join as well! Register your free ticket: ti.to/smashingmaga...

"I consider knowledge to be overvalued. Too many of us suffer from 'infobesity.' Too much information, not enough action. But knowledge combined with action is priceless." geoffgraham.me/self-leaders...

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

The most interesting part to me is styling matched queries with ::search-text and ::search-text:current (but no :past or :future… at least for now).

It’s starting to look like a real guitar! geoffgraham.me/its-starting...

This was a helluva great discussion. I got a lot of perspective from @hidde.blog and @miriam.codes. The funny thing about roundtables with amazing people like this is that I'm always more interested in what others have to say than what I do. Feels like having a front seat to all the awesomeness!

Unvarnished thought: Access to the latest information has traditionally been a luxury affordance, but perhaps that’s moving toward slower, more intentional information. geoffgraham.me/unvarnished-...

Andy really knows how to breathe new life into well-established patterns.

"The enthusiasm, the spirit, the soul, whatever you want to call it, where's the microphone for that?" geoffgraham.me/fighting-tec...

It won't always be this bad, I'm sure, but the shortcomings of coding LLMs and the effort it takes to hold them accountable to quality make the mad rush to force it on developers a head-scratcher to me. geoffgraham.me/artificial-s...

I still get that powerful feeling that anything is possible when I open a web browser — it’s not as strong as it was 20 years ago, but it’s still there.

Spent a little time re-visiting my first stab at recording. Boy oh boy, there are so many possibilities with arranging and performing sound. geoffgraham.me/california-t...

I just peeked at the list of questions and there's a really good one in there I can't wait to unpack!

I love how @sunkanmifafowora.bsky.social looks not at just a few key numbers, but reflects on what those numbers mean for him personally as well as his work habits. The numbers are a signal to help us be better.

I was 155,655th in the queue but I somehow squeaked by! geoffgraham.me/i-was-155655...

Just a few people I really appreciate today. - @zellwk.bsky.social - @monknow.bsky.social - @amitsheen.bsky.social - @meiert.com Such intelligent, thoughtful, and wonderfully pleasant folks, personally and professionally.

I'd love it if all the posts in my feed are pretty much "hey, look how easy it is to do this thing I did X years go with new CSS." Posts like this keep me stoked about CSS.

I was laid-off and am looking for a new role. Working were design meets code is my jam. I am skilled at building accessible design system components, working with Web Components APIs, and creating scalable CSS architecture. I work remotely from my home in Manitoba, Canada. 🇨🇦 Shares appreciated!

I'd be remiss if I didn't say that @monknow.bsky.social put A LOT of effort into editing the CSS Color Functions Guide we published yesterday. And this post is an excellent roundup of things he learned along the way... things that I think confuse a lot of us. I appreciate having this.

It's heeeeeeeere! 🔥 css-tricks.com/css-color-fu...

Any time that someone like Eric with the deep experience, empathy, and understanding of a topic as complex as ARIA drops this kind of knowledge, my ears perk right up. An article like this doesn't happen by chance, but is lived!

Oh my, how nice to see an email that Starbucks is finally getting into the CSS field, finally. geoffgraham.me/oh-my-how-ni...

“If you can’t use a billion dollar AI system to solve a problem that Herb Simon one of the actual ‘godfathers of AI’, current hype aside) solved with AI in 1957 […] the chances that models like Claude or o3 are going to reach AGI seem truly remote.” geoffgraham.me/a-knockout-b...

Glad I didn’t hear about Brian Wilson’s passing until after I got some work done. It’s tough to accept losing a voice that marked a big part of childhood and adolescense. geoffgraham.me/glad-i-didnt...

In a little over a week, on Thursday 29 May at 5pm CEST, Smashing's own @geoffgraham.me is hosting @christinevallaure.bsky.social, @jasonmesut.bsky.social and Silke Bochat who all speak at Smashing Meets Work. Tickets are FREE for the community, so grab yours! smashingconf.com/meets-for-wo...

I have this gaping hole in my heart in the shape of car CD players that skip over speed bumps. geoffgraham.me/i-have-this-...

Join us this Wednesday at 11ET for our second episode of our advice show, Open Up w/ @geoffgraham.me & @smashingconf.com! We'll dig into the deeper human aspects of design/dev: finding purpose, managing the changing landscape, layoffs, mental health, and a lot more. smashingconf.com/open-up

I am now accepting band name suggestions. geoffgraham.me/i-am-now-acc...

I wish I would've had these tips back when I was starting out in web design. The interplay between design tools and the browser — not to mention modern tooling — open up so many opportunities. @tylersticka.com really reminds me why designing for the web is STILL fun.

The progress of the web shouldn’t be dependant on a corporation that discards one of the real forces of progress overnight like they’re nothing. Extremely poor form, Google. Truly disgraceful behaviour. nerdy.dev/ex-googler

My voice is a mess, but I'm proud enough of how everything came together to give this a little share as I learn to record. geoffgraham.me/norwegian-wo...

I have no idea why Smashing Magazine asks me to host these things, but they're fun as heck, and this latest one on Modern CSS was a real hoot with @miriam.codes, @nerdy.dev, and Julia Miocene. geoffgraham.me/smashing-mee...

Join us tomorrow for CSS Meets! 🎉 With @nerdy.dev, @miocene.io, and @miriam.codes — absolute CSS pros and smashingly nice! They’ll be sharing their tips, tricks, and insights to make your stylesheets shine. 🌟 Don’t miss out—grab your free ticket now! smashingconf.com/meets-modern...

The first episode of a new podcast I'm co-hosting with the unimitable @bradfrost.com called Open Up just dropped. It's all about the less tangible things we _feel_ in tech rather than the _specifics_ that we use in our work. Will you check it out? geoffgraham.me/open-up-with...

I judge podcasts and videos on whether they offer a 1.75× speed option. That’s my baby bear porridge right there.

I just migrated two sites from PHP 7 to 8 and boy are my feet tired.

CSS Weekly #603 👭 sibling-count() & sibling-index() functions ⚜️ box-decoration-break 🌗 llight-dark() 🚀 tight mode in browsers Featuring @kilianvalkhof.com, @mayank.co, @geoffgraham.me, @chriscoyier.net, @cferdinandi.bsky.social, @alexmuzenhardt.bsky.social, @codepo8.bsky.social. cssw.io/issue-603

🎉🚀Happy to say my new @smashingmagazine.com article is online. Having trouble with those top-layer entries and animating the display property? I hope that this step by step helps you out: Transitioning Top-Layer Entries And The Display Property In CSS www.smashingmagazine.com/2025/01/tran...

I carved out the soundhole for an acoustic parlor guitar I'm making and now I have a pretty sweet coaster for my desk. https://geoffgraham.me/i-carved-out-the-soundhole-for-an-acoustic-parlor-guitar-im-making-and-now-i-have-a-pretty-sweet-coaster-for-my-desk/

"This monophonic microgroove recording is playable on monophonic and stereo phonographs. It cannot become obsolete. It will continue to be a source of outstanding sound reproduction, providing the finest monophonic performance from any phonograph."

I had one of those TIL moments when someone told me about "Tight Mode" and how it's responsible for why we get different performance results in browsers. There's very little info on it, so I wrote this up to help wrap my head around it. www.smashingmagazine.com/2025/01/tigh...

Listen _very_ closely to "Hey Jude" and you just might hear the most widely distributed unintentional F-bomb in international pop hit history. geoffgraham.me/addition-by-...

This year, I had the opportunity to write with @geoffgraham.me and @ryantrimble.com about what we wish for CSS in 2025! 🎄🎄🎄 css-tricks.com/a-css-wishli...