Anchor Positioning Quirks
I am thrilled to say, that from this week onwards, the CSS-Tricks Almanac has an entry for each property, function, and at-rule related to the new Anchor
Sanding UI
Jim hit a snag while working on a form. Placing labels next to inputs is trivial with flexbox, sure, but what happened in Jim's case was a bit of
Why "SELECT * FROM table" is NOT a read
People tend to think that a SELECT-operation is always a read. This might look obvious and make sense but does it actually hold true?
Fine-tuned models are now in limited public beta for GitHub Copilot Enterprise
Fine-tuned models empower organizations to receive code suggestions specifically tailored to their coding practices and internal languages.
Simulator-based reinforcement learning for data center cooling optimization
We’re sharing more about the role that reinforcement learning plays in helping us optimize our data centers’ environmental controls. Our reinforcement learning-based approach has helped us reduce energy consumption and water usage across various weather conditions in our data centers. Meta is revamping its new data center design to optimize for artificial intelligence and the […]
Pushy to the Limit: Evolving Netflix’s WebSocket proxy for the future
Pushy is Netflix’s WebSocket server that maintains persistent WebSocket connections with devices running the Netflix application. This…
Why Anticipatory Design Isn’t Working For Businesses — Smashing Magazine
Anticipatory design, powered by Artificial Intelligence (AI), Machine learning (ML), and Big Data (BD), promises to transform user experiences by predicting and fulfilling needs before users even express them. While this proactive approach seems revolutionary, many businesses struggle to meet the high expectations it sets. Joana Cerejo delves into the challenges of anticipatory design, highlights
More NPM packages on Cloudflare Workers: Combining polyfills and native code to support Node.js APIs
Workers now supports more NPM packages and Node.js APIs using an overhauled hybrid compatibility layer.
Sticky Headers And Full-Height Elements: A Tricky Combination
Quite a fun article I worked on with Philip Braunen. Do you know that little bit of elasticity you get when scrolling beyond the viewport when browsing the
Beginner’s guide to GitHub: Setting up and securing your profile
As part of the GitHub for Beginners guide, learn how to improve the security of your profile and create a profile README. This will let you give your GitHub account a little more personality.
The Undeniable Utility Of CSS :has
Of all the latest and greatest CSS features, the “:has” pseudo-class wasn’t exactly at the top of my wishlist. Once I started using it, however, I kept discovering incredible things I could do with it. It’s now become a core part of my toolkit! In this blog post, I'll show you some practical real-world problems I solved using “:has”, as well as some wild experiments that blew my mind!
How To Create A Weekly Google Analytics Report That Posts To Slack — Smashing Magazine
Google Analytics is often on a “need to know” basis, but why not flip the script? Paul Scanlon shares how he wrote a GitHub Action that queries Google Analytics to automatically generate and post a top ten page views report to Slack, making it incredibly easy to track page performance and share insights with your team.
Bringing insights into TCP resets and timeouts to Cloudflare Radar
New TCP resets and timeouts dataset on Cloudflare Radar surfaces connection tampering, scanning, DoS attacks, and more.
A global assessment of third-party connection tampering
Cloudflare brings visibility to the practice of connection tampering as observed from our global network.
Just our type: The story of creating Figma Sans
We’ve overhauled our entire visual identity from color palette to illustration style, and even commissioned a new typeface.
Governing data products using fitness functions
Decentralized data management requires automation to scale governance effectively. Fitness functions are a powerful automated governance technique we've applied to data products within the context of a Data Mesh. Since data products serve as the foundational building blocks (architectural quanta) of a data mesh, ensuring robust governance around them significantly increases the chances of a succes
Sticky Headers And Full-Height Elements: A Tricky Combination — Smashing Magazine
Sticky positioning is one of those CSS features that’s pretty delicate and can be negated by a lot of things, so here’s another one to add to your mental catalog: Sticky elements don’t play nicely if they have to coordinate with other elements to make up a combined height, like `100vh`. Philip Braunen explores why this happens and presents a solution to fix it.
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Another Stab at Truncated Text
Seems like we're always talking about clipping text around here. All it takes is a little browsing to spot a bunch of things we've already explored.
How to build an open source metrics dashboard
How GitHub volunteers built an open source metrics dashboard for the World Health Organization and some best practices they picked up along the way.
"SRE" doesn't seem to mean anything useful any more
The Big Difference Between Digital Product And Web Design — Smashing Magazine
Designing for digital products requires a different mindset than traditional websites. It’s all about continuous adaptation, refining, and iterating as user behavior and needs evolve. Paul Boag reflects on the key differences, including how the frequency of usage impacts your design approach and what you can do about it.
Transforming customer support with AI: How Vercel decreased tickets by 31%
At Vercel, we integrated AI into our support workflow. Our AI agent reduced human-handled tickets by 31%, allowing us to maintain high support standards while serving a growing customer base.