Quick Hit #68
Firefox 146 has shipped the CSS Color 5 version of contrast-color() that only resolves to black or white. Hopefully Chrome support and CSS Color 6
Shifting left at enterprise scale: how we manage Cloudflare with Infrastructure as Code
Cloudflare has shifted to Infrastructure as Code and policy enforcement to manage internal Cloudflare accounts. This new architecture uses Terraform, custom tooling, and Open Policy Agent to enforce security baselines and increase engineering velocity.
Updates to AI credits in Figma
We’re introducing new ways to track your AI credit usage in Figma, and soon you’ll have more ways to buy additional AI credits.
MCP joins the Linux Foundation: What this means for developers building the next era of AI tools and agents
MCP is moving to the Linux Foundation. Here’s how that will affect developers.
Speed is nothing without control: How to keep quality high in the AI era
AI can help you build faster than ever, but it can also produce bugs, issues, and problems. Use these strategies to keep your speed without losing control of your code.
Accessible UX Research, eBook Now Available For Download — Smashing Magazine
We’ve got exciting news! eBook versions of “Accessible UX Research,” a new Smashing Book by Michele A. Williams, are now available for download! Which means soon the book will go to the printer. (Update March 2026: Printed copies are shipping now!)
State, Logic, And Native Power: CSS Wrapped 2025 — Smashing Magazine
CSS Wrapped 2025 is out! We’re entering a world where CSS can increasingly handle logic, state, and complex interactions once reserved for JavaScript. Here is an unpacking of the standout highlights and how they connect to the bigger evolution of modern CSS.
Python Workers redux: fast cold starts, packages, and a uv-first workflow
Recent advancements in Cloudflare Python Workers means fast cold starts, comprehensive package support, and a great developer experience. We explain how they were achieved and show how Python can be used to build serverless applications on Cloudflare.
That Time I Tried Explaining HTML and CSS to My 5-Year Old Niece
I would like to tell you what I learned from a five-year old child about HTML and CSS. It’s funny how explaining something you do almost naturally teaches you about yourself and what you take for granted.
Quick Hit #67
Responding to Wes Bos, Bramus demonstrates the different position-area values and how to handle inside corners (as there aren’t values for these).
The new identity of a developer: What changes and what doesn’t in the AI era
Discover how advanced AI users are redefining software development—shifting from code producers to strategic orchestrators—through delegation, verification, and a new era of AI-fluent engineering.
How UX Professionals Can Lead AI Strategy — Smashing Magazine
Lead your organization’s AI strategy before someone else defines it for you. A practical framework for UX professionals to shape AI implementation.
Leaving Intel
Cloudflare outage on December 5, 2025
Cloudflare experienced a significant traffic outage on December 5, 2025, starting approximately at 8:47 UTC. The incident lasted approximately 25 minutes before resolution. We are sorry for the impact that it caused to our customers and the Internet. The incident was not caused by an attack and was due to configuration changes being applied to attempt to mitigate a recent industry-wide vulnerabili
HTML Web Components Proposal From 1998
It's easy to think of HTML Web Components as a recent feature, but it has roots that go all the way back to 1998.
Quick Hit #66
@heyo53 asks on Bluesky: Is it okay to style or hide scrollbars?
Figma expands support for India with local data hosting and new governance tools
Figma introduces new governance features for enterprise customers, with local data residency expected next quarter.
Tangle: An open-source ML experimentation platform built for scale (2025) - Shopify
Tangle saves months of compute time, makes every experiment automatically reproducible, and allows teammates to share computation without coordination.
Beyond The Black Box: Practical XAI For UX Practitioners — Smashing Magazine
Explainable AI isn’t just a challenge for data scientists. It’s also a design challenge and a core pillar of trustworthy, effective AI products. Victor Yocco offers practical guidance and design patterns for building explainability into real products.
React2Shell Security Bulletin
Getting Creative With “The Measure”
A good measure makes reading text comfortable, while a bad one makes it more difficult. So, rather than allowing layout to dictate the measure, doesn’t it make more sense for the measure to inform layout decisions?
Integrating Custom Storages with pgwatch
This blog talks about integration custom storages with PGwatch, and it also includes a walkthrough. Read to know more.
How to use GitHub Copilot Spaces to debug issues faster
Follow this step-by-step guide to learn how to debug your issues using GitHub Copilot Spaces and Copilot coding agent.
Analyzing how SaaS platforms are shipping payments and finance products in days
Leading SaaS platforms across industries—from Squarespace to Jobber—are using embedded components to ship payments and finance features with minimal code. We analyzed the data to see which types of platforms are getting the most value.
