My IndieWeb blog carnival entry on “renewal”!
I talk about reconnecting w/ what I most enjoy about composing & coding, and avoiding treating leisure & projects as if I need to impress someone.
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#IndieWeb #Blog #Blogging #WebDev #WebDesign #Coding #HTML #CSS
IndieWeb Blog Carnival — “Rene...
My April IndieWeb blog carnival entry on “renewal”!
I often feel compelled to tweak and redesign my website at the expense of other things I value. I talk about reconnecting with what I most enjoy about composing and coding, and avoiding treating my leisure and projects as if I need to impress someone.
https://reillyspitzfaden.com/posts/2025/04/indieweb-blog-carnival-renewal/
#CSS Item Flow:
Notes on the proposed Item Flow system for grid, flexbox, and masonry
#CSS Custom Properties vs. #Sass Variables: A Pragmatic Guide
https://piccalil.li/links/css-custom-properties-vs-sass-variables-a-pragmatic-guide/
Did you know that the #Django admin can be themed?! 
Here are 10 packages for the Django admin which can transform it with a Dracula theme, #Bootstrap #CSS, #Tailwind, and more!
Jazz up your Django admin today! 
https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2025/apr/18/admin-theme-roundup/
Item Flow: A New Unified Concept for Layout, by @saron.bsky.social and @fantasai and others (@webkit):
https://webkit.org/blog/16587/item-flow-part-1-a-new-unified-concept-for-layout/
“:only-child”, by @kevinpowell:
https://html-css-tip-of-the-week.netlify.app/tip/only-child/
This is cool!
Because Google Fonts isn't #GDPR compliant, someone built "Bunny Fonts" to be a GDPR-compliant alternative.
Drop-in replacement with an identical API!
If It Works, It’s Right, by @bell.bz (@piccalil.li):
Back when I was learning about #css, there was an amazing resource called CSS Zen Garden. It helped expand my knowledge of what was possible. It was like magic. TIL it's still around (no Internet Archive needed). https://csszengarden.com
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CSS Holographic Masks: "Experimenting with some #CSS holographic effects, inspired by this guide from Robb Owen: Holograms, light-leaks and how to build CSS-only shaders." https://codepen.io/HejChristian/details/YPzLbYX
A fluid #CSS methodology: "Fluid CSS methodologies have completely transformed my approach to web integration by improving the responsive aspect and simplifying maintenance. I find this topic deceptively simple yet incredibly powerful and still relevant today." https://willybrauner.com/journal/a-fluid-css-methodology
Cover Flow with Modern #CSS: Scroll-Driven Animations in Action: "Cover Flow let users flip through items as if browsing a tangible collection. Today, we can recreate this effect using only HTML and CSS, thanks to advancements like scroll-driven animations." https://addyosmani.com/blog/coverflow/
Quick post on how to use the hot new #CSS scroll state container queries in #TailwindCSS
https://claas.dev/posts/scroll-state-container-queries-in-tailwind-css/
I’m fortunate to have worked with a lot of amazing designers over the years. Some were curious about designing in the browser with basic #HTML and #CSS, but weren’t sure where to begin, or felt discouraged by a lot of developer-centric content.
This is the advice I gave that seemed to resonate most: https://cloudfour.com/thinks/designing-in-the-browser-five-tips-for-beginners/
How does the z-order stack behave with Shadow DOM? Is it all above or below the normal DOM components or are they intermixed somehow? For instance, if you launch a full screen modal from the shadow dom, does it behave “properly” in terms of z-index? #css
CSS Eggs the new Batch. I made more CSS Egg art. This time I tired to make them more realistic by using shading.
