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Code syntax highlighting themes need to meet minimum color contrast values.

Alex Russell wrote a four-part series a couple weeks ago arguing that modern JavaScript-first framework-focused front-end development is costing the industry and users. Part of his conclusion for organizations: Never, ever hire for JavaScript framework skills. Instead, interview and hire only for fundamentals like web standards, accessibility, modern CSS, semantic…

Clearleft’s approach to browser support in front-end development.

The Web Content Accessibility Guideline’s (WCAG) Success Criterion 1.4.11 Non-Text Contrast is one of the harder to understand requirements. Here’s a deep-dive into the details of it, including practical examples, concerning only its “User Interface Components” section.

Even before the web developer job market became as dire as it is today, I was regularly seeing developers burn out and leave the industry. Some left for good; some only temporarily.

Hello. So, this is a bit different. I initially started this video while creating my own VR operating system tech demo. I have always been a bit frustrated ...

TL;DR: You probably don’t need to name that landmark. The Ngong Ping Village tourist trap on Hong Kong’s Lantau Island. All the pricey tourist spots have visible named landmarks on the map, but the ones people generally care about (bathrooms, food, that lovely tea house) are not. The accompanying tactile…

It’s possible to hire too much experience, and it costs diversity and culture.

I object.

Browsers are a failure of imagination.

You may think that QR codes are great for securing your login, or letting users read more online about a product marketed in a news…

Deaf pro-Palestine students joined their hearing peers at the now-cleared George Washington University encampment. Volunteer interpreters made that multilingual organizing possible.

Dark mode isn't always better for accessibility, you need to let users chose. And if you build a dark theme, make it accessible!

» CSS :has(), the God Selector

If a browser feature can be used as a progressive enhancement, you don’t have to wait for all browsers to support it.

We need to build a better web. A web by and for humans.

Find inspiration for naming things – be that HTML classes, CSS properties or JavaScript functions – using these lists of useful words.

There are not enough hours in the day to consume everything I want in tech.

When captioning videos, you not only make your videos accessible but also expand your reach. But captioned videos won't matter if they're not good.

You can’t solve culture with technology…

An up close an personal look into why we should be extremely careful when sharing about ourselves online, no matter how shiny an app or network might be.

Writing about the big beautiful mess that is making things for the world wide web.

They're completely different, but often coupled.

An educational website featuring a collection of innovations by women in the fields of computer science and technology.

I’m coming to realize that a lot of my dissatisfaction with the state of the web is that I view web development as a craft, but as a profession we’re in the late-stage industrial age. I prefer a web of hand-laid bricks placed by skilled masons. The industry wants poured, stamped concrete. I want a web of bespoke suits. The industry wants mass-produced fast-fashion. Why learn CSS when you can just slap some Tailwind on things?

Taking a closer look at the CSS focus pseudo-classes and exploring the differences between them to find out how you can style elements the way you want in all scenarios.