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How to Open and Close HTML Dialogs	Aleksandr Hovhannisyan shows how to open and close <dialog> with JS or HTML-only methods, supporting modals, non-modals, and light dismiss.	accessibility / javascript / tutorial
GSAP Site of the Week: Elegant Seagulls	GSAP's Site of the Week, Elegant Seagulls, showcases slick ScrollTrigger, Three.js, and WebGL with super creative execution and loads of polished details.	gsap / web-trends
Gen AI Mimicry	Otakar G. Hubschmann critiques the mimicry of Gen AI, using Ghibli-style images and IP-dodging prompts to explore how models copy iconic characters while stripping away the soul.	copyright / creativity / ethics / opinion
GeoCities Time Machine!	Kamil Stanuch built a tool that brings back the ’90s web — turning any modern site into a chaotic, glittery Geocities-style masterpiece.	css / nostalgia / tool
Flowing WebGL Gradient	Alex Harri walks through the creation of a WebGL gradient using shaders, simplex noise, and smart layering.	animation / glsl / tutorial / webgl

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Bezier curves and shaders for Three.js vortex animation	Yuri Artiukh dives into Bezier curves and shaders to recreate a vortex animation in Three.js using TSL, live on YouTube.	glsl / three-js / tsl / tutorial / video / webgl / webgpu
G̶o̶o̶g̶l̶e̶r̶… ex-Googler	Adam Argyle shares the shock and heartbreak of being suddenly laid off from Google, despite years of impactful work on Chrome and the web platform.	article
Custom CSS Functions in the Browser	Miriam Suzanne introduces Custom CSS Functions, now in Chromium Canary, enabling author-defined logic like parameters, conditionals, and reusable styles.	article / css
Default styles for h1 elements are changing	Simon Pieters explains upcoming changes to default browser styles for nested <h1> elements and how to avoid Lighthouse warnings with explicit CSS.	accessibility / article / css
Mario-style 3D Controller for react-three/fiber	Alex Moulinneuf brings Mario vibes to react-three/fiber. A full 3D controller with juice. Sourcehere.	3d / react / three-js

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Equation Space	Vladislav Penev built a math-driven 3D renderer. Type an equation, see the surface take shape—no code, just math.	3d / math / three-js
React for Two Computers	Dan Abramov explores React's dual-computer model in deep dive on tags, time, and space.	javascript / opinion / react
Better typography with text-wrap pretty	Jen Simmons introducestext-wrap: pretty, a new CSS property in Safari TP 216 that brings typographic finesse to web text by improving line wrapping.	css / typography

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The Best Programmers I Know	A thoughtful reflection on the traits of exceptional programmers—deep tool knowledge, humility, problem-solving, communication, and lifelong learning.	devculture / opinion / productivity
Browser MCP	Browser MCP lets AI apps automate browser tasks—form filling, testing, navigation—by connecting directly to your local browser.	ai / browser / tool
‘An Overwhelmingly Negative And Demoralizing Force’	Luke Plunkett shares firsthand accounts from game devs struggling with AI forced into their workflows—frustrating, demoralizing, and often creatively hollow.	ai / creativity / ethics / game-development / opinion
Built At Lightspeed	An extensive directory of open source and premium themes, templates, starters & UI kits for the Jamstack.	resource-directory

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Smooothy	Federico Valla’s Smooothy is a lightweight, extensible JS slider with snapping, parallax effects, and smooth interactions. Framework-agnostic.	javascript / library / ui-components