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LibreChat

LibreChat

LibreChat is the ultimate open-source app for all your AI conversations, fully customizable and compatible with any AI provider — all in one sleek interface

Mithril.js

Mithril.js

Mithril.js is a modern client-side JavaScript framework for building Single Page Applications. It's small (8.9 KiB gzip), fast and provides routing and XHR utilities out of the box.

Is the button focusable?

Is the button focusable?

Let’s play a game. I’ll hide a button using different techniques in HTML and CSS, and you have to guess whether it’s still focusable.

Custom Property Fallbacks

Custom Property Fallbacks

Look at this CSS and take a guess what color our text will be. No tricks, this is the only relevant code:

Why Do We Have a Cache-Control Request Header?

Why Do We Have a Cache-Control Request Header?

As developers, we’re most used to Cache-Control as the preferred way of instructing caches (usually browsers) on how they should store responses (if at all), and what to do once their cache lifetime is up.

Cool native HTML elements you should already be using

Cool native HTML elements you should already be using

If this article helps just a single developer avoid an unnecessary Javascript dependency, I’ll be happy. Native HTML can handle plenty of features that people typically jump straight to JS for (or otherwise over-complicate).

Minding the gaps: A new way to draw separators in CSS

Minding the gaps: A new way to draw separators in CSS

Drawing separator lines between various sections of a webpage is a common design technique, which can help to structure the content and make it more readable, as well as more aesthetically pleasing. As we’ll see in this article, there are techniques you can use today...

CSS Animation with offset-path

CSS Animation with offset-path

This is from last year when I tried to recreate Rach Smith's P5.js animation using CSS. The animation seemed like it could be implemented in a breeze, but there's an illusion of simplicity. The process of manually updating the positions and directions of each box was...

Grid First, Flex Third

Grid First, Flex Third

I’ve been mulling this topic for months now, and I’m pretty firmly of the opinion if you are attempting to do some layout in CSS, you should reach for display:grid first, followed by display:block, followed by display:flex. Grid allows the layout element to be in...

Expanding CSS Shadow Effects

Expanding CSS Shadow Effects

Design principles tell us a shadow is conveys that light is hiding an object, which casts the shadow behind it, giving us a sense of depth. However, if that’s all a shadow is ever used for, then it has not been utilized to its full potential. 

Extending the cursor

Extending the cursor

The cursor has transformed from a simple pointing device into a powerful tool for enhancing user interaction and providing contextual feedback. Software and games are raising the bar for what the cursor interface can do, demonstrating how thoughtful extensions of a...

Full-Bleed Layout with Modern CSS

Full-Bleed Layout with Modern CSS

I recently shared a trick on how to create a Full-bleed layout using a few lines of modern CSS code. If you are unfamiliar with such layout see the demo below. In this article we’ll dig deeper into the idea and explain things as we go.

Smooth Extensible Slider

Smooth Extensible Slider

Tiny real smooth fast cool all events and evenn more responsive bring your own tooling slider. Framework agnostic but it's a you problem.

Anime.js

Anime.js

All-in-one animation engine. A fast and versatile JavaScript library to animate CSS.

Digital hygiene

Digital hygiene

This guide is a collection of the most basic digital hygiene tips, starting with the most basic to a bit more niche.

Minding the gaps: A new way to draw separators in CSS

Minding the gaps: A new way to draw separators in CSS

Drawing separator lines between various sections of a webpage is a common design technique, which can help to structure the content and make it more readable, as well as more aesthetically pleasing. As we’ll see in this article, there are techniques you can use today...

Our interfaces havelost their senses

Our interfaces havelost their senses

Computers used to be physical beasts. We programmed them by punching cards, plugging in wires, and flipping switches. Programmers walked among banks of switches and cables, physically choreographing their logic. Being on a computer used to be a full-body experience.

Momentum 18 Font Foundry + Branding Studio

Momentum 18 Font Foundry + Branding Studio

Award-winning creative director. Monotype approved type designer. Musician. Writer. Artist. Vegan. Momentum 18 is an emerging font foundry and award-winning boutique branding design studio, collaborating with leading global brands and providing fonts to businesses and...

Explore the Web’s Best CTAs at CTA.gallery

Explore the Web’s Best CTAs at CTA.gallery

Webflow Designer & Front-end Developer with a strong background in UI/UX Design, based in India. Explore CTA.gallery for the web’s best Call-to-Actions. Perfect for designers, UI/UX experts, and creatives looking for inspiration to craft CTAs that convert.

Hero Patterns

Hero Patterns

A collection of repeatable SVG background patterns for you to use on your web projects.

Post Spark

Post Spark

Beautiful Screenshots and Mockups Cusomizable, eye-catching presentation for any content

Every HTML Element

Every HTML Element

There are over a hundred HTML elements. This page uses all of them. You're looking at <p></p> right now. HTML loves text. We can get some huge text with <h1></h1>.

Extending the cursor

Extending the cursor

The cursor has transformed from a simple pointing device into a powerful tool for enhancing user interaction and providing contextual feedback. Software and games are raising the bar for what the cursor interface can do, demonstrating how thoughtful extensions of a...

Full-Bleed Layout with Modern CSS

Full-Bleed Layout with Modern CSS

I recently shared a trick on how to create a Full-bleed layout using a few lines of modern CSS code. If you are unfamiliar with such layout see the demo below. In this article we’ll dig deeper into the idea and explain things as we go.

Dark Mode and Accessibility: Finding the Right Balance

Dark Mode and Accessibility: Finding the Right Balance

It didn’t take long for the “dark mode” to become a requirement for every user interface design. What started out as a design trend turned into a must-have feature for offering a comfortable user experience.

A CSS-Only Star Rating Component and More! 

A CSS-Only Star Rating Component and More! 

Creating a star rating component is a classic exercise in web development. It has been done and re-done many times using different techniques. We usually need a small amount of JavaScript to pull it together, but what about a CSS-only implementation? Yes, it is...

Truth, Lies and Progress Bars

Truth, Lies and Progress Bars

Very early in my career, I found myself on a design team tasked with improving some legacy security software. At one point, we were evaluating a setup screen that included a progress bar. I asked a member of the engineering team, “How is progress calculated?”

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