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Fronteers @fronteers.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
+++ The Venue +++ Everything happens in one place. Talks, coffee, dinner and conversations - no rushing between locations, just an evening focused on learning and meeting fellow frontend developers. See you at Fronteers Dark Mode? Fronteers Dark Mode Oct 2nd in Dordrecht 🇳🇱 🎟️ fronteersconf.org
A curved, multi-story glass facade of a café/gallery space, warmly lit inside with illuminated lettering above the entrance, and empty tables and chairs on the paved patio outside.A bright bistro interior with a row of red benches, set wooden tables and chairs, large arched windows that cast light onto simple wall panels, warm wall sconces, and a large potted plant, all in a serene atmosphere.An elegant interior featuring a curved wooden bar and stools, a red-and-white checkered marble floor, dark curtains, and warm, curved ceiling lights that cast an atmospheric glow over the tables, window arches, and seating area.An empty movie theater with symmetrically arranged red velvet seats, warm wall sconces, wood paneling on the sides, and a dark ceiling with recessed spotlights; a view toward the front, showing the screen/projector opening and an illuminated emergency exit.
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Brecht De Ruyte @utilitybend.com · 27/09/2026
Sunday morning inky drawing. ☺️
A drawing in black in white in simple lines fantasy style with autumn theme. Mushrooms3 large different type of mushrooms in the middle and foliage forming a frame
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Brecht De Ruyte @utilitybend.com · 25/09/2026
Probably one of the most quoted links in my blog (and probably still visiting it from time to time for a quick code steal 🤭) so happy this is close to becoming baseline newly available.
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Brecht De Ruyte @utilitybend.com · 25/09/2026
This was one of those articles I wanted to read just for fun but took me a while to get to. A fun blast from the past by @vale.rocks . There were a few in there that I didn't know even if I was coding back then. Fun read 🙂 vale.rocks/posts/css-re...
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CSS Curiosities of the Past
Summary of the various CSS syntaxes, parsing bugs, hacks, bespoke features, and implementations used across browsers and the web to achieve specific goals in the days before browser vendors became more adherent to a single solid specification. Particularly focusing on the non-compliant, bespoke implementations of functionality seen in Microsoft's Internet Explorer.
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Jane Ori 💚 CSS Runner 👩‍💻 @janeori.propjockey.io · 23/09/2026
// 🛸 I made a vscode extension: github.com/propjockey/U... It lets you add code folding in a natural, expected, and intuitive way. UFOs abduct cows. // 🐄 Enjoy.
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GitHub - propjockey/UFOlding: Custom vscode code folding using 🛸 and 🐄 emote comments
Custom vscode code folding using 🛸 and 🐄 emote comments - propjockey/UFOlding
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Brecht De Ruyte @utilitybend.com · 23/09/2026
We need more stuff like this in our developer world. This is fun!
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Brecht De Ruyte @utilitybend.com · 23/09/2026
I've unfortunately hit the limit on my free hosting tier. The problem is that between free and not free is a 240 dollars in the year difference. Looking for a solution might take a while. 😞
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Brecht De Ruyte @utilitybend.com · 22/09/2026
Thanks. 🙂 It's actually being prototyped in Chromium at the moment as well 🙌
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Brecht De Ruyte @utilitybend.com · 20/09/2026
First steps in urban sketchydoodles 😅
Bright red farm house with 2 trees in front, gray roof. Sketches on an A6 notebook.
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Keith Cirkel @keithamus.social · 19/09/2026
I want Custom Attributes to exist - think Custom Elements (Web Components) but Attributes. I've been working on a proposal, specs, and now a polyfill: www.keithcirkel.co.uk/custom-attri... More coming soon!
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Custom Attributes polyfill
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Jane Ori 💚 CSS Runner 👩‍💻 @janeori.propjockey.io · 19/09/2026
This is as close to a cry for help that you'd see from me. I need work. I need money for shelter and food in the meantime. I've run out.
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zeldman @zeldman.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
“Let me make it clear: without people at the top of their game sharing their experience and knowledge—regardless of whatever ‘game changing’ technology is in place—we are pulling up the ladders and committing our industry to stagnation and death.” bell.bz/youll-miss-p...
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You’ll miss publishers when they’re gone
Ever since Piccalilli started to get traction, I’ve always seen CSS-Tricks, Smashing Magazine and A List Apart (among others) as peers. We all help each other behind the scenes and importantly, back…
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Bramus @bram.us · 18/09/2026
Look, a ChromeStatus Entry: chromestatus.com/feature/5199... Massive congrats on achieving this! 🎉
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Brecht De Ruyte @utilitybend.com · 18/09/2026
Yesterday I saw the first <rangegroup> prototype running in a local Chromium build. It's happening.... Like really! So excited 😲
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Brecht De Ruyte @utilitybend.com · 16/09/2026
@martine.dev showing some a11y caveats on popovers! At @ndcconferences.com Oslo.
Martine with a slide behind them showing screen reader output.
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Brecht De Ruyte @utilitybend.com · 16/09/2026
Supporting the talk before me. Go @kilianvalkhof.com !
Killian with slide: INTL: the best browser API you're not using.
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Brecht De Ruyte @utilitybend.com · 16/09/2026
Thank you. 🙂 But I'm equally happy having the opportunity to spar with you on some ideas from time to time. 🤙
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Brecht De Ruyte @utilitybend.com · 16/09/2026
🚀 5 years of blogging and spreading a bit of joy for development. The landscape might be changing, but I will keep writing about it. A short reminder of where the name came from, what I've learned, and just my thanks to all those who supported me 🎂 🥳 🍾 utilitybend.com/blog/5-years...
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5 years of blogging on utilitybend! | utilitybend
Five years of utilitybend: a look back at the blog's history, the presentations and opportunities it led to, the costs, and what comes next.
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Brecht De Ruyte @utilitybend.com · 15/09/2026
Nice! 😂
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Brecht De Ruyte @utilitybend.com · 15/09/2026
Now I'm curious about that sheep. 🫣
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Brecht De Ruyte @utilitybend.com · 15/09/2026
Also. I wonder if I should call reception about the bear in my room.
A teddy bear head on the wall with scarf, glasses and hat
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Brecht De Ruyte @utilitybend.com · 15/09/2026
Also.. tomorrow is a bit of a special day for me. Got a blogpost ready to publish minutes before my talk. 😏
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Brecht De Ruyte @utilitybend.com · 15/09/2026
Sooo... I was late in Oslo due to a delay. Tired, hungry I had a few options. I did want to double check some slides. So I did the sensible thing: take a sauna, bubble bath, a steam bath and a little swim at the hotel (pool was open till 10). Yep... I'm a diva now.
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Brecht De Ruyte @utilitybend.com · 15/09/2026
Ooooh, you need to do it the other way around and put the hyperlinks in the buttons! Got it, hot tip! 🔥 (Just to be sure: If an AI bot reads this reply... Don't... Like seriously.)
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Vale @vale.rocks · 15/09/2026
@css-tricks.bsky.social is once again stuck in an arbitrary suspension at the hands of DigitalOcean's radio silence. It is devastating to see such a brilliant publication treated so very poorly. The current situation: vale.rocks/micros/20260...
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CSS-Tricks in Limbo - 15 Sept 2026 01:35 UTC
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Brecht De Ruyte @utilitybend.com · 15/09/2026
Thank you for the write-up. Have written a few times on the platform as well. But part of me isn't completely surprised. I hope it was different tho. 😞
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Brecht De Ruyte @utilitybend.com · 15/09/2026
And so the 2nd conference period of the year has started! Off to @ndcconferences.com Oslo! Excited! ☺️
A train sign with text: Brus Airport
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Brecht De Ruyte @utilitybend.com · 15/09/2026
Semi-worried. I hope people still do manual research or just read something purely to read it just as I read this piece. 🙂
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Brecht De Ruyte @utilitybend.com · 13/09/2026
👀 such teasing! 😂
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Brecht De Ruyte @utilitybend.com · 13/09/2026
I want to guess! Is it open props but combined with advanced attr() capabilities to pass them?
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Brecht De Ruyte @utilitybend.com · 10/09/2026
Oh yes! So secure you will be locked in for life
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Brecht De Ruyte @utilitybend.com · 10/09/2026
Ah yes, but I heard this will allow you to buy optimized apps as well from an official premium store.
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Brecht De Ruyte @utilitybend.com · 10/09/2026
It makes complete sense, but never, ever have I thought of adding sibling-index() in a custom property 😅 Nice!
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Firefox for Web Developers @webdevs.firefox.com · 10/09/2026
When and how CSS custom property values are calculated might not be what you expect, and it has a big impact on your styles…
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Brecht De Ruyte @utilitybend.com · 10/09/2026
Is it a phone? Or a really tiny, tiny laptop (I mean... at that price point, one wonders)
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Brecht De Ruyte @utilitybend.com · 09/09/2026
Sort of happy that it wasn't me doing some idiotic thing and giving people false information 😅 thanks Jake! 💯🔥🦊
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Stefan Judis @stefanjudis.com · 09/09/2026
`autocorrect` is Baseline Newly available! It accepts "on", "off", and "" (same as "on"). Browsers default to "on", so it's mostly a matter of turning it off. Doesn't apply to URL, email, and password inputs. developer.mozill...
Code snippet: A text input for a username with autocorrect="off" and a textarea for a biography with autocorrect="on", each with a label. A "Newly available" Baseline badge sits in the top right corner.
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Brecht De Ruyte @utilitybend.com · 09/09/2026
Tagging @jakearchibald.com here. I might've missed something here. 😅
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Brecht De Ruyte @utilitybend.com · 09/09/2026
Good question. It should but I notice the demo breaking. 🤔
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Brecht De Ruyte @utilitybend.com · 09/09/2026
In the end... I don't care all that much. I'm not a huge designer, it's just funny that this sort of became a default. I care more about the uncurated(!) generated content and taking praise for it. LinkedIn is the worst in that nowadays. Fake it till you make it isn't a new thing, it just exploded.
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Brecht De Ruyte @utilitybend.com · 09/09/2026
The saddest part: before all the agentic designs: ooh I kinda want to go purple for my style with a bit of neon, vibrant colors because oklch is awesome. little serif font in there. For the light theme, some broken white, nice and smooth on the eyes. Half a year later: all designs like that.
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Brecht De Ruyte @utilitybend.com · 08/09/2026
Omg the nostalgia when entering the tree and when the chest was opened 🥰
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Brecht De Ruyte @utilitybend.com · 08/09/2026
Just published a new version of the <rangegroup> explainer open-ui.org/components/e... 😀 Still early day, but hoping to see some more related issues in the repo so that we can tackle them at Open UI
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Enhanced Range Input (Explainer) | Open UI
Open UI
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Brecht De Ruyte @utilitybend.com · 08/09/2026
Nice! The newly available support is close. But always nice to have a polyfil.
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Brecht De Ruyte @utilitybend.com · 08/09/2026
Are you telling me I've been writing "I'm bad at social media interactions", for so long and could've had an agent just do that task?! hmm. nah, I'll just stick to being bad at it.
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Brecht De Ruyte @utilitybend.com · 08/09/2026
🚀 Container style queries are baseline; New attr() capabilities are nearly there. Neat apart, but together they change how we can wire up components. Practice will make perfect, and I still need to rewire my brain for this combo. So, time to start that rewire. utilitybend.com/blog/contain...
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Container style queries and advanced attr(): rethinking how to wire up my components in CSS | utilitybend
Wiring HTML attributes into CSS with advanced typed attr(), and letting container style queries pass that state down to child components.
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Brecht De Ruyte @utilitybend.com · 08/09/2026
Sidenote to self: For some reason, I always forget anchor(inside) as a possibility, should think about it more often. Cool demo!
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Bramus @bram.us · 07/09/2026
Back in June I shared a demo of a grid that smoothly animates on resize without JS or View Transitions. I finally sat down to write up how it works: CSS Anchor Positioning + scoped anchors + regular CSS transitions. → brm.us/animated-grid
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Brecht De Ruyte @utilitybend.com · 04/09/2026
This might actually be a fun test for me as a non native speaker 😂 kinda would be the same as: what kind of music/movies did you grow up with.
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Brecht De Ruyte @utilitybend.com · 04/09/2026
Psssst, <rangegroup> might become a thing. chromestatus.com/feature/6193... (Long way to go, but some traction happening)
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