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  • Post #4014483

    FFconf have a huge library of previous talks and speakers. Now, you can discover their RSS feeds and follow them. Handy! https://ffconf.org/feeds/

  • Post #2487854

    &amp;#39;Tech is full of people who care deeply about their area of chosen specialism, and we’re all struggling in a world where doing lots of stuff really fast has become the most important thing.&amp;#39; Keep caring and wait it out. https://rachelandrew.co.uk/archives/2026/04/21/the-importance-of-people-who-care/

  • Post #2315760

    In this free lesson from JavaScript for Everyone, @Wilto teaches us how to use promises: objects that represent the result of asynchronous operations. https://piccalilli.link/js4e-free-lesson-quote-4

  • Post #2283444

    Introducing the Mindful Design Toolkit with even more free lessons The Mindful Design Toolkit is a collection of free, open source templates, workshops, and resources, built to empower your design journey. To coincide with the launch, we’ve also opened up over two hours of free lessons from the Mindful Design course. https://piccalil.li/links/the-mindful-design-toolkit-free-lessons/

  • Post #2079813

    The Index: Issue #126 We’ve got 5 very good links this Friday for you in The Index #126. It&amp;#39;s a fun one to close out…a week, huh? https://piccalil.li/the-index/126/

  • Post #1926522

    A free and open source vector editing tool that looks great. Sure, Affinity is now free to everyone, but tools like Graphite will work well if you want to get away from corporate software, for example. https://graphite.art/

  • Post #1776339

    From the archives: A CSS methodology oriented towards simplicity and consistency with a heavy dosage of pragmatism. https://piccalil.li/blog/cube-css

  • Post #1660724

    The Index: Issue #179 It’s Friday, so let’s close out the week with some Good Links™ in The Index #179, sponsored by the fabulous CodePen 2.0 https://piccalil.li/the-index/179/

  • Post #1577333

    Did you know that all of our courses still have a 20% discount, using the code NEXTLEVEL? Did you also know that you can sample them all for free too? JavaScript for Everyone: https://piccalil.li/javascript-for-everyone/lessons Mindful Design: https://piccalil.li/mindful-design/lessons Complete CSS: https://piccalil.li/complete-css/lessons

  • Post #1577331

    The end of responsive images Mat Marquis has waited 14 years to write this article. The sizes attribute has been a necessary evil but now, with an auto value capability, it’s completely transformed authoring responsive images on the web. https://piccalil.li/blog/the-end-of-responsive-images/

  • Post #1543857

    Let’s face it, social media is becoming increasingly difficult to find things amongst the noise. RSS is better than ever now though and this guide will get you running nicely. https://www.citationneeded.news/curate-with-rss/

  • Post #1278630

    Completing the WordPress headless CMS integration With the foundations laid nicely in the previous post in this project, it&amp;#39;s all about wrapping up the headless WordPress CMS integration by rendering paginated feeds and blog posts in this one. https://piccalil.li/projects/personal-site/5/

  • Post #1278629

    Don&amp;#39;t let JavaScript have the last laugh https://piccalilli.link/js4e-q-and-a-6

  • Post #1278628

    Extremely clever stuff from Patrick here! https://patrickbrosset.com/articles/2026-03-09-using-css-animations-as-state-machines-to-remember-focus-and-hover-states-with-css-only/

  • Post #1278627

    The Index: Issue #178 It’s Friday, so let’s close out the week with some Good Links™ in The Index #178, sponsored by our good friends, CodePen. https://piccalil.li/the-index/178/

  • Post #1278626

    Anil articulates the reality of the open web really well and gives us pragmatic advice of what we can tangibly do to protect if from the vultures in the tech industry. https://www.anildash.com/2026/03/27/endgame-open-web/

  • Post #1278625

    A very cool tool (and write up) that&amp;#39;s surprisingly simple. https://www.raymondcamden.com/2026/03/28/checking-if-a-movie-has-a-post-or-mid-credit-scene

  • Post #1177796

    Does exactly what it says on the tin! https://vole.wtf/glasses-cleaning/

  • Post #1177795

    Links auto-scraped from curated accounts, powered by Bluesky. https://links.supply/

  • Post #1177794

    Extremely addictive. Extremely frustrating. Good fun though! https://100jumps.org/play/

  • Post #1177793

    This is very impressive with a good use of grid and custom properties. https://comicss.art/games/12/

  • Post #1177792

    Mat explains the ever-useful, but sometimes hard to understand destructuring assignment in JavaScript. https://css-tricks.com/javascript-for-everyone-destructuring/

  • Post #1177791

    A very good methodology for design systems now has a book! https://mode.place/

  • Post #1177790

    Getting started with the HTML only build With all the planning wrapped up it&amp;#39;s finally time to write some code! We start by looking through the monorepo then rig up some headless WordPress content. https://piccalil.li/projects/personal-site/4/

  • Post #1177789

    Once more from the rooftops: &amp;quot;personal websites, babeyyy!&amp;quot; https://piccalilli.link/js4e-q-and-a-5

  • Post #1177788

    The Index: Issue #177 It’s Friday, so let’s close out the week with some Good Links™ in The Index #177, sponsored by our good friends, CodePen. https://piccalil.li/the-index/177/

  • Post #1177787

    Another year and another design systems report, this time delivered with a lovely, texture-rich UI. https://report.zeroheight.com/

  • Post #1177786

    From the archives: With design tools further commoditising and sanitising expected creative output, the time for designers to be able to stand out is very much here. I think for some, learning to code is a good route for that. https://piccalil.li/blog/the-time-for-designers-to-learn-to-code-is-now/

  • Post #1177785

    A very handy looking, tiny progressive web components library. https://elenajs.com/

  • Post #1177784

    A beautifully composed piece that should serve as a nice reminder to you of both how much &amp;quot;smart&amp;quot; software/devices dominate your time and also how it&amp;#39;s not your fault! https://www.terrygodier.com/the-last-quiet-thing