Piccalilli
Andy Bell — Front-end developer, educator, founder of Set Studio
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An independent front-end education publication running since 2018, founded by Andy Bell and powered by a roster of working practitioners. Piccalilli publishes deep, practical guides on CSS, accessibility, JavaScript, and design — the kind that walk you through real code and trust you to handle the details. The voice varies by contributor but the standard doesn't: expect thorough, opinionated writing that makes complex browser APIs and career decisions feel equally approachable.
Written by Andy Bell since 2018.
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The Index: Issue #172
NES.css A NES-themed CSS framework and it looks exactly as you'd expect it to. An immersive personal site We're all out here building blogs, while Jonathan is here building an immersive first-person world as a personal site. Your AI slop bores me In a world looming with the threat of ai stealing your job, save humanity by stealing AI's job. A very interesting person-to-person "chat bot". Bonsplit A handy looking tabs and layout splitting tool for macOS power users. BaseWatch Want to get alerte...
Building dynamic toggletips using anchored container queries
To add to the container query options that we already have (size queries, style queries, scroll-state queries), as well as the container query range syntax and many upgrades to all of the above, we can now use anchored container queries from Chrome 143. Chrome’s announcement post demonstrates how, if we were using anchor positioning, we could use anchored container queries to query the currently active fallback position (if any). They’ve provided a little demo in the post where a toggletip caret...
The Index: Issue #171
The value of z-index A really pragmatic and systematic approach to z-index here. How to start a record collection Some great recommendations here and as Mike says, "Congrats. I’m sorry." You probably shouldn’t be annotating focus order A delightfully thorough piece by Eric here. Not many do it better. Animated dark mode transition with modern CSS Did you know that you can animate @property? You will by the end of this article. 5 quick tips for giving better presentations Plenty of very good advi...
The Index: Issue #170
Puzzmo Web puzzles without the corporate media slime. It looks like they're integrating nicely with the AT protocol too. How to make your first contribution to an open source project A thoroughly good explainer of how to get involved in open source. A brief history of domains Very interesting read with a delightful, subtle use of sticky positioning. Voxoban - 3D Sokoban Puzzle Game A creative reimagining of the classic (infuriating at times) puzzle game, made with CSS. The fish doorbell You see...
The Index: Issue #169
Beyond the blur: a quick guide to the css backdrop-filter property The backdrop-filter CSS property can do a heck of a lot more than you probably think it can. Stu expertly shows you with this in-depth guide. WebHaptics An interesting looking library that enables you to provide haptic feedback with your interactive elements on the web. A native API one day maybe? MOOving to a self-hosted Bluesky PDS The momentum behind the AT protocol and services like Bluesky is really picking up. If you were t...
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