This week brought quite a few long posts with SolidJS, Production case studies, Vibe coding, Split Flap display and Webgl gradients stand out. CSS backdrop filter examples, Accessibility and CSS-only glitch effect and also a few good reads in Mixed news.
Ryan Carniato the creator of SolidJS reflects on the last decade of SolidJS, Signals and fantastic web journey.
https://dev.to/this-is-learning/a-decade-of-solidjs-32f4
https://largeapps.dev/case-studies/advanced/
Sensible tips to create great animations.
https://emilkowal.ski/ui/good-vs-great-animations
https://react.dev/blog/2025/04/23/react-labs-view-transitions-activity-and-more
https://addyo.substack.com/p/vibe-coding-is-not-an-excuse-for
The story of building a timetable from the 1980s looks great!
https://craftofui.substack.com/p/time-travel-with-javascript
Demo
https://codepen.io/jh3y/pen/yyLmeJd
Really long post but with loads of details on how to tame pixels and colours, and step by step explanations. Really good one if you are into visual effects and WebGL.
https://alexharri.com/blog/webgl-gradients
https://www.digicert.com/blog/tls-certificate-lifetimes-will-officially-reduce-to-47-days
There are surely many articles on this keyword, but this one stands out. It is simply a pleasure to read.
https://piccalil.li/blog/javascript-when-is-this/
Something I wouldn’t find time to do but really interesting to read about it.
https://blog.infected.systems/posts/2025-04-21-this-blog-is-hosted-on-a-nintendo-wii/
Interesting approach with LightningCSS. Probably good use case for ReactJS and Vite.
https://css-tricks.com/so-you-want-to-give-up-css-pre-and-post-processors/
https://css-tricks.com/using-css-backdrop-filter-for-ui-effects/
This basic overview covers the most important aspects, like forms, keyboard navigation, modals, aria and more.
https://martijnhols.nl/blog/accessibility-essentials-every-front-end-developer-should-know
https://www.smashingmagazine.com/2025/04/what-mean-site-be-keyboard-navigable/
Interesting experiment to create some side effects with CSS
https://muffinman.io/blog/css-image-glitch/
Also, this glitched clock looks good
https://codepen.io/fearOfCode/pen/PoMyKQ
I didn’t pass the intro page, but it looks like a fun game. I might try it on some slow days. Adding it for a future reference.
Post by Addy Osmani on AI usage for development tasks.
https://addyo.substack.com/p/avoiding-skill-atrophy-in-the-age
https://idiallo.com/blog/zipbomb-protection
https://karlgroves.com/ai-is-the-future-of-accessibility/
Sometimes you need to say NO, but it is not easy. So here is a simple API which will return random versions for any life situation.