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    CSS { In Real Life }

    css-irl.info · Personal blog · on HN since 2019

    A front-end developer writes about CSS techniques, layout, and web design practice, covering topics like aspect-ratio, grid animation, and custom properties.

    Visit blogRSSHN submissions
    Web DevelopmentDesign & UX
    What HN says

    HN commenters include it in lists of recommended personal blogs, and one notes that the author is a woman.

    Stats for nerds
    22HN people shared it
    24linked in comments
    811story points
    May 2023last shared
    2020people per year2023

    Top posts on HN

    1. 1
      Aspect-ratio is great
      1 person · 362 points · first shared 2022 · 88 comments on HN
    2. 2
      Animating CSS Grid
      1 person · 140 points · first shared 2019 · 22 comments on HN
    3. 3
      I don’t have time for coding challenges
      2 people · 124 points · first shared 2020 · 234 comments on HN
    4. 4
      Uses for CSS Custom Properties
      1 person · 59 points · first shared 2019 · 16 comments on HN
    5. 5
      Is it time to ditch the design grid?
      1 person · 57 points · first shared 2021 · 30 comments on HN
    6. 6
      I Finally Installed an Ad Blocker
      1 person · 32 points · first shared 2022 · 43 comments on HN
    7. 7
      CSS { in Real Life } – Evaluating Clever CSS Solutions
      2 people · 17 points · first shared 2021 · Discussion on HN
    8. 8
      I've Been Doing Blockquotes Wrong
      1 person · 4 points · first shared 2024 · Discussion on HN
    9. 9
      Subgrid Is Here
      1 person · 3 points · first shared 2019 · Discussion on HN
    10. 10
      Building a dependency-free site in 2019
      1 person · 2 points · first shared 2019 · Discussion on HN

    What HN people wrote when they linked it

    • cocacola1May 2023

      - https://satyrs.eu/

      - https://brainbaking.com/

      - https://brianlovin.com/

      - https://www.joshwcomeau.com/

      - https://css-irl.info/

      - https://protesilaos.com/

      - https://thehistoryoftheweb.com/

      - https://publicdomainreview.org/

      And, more for content than design (though I do like the look)

      - https://www.newyorker.com/

      - https://www.theparisreview.org/

      - https://www.laphamsquarterly.org/

    • itsdrewmillerSep 2020

      fyi the author is female - https://css-irl.info/about/.

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