🚀 12 Dev Tools + Gen Z UX Secrets + CSS Animations (5-min read)

Adam Marsden - Nov 6 - - Dev Community

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🖋️ CSS

Web-Slinger.css: Like Wow.js But With CSS-y Scroll Animations

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My Modern CSS Reset

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Making content-aware components using CSS :has(), grid, and quantity queries

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