Adam MarsdenHey 👋 This weeks newsletter is packed full of great reads and resources here's a quick look:
🔗 No more 404s – smarter URL handling
🧩 Pure CSS Nesting & BEM Modifiers
⚔️ Master auto transitions in CSS
Enjoy & stay inspired 👋 - Adam at Unicorn Club.
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Designing a website to not have 404s
I wanted to reduce lock-in to URL architecture as much as possible. One of the ways I've done it is by using fuzzy matching to redirect users to the right place when they make a typo, a product is renamed, or the logic used to generate the URL changes.
🌅 CSS
BEM Modifiers in Pure CSS Nesting
Pure CSS now includes many features that were previously missing, causing people to prefer preprocessors.
One of the Boss Battles of CSS is Almost Won! Transitioning to Auto
The experimental CSS function calc-size(auto) can be used so that transitions and animations can go from zero (0) to this value. But that is unlikely to be the final syntax!
Let’s hang! An intro to CSS Anchor Positioning with basic examples
The CSS anchoring API is something that I’ve been following for at least a year now, and I’m happy to see that the first level is fully specced.
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***Gits First Commit*** - The first-ever commit made in Git was not a grand feature but rather a simple README file by Linus Torvalds on April 7, 2005. It marked the humble beginnings of what would become the world's most widely used version control system
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The chronic undervaluation of content designers and the urgent need for change
In recent years, researchers have increasingly focused on how the design of food and beverage packaging, serving vessels, and dining environments can influence our perception.
Your digital UI can come from the physical world.
🤖 Git
git commit -m is a lie! How to commit like a pro
When you first started learning git, you probably learned that the way to commit something is by using git commit -m "your message".
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