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.
What HN saysHN commenters include it in lists of recommended personal blogs, and one notes that the author is a woman.
22HN people shared it
2linked it in comments
24stories submitted
811story points
2 years agolast shared
2019people per year2026
Most-shared posts
- 1I don’t have time for coding challenges2 people · 124 points · first shared 2020 · 234 comments on HN
- 2CSS { in Real Life } – Evaluating Clever CSS Solutions2 people · 17 points · first shared 2021 · discussion on HN
- 3Aspect-ratio is great1 people · 362 points · first shared 2022 · 88 comments on HN
- 4Animating CSS Grid1 people · 140 points · first shared 2019 · 22 comments on HN
- 5Uses for CSS Custom Properties1 people · 59 points · first shared 2019 · 16 comments on HN
- 6Is it time to ditch the design grid?1 people · 57 points · first shared 2021 · 30 comments on HN
- 7I Finally Installed an Ad Blocker1 people · 32 points · first shared 2022 · 43 comments on HN
- 8I've Been Doing Blockquotes Wrong1 people · 4 points · first shared 2024 · discussion on HN
- 9Subgrid Is Here1 people · 3 points · first shared 2019 · discussion on HN
- 10Building a dependency-free site in 20191 people · 2 points · first shared 2019 · discussion on HN
- 11Preventing Scroll "Bounce" with CSS1 people · 1 points · first shared 2023 · discussion on HN
- 12Sustainable Hardware Choices1 people · 1 points · first shared 2024 · discussion on HN
- 13Greenwashing and the COP28 Website1 people · 1 points · first shared 2023 · discussion on HN
- 14Time to Ditch Analytics? Tracking Scripts and Web Sustainability1 people · 1 points · first shared 2024 · discussion on HN
- 15A Handy Use for Cascade Layers1 people · 1 points · first shared 2022 · discussion on HN
What HN people wrote when they linked it
cocacola1 · 2023-05-13
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- https://css-irl.info/
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And, more for content than design (though I do like the look)
- https://www.newyorker.com/
- https://www.theparisreview.org/
- https://www.laphamsquarterly.org/
itsdrewmiller · 2020-09-12
fyi the author is female - https://css-irl.info/about/.