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A cruel reminder for all designers
https://vanschneider.com/blog/edition-271/

Critique On elevating craft through critical thinking. https://www.doc.cc/syntax/critique

When the dark pattern is a glaring green checkmark
A case study on false affordance and the hidden costs of deceptive UI feedback.
https://uxdesign.cc/when-the-dark-pattern-is-a-glaring-green-checkmark-62a4637e49f7

Designing Effective Contextual Menus
10 Guidelines Contextual menus reduce clutter and interaction cost but have low information scent. Prioritize clarity, consistency, and proximity to balance the tradeoffs. https://www.nngroup.com/articles/contextual-menus-guidelines/

Brand New Layouts with CSS Subgrid
https://www.joshwcomeau.com/css/subgrid/

Introduction to CSS if Statements and Conditional Logic
Conditional logic is a familiar concept to anyone who has written a programming language. Languages like JavaScript or Python use if/else statements to evaluate expressions and execute different blocks of code depending on whether the condition is true or false. Until very recently, vanilla CSS had no equivalent runtime conditional logic – developers relied on media queries, feature queries or preprocessors (like Sass/SCSS) to conditionally apply styles.
https://markodenic.com/introduction-to-css-if-statements-and-conditional-logic/

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