Vol_6.8.26

We curate web design resources.

Author

Gene Crawford
June 08, 2026

Website of the week:

CSS vs. JavaScript
Exploring the performance implications of different animation strategies
https://www.joshwcomeau.com/animation/css-vs-javascript/

Uber Caps Usage of AI Tools Like Claude Code to Manage Costs.
I wrote the other day about Uber blowing its 2026 AI budget in four months, and how that wasn't particularly surprising given they would have set that budget in 2025, before anyone could have predicted how popular token-burning coding agents were about to become.
https://simonwillison.net/2026/Jun/3/uber-caps-usage/

Our CSS isn't opinionated enough
For as long as I can remember, styling classes has always been pushed as "best practice" for writing CSS. Avoid IDs because they're too specific. Avoid styling tags directly because it's too broad. You can't get away from it. It's even baked into most of the linting tools we use every day. It's sensible advice, but I do think it has quietly trained several generations of developers to build things that look correct, yet communicate no semantics.
https://www.craigabbott.co.uk/blog/2026/our-css-isnt-opinionated-enough/

heerich.js
A tiny engine for 3D voxel scenes rendered to SVG
https://meodai.github.io/heerich/

Why I spent years trying to make CSS states predictable
Have you ever changed the order of two CSS rules and broken a component without changing the logic?
https://tenphi.me/blog/why-i-spent-years-trying-to-make-css-states-predictable/

Animation Vocabulary
A glossary of common animation patterns taught in the course. Use these names to describe what you want when prompting an AI.
https://animations.dev/vocabulary

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