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Design Systems Are No Longer Optional
Frontend notes, type experiments, and web things by Mandy Michael
https://mandy.dev/posts/design-systems-ai/

Reduce the JS Workload with No- or Lo-JS options
This is an organic collection of common JS patterns that can be replaced with just HTML, CSS, and no, or very low, JS. As HTML and CSS continue to mature, this collection should expand.
https://aarontgrogg.github.io/NoLoJS/

OverflowGuard — Build around content, not breakpoints
Build around content, not breakpoints. A React component that knows when content stops fitting. No media queries. No container queries. No magic numbers.
https://overflowguard.dev/

Fixing full-bleed CSS
The one where I apply some at-rule property magic.
https://dbushell.com/2026/07/03/fixing-full-bleed-css/

Fluid Typography with progress() – Master.dev Blog
With the progress() function in CSS we've got a new way to calculate the size for type based on the viewport without problems of the past.
https://master.dev/blog/fluid-typography-with-progress/

Getting Started with Anchor Positioning • Josh W. Comeau
For decades, one of the most notoriously-challenging problems on the web has been sticking one element to another element, for things like tooltips and nested menus. The CSSWG has decided to provide a first-class solution to this problem, and it’s pretty friggin’ cool! In this tutorial, I’ll share the most useful parts I’ve found from this modern CSS feature.
https://www.joshwcomeau.com/css/anchor-positioning/

432: Trends of 2026 (So Far)
Marie has her eye on what seems to be super popular with CodePen users so far this year. Galleries (in different directions) Custom Select shape(), border-shape, corner-shape scroll-timeline, anima…
https://blog.codepen.io/2026/07/03/432-trends-of-2026-so-far/

WordPress Security Keys and Salts: The Invisible Guardians of Your Website
Learn what WordPress Security Keys and Salts are, what they do, when to change them, and how to protect your site.
https://shapedplugin.com/wordpress-security-keys-and-salts/

Hampton took $440K in planned hires off the calendar

Hampton co-founder Joe Speiser had three roles budgeted: a data engineer, an ops manager, a PM. $440K. He installed Viktor on April 12. Forty-four days later, none are on the calendar, and 18 of his team work with Viktor daily. His VP: we are editors now, not creators.

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