Website of the week:

Do we still need build tools?
Do we still need Rspack, SWC, PostCSS, Vite, Parcel, Webpack, Turbopack, esbuild, Rollup, Rolldown, Babel, Autoprefixer, esbuild and Lightning CSS in 2026?
https://olliewilliams.xyz/blog/no-build/

Its Nice That
https://www.itsnicethat.com/articles/matter-of-new-new-typography-graphic-design-publication-project-150726

The Field Guide to CSS Grid Lanes
Learn Grid Lanes to create masonry layouts in pure CSS. Absorb the possibilities with the Field Guide’s interactive playground. Return to the cheat sheet. Get inspired by six real examples with dozens of variations.
https://gridlanes.webkit.org/

Setting type like a printed page
Fluid scales, balanced headings, drop caps, optical sizing, hanging punctuation. The browser now ships most of a typesetter's toolkit in pure CSS, switched off by default until you ask for it.
https://www.carmenansio.com/articles/editorial-typography-css/

Karl Koch | On layout choreography
Layout animation keeps spatial memory intact when lists reorder, panels expand, and items enter or leave. FLIP turns layout jumps into transform-based motion.
https://karlkoch.me/writing/on-layout-choreography

businesses with ugly AI menu redesigns!!!
I like supporting local businesses but it's so disheartening to see the increasing use of genAI in their branding/marketing/etc. Yuck yuck YUCK!!!
https://blog.fiddery.com/businesses-with-ugly-ai-menu-redesigns/

Introducing Ghost Cut - or why Cut & Paste is broken everywhere — Ishmael
Is it Cut 'n' Paste, like Fish 'n' Chips?
https://ishmael.textualize.io/blog/ghost-cut/

Some Favorite Things

CODEPEN Pen of the Week