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General — Programming — April 9th, 2026

A Single DM, a First SOTD, and the Start of Chanh M. Ho's Creative Journey
How one direct message opened the door to my first SOTD and shaped my journey as a creative developer.
April 9th, 2026Source

Designing Docling Studio: Key Architecture Decisions
Architecture decisions behind Docling Studio: a visual inspection layer for Docling. From dual-engine design to Docker packaging.
April 9th, 2026Source

Governing Identity Under Uncertainty: Experimentation and Incrementality in Modern Programmatic Advertising
In a modeled-identity world, reach metrics are no longer sufficient. Identity decisions must be validated with incrementality and governed as production infrastructure.
April 9th, 2026Source

Selecting a Date Range in CSS
A date range selector lets users pick a time frame between a start and end date, which is useful in booking trips, sorting info by date blocks, picking time slots, and planning schedules.
April 9th, 2026Source

Translating OData Queries to MongoDB in Java With Jamolingo
If you want to support dynamic API queries using OData in a Java application backed by MongoDB, Jamolingo provides a lightweight and framework-agnostic solution.
April 9th, 2026Source

Using Java for Developing Agentic AI Applications: The Enterprise-Ready Stack in 2026
Learn how to build reliable, production-ready agentic AI in Java using LangChain4j, Quarkus, MCP, and OpenTelemetry for scalable enterprise apps.
April 9th, 2026Source

General — Programming — April 8th, 2026

Content Security Policy Drift in Salesforce Lightning: Engineering Stable Embedded Integration Boundaries
CSP in Salesforce Lightning is re-evaluated on every page load, not a one-time setup. Vendor CDN shifts can silently break embedded integrations without a code change.
April 8th, 2026Source

Creating Custom Page Transitions in Astro with Barba.js and GSAP
Follow along as we build page transitions in Astro with Barba.js and GSAP, from the initial setup to a working animated transition flow.
April 8th, 2026Source or Source

Get started with Python's new frozendict type
Python 3.15 introduces an immutable or 'frozen' dictionary that is useful in places ordinary dicts can't be used.
April 8th, 2026Source

How We Reduced LCP by 75% in a Production React App
We had a production React app with major performance issues, but a rewrite wasn't practical. This article illustrates the ways we made it better.
April 8th, 2026Source

Kodebits Day 2: Property Wrappers
Understand how property wrappers encapsulate storage logic.
April 8th, 2026Source

Microsoft calls time on ASP.NET Core 2.3 on .NET Framework
Tangled tale nears end as Redmond classifies it as a tool, not a library
April 8th, 2026Source

State of Play: AI Coding Assistants
Birgitta Böckeler discusses the rapid evolution of AI agents, moving beyond "vibe coding" to sophisticated context engineering. She explains how architectural constraints and "harness engineering" create the safety nets required for autonomous code generation. She shares vital insights for leaders on balancing speed with maintainability, security risks, and the cost of AI autonomy.
April 8th, 2026Source

The winners and losers of AI coding
Goodbye and good riddance to all of those infuriatingly unmaintainable legacy balls of mud. Modern, bespoke replacements are on the horizon.
April 8th, 2026Source

Visual Studio Code 1.115.0 released
Visual Studio Code version 1.115 finally lets you paste images directly into the terminal using Ctrl+V or drag-and-drop instead of hunting for file paths. Background terminals now properly notify AI agents when commands finish, stopping automation scripts from freezing during timeout events that plagued previous builds. Mac users get pinch-to-zoom back in the integrated browser while session tracking finally restores file edits and displays favicons in quick pick lists. The update fixes specific workflow bottlenecks without forcing developers into beta territory or breaking existing extension configurations.
April 8th, 2026Source

General — Programming — April 6th, 2026

Building the Maxima Therapy Website: React, GSAP, and Dabbling with AI
A behind-the-scenes look at how we built Maxima Therapy with playful interactions, creative code, and a little AI help along the way.
April 6th, 2026Source

Kodebits Day 1: Optional Chaining
Test your knowledge of Swift's optional chaining and nil coalescing operators.
April 6th, 2026Source

Looking at New CSS Multi-Column Layout Wrapping Features
Multi-column layouts have not been used to their full potential, mostly because once content exceeded a limit, multi-column would force a horizontal scroll. It's unintuitive and a UX no-no, especially on the modern web where the default scroll is vertical.
April 6th, 2026Source

Microsoft Ships Production-Ready Agent Framework 1.0 for .NET and Python
Microsoft has released version 1.0 of Microsoft Agent Framework, marking what the company calls the production-ready milestone for its open-source SDK and runtime for building AI agents and multi-agent workflows.
April 6th, 2026Source

Reduce Frontend Complexity in ASP.NET Razor Pages Using HTMX
Modern web development often defaults to heavy client-side frameworks for applications, a good alternative is HTMX with Asp.Net Razor Pages.
April 6th, 2026Source

Riddlewood Manor Early Access Out Now On Quest
Riddlewood Manor, a new point-and-click VR adventure, is available now in Early Access on Meta Quest.
April 6th, 2026Source

Top 5 Ways to Use the Semrush Developer API
Most marketers treat SEO data like a weather report: you check it when you remember, note the conditions, and hope things look better next time you log in.
April 6th, 2026Source

General — Programming — April 3rd, 2026

Android Studio supports Gemma 4: our most capable local model for agentic coding
Every developer's AI workflow and needs are unique, and it's important to be able to choose how AI helps your development. In January, we introduced the ability to choose any local or remote AI model to power AI functionality in Android Studio, and today, we're announcing the availability of Gemma 4 for AI coding assistance in Android Studio. This new local model trained on Android development provides the best of both worlds: the privacy and cost-efficiency of on-device processing alongside state-of-the-art reasoning and tool-calling capabilities.
April 3rd, 2026Source

Announcing Gemma 4 in the AICore Developer Preview
At Google, we're committed to bringing the most capable AI models directly to the Android devices in your pocket. Today, we're thrilled to announce the release of our latest state-of-the-art open model: Gemma 4.
April 3rd, 2026Source

Hands On with OpenClaw Node for VS Code: Real Workflow, Real Friction
With all the hoopla around OpenClaw and its potential for proactive assistants and personal agents, I have been curious about how it would actually work in a real editor-based workflow.
April 3rd, 2026Source

Local-first browser data gets real
Wasm, PGlite, OPFS, and other new tech bring robust data storage to the browser, Electrobun brings Bun to desktop apps, Signals bring sanity to state management, and more in this month's JavaScript Report
April 3rd, 2026Source

General — Programming — April 2nd, 2026

Android Studio supports Gemma 4: our most capable local model for agentic coding
Every developer's AI workflow and needs are unique, and it's important to be able to choose how AI helps your development. In January, we introduced the ability to choose any local or remote AI model to power AI functionality in Android Studio, and today, we're announcing the availability of Gemma 4 for AI coding assistance in Android Studio. This new local model trained on Android development provides the best of both worlds: the privacy and cost-efficiency of on-device processing alongside state-of-the-art reasoning and tool-calling capabilities.
April 2nd, 2026Source

Beyond RAG: Architecting Context-Aware AI Systems with Spring Boot
Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) has rapidly become a foundational pattern for integrating large language models into enterprise systems. By combining semantic retrieval with prompt-based generation, RAG permits applications to produce responses grounded in domain-specific and up-to-date information without retraining the underlying model. As a result, RAG is now widely adopted across knowledge assistants, internal search tools, and customer support systems in production environments.
April 2nd, 2026Source

Developer rebuilds Doom using CSS and HTML, turning divs into a full 3D game engine
A Dutch programmer pushes modern styling features far beyond their intended use
April 2nd, 2026Source

Helidon 4.4.0 Introduces Alignment with OpenJDK Cadence and Support via Java Verified Portfolio
Oracle has released version 4.4.0 of their microservices framework, Helidon, featuring alignment with the OpenJDK release cadence, support via the new Java Verified Portfolio, new core capabilities, and agentic AI support for LangChain4j.
April 2nd, 2026Source

Making Complex CSS Shapes Using shape()
Creating rectangles, circles, and rounded rectangles is the basic of CSS. Creating more complex CSS shapes such as triangles, hexagons, stars, hearts, etc. is more challenging but still a simple task if we rely on modern features.
April 2nd, 2026Source

The Toolkit Pattern
Why your project's best documentation is a file only AI will read
April 2nd, 2026Source

Using Google Stitch to Build High-Converting Landing Pages in Minutes
Google Stitch, part of Google's Vibe Design initiative, is an AI-powered platform that simplifies the process of creating landing pages and other web assets. Unlike traditional design methods that often require significant technical expertise, Stitch enables users to generate layouts, stylesheets and even interactive dashboards through simple prompts. Marketing Against the Grain highlights how this platform balances automation with customization, making it accessible for both beginners and experienced designers.
April 2nd, 2026Source

Visual Studio Code 1.114 Keeps Weekly Cadence Rolling with Chat, Search and TypeScript Updates
Microsoft has announced Visual Studio Code 1.114, the latest release in the editor's new weekly Stable cadence. That cadence began with version 1.111 on March 9, 2026, which the VS Code team described as the first of its weekly Stable releases facilitated by the dev team's use of AI for coding. And speaking of AI, this is the rare release that doesn't include much significant new functionality in that space, though there are some chat/agent tweaks.
April 2nd, 2026Source

Where Engineering Meets Craft: Edoardo Lunardi's Obsession with the Details
How obsessing over craft, code quality, and the details nobody notices shaped a decade of creative frontend work.
April 2nd, 2026Source

General — Programming — April 1st, 2026

A Practical Guide To Design Principles
Design principles with references, examples, and methods for quick look-up. Brought to you by Design Patterns For AI Interfaces, friendly video courses on UX and design patterns by Vitaly.
April 1st, 2026Source

Backdooring of JavaScript Library Axios Tied to North Korea
Expect Fallout After Remote Access Trojan Added to Popular JavaScript NPM Package
April 1st, 2026Source or Source or Source or Source

Front-End Fools: Top 10 April Fools' UI Pranks of All Time
April Fools' Day pranks on the web imply that we're not trying to fool each other every day in web design anyway. Indeed, one of my favorite comments I received on an article was, "I can't believe my eyes!" You shouldn't, since web design relies on fooling the user's brain by manipulating the way we process visual information via Gestalt laws, which make a website feel real.
April 1st, 2026Source

Ruby Central report reopens wounds over RubyGems repo takeover
Board-backed account of maintainer ouster is unlikely to settle row over governance, control, and trust
April 1st, 2026Source

Visual Studio Code 1.114 released
This update finally cleans up the chat interface so you can preview videos and copy just the final Markdown without pasting along all that internal agent noise. Microsoft has also simplified search by removing the confusing local versus remote index split and letting Copilot handle semantic indexing automatically behind the scenes. If your AI ever acts up you can now reference specific past sessions to diagnose why custom instructions were ignored or responses lagged. Just keep in mind that Edit Mode is officially deprecated so you need to stop relying on it before version 1.125 removes the feature entirely.
April 1st, 2026Source

What next for junior developers?
The junior developers of the future may be more English major than budding programmer.
April 1st, 2026Source

General — Programming — March 31st, 2026

Arnaud Rocca's Portfolio: From a GSAP-Powered Motion System to Fluid WebGL
An exploration of how reusable GSAP animations, custom text transitions, and fluid WebGL interactions shape a distinctive portfolio experience.
March 31st, 2026Source

Building a Deterministic Event Correlation Engine in Go for High-Volume Alert Systems
Design a deterministic event correlation engine so the same alerts always produce the same incidents, no matter arrival order or runtime.
March 31st, 2026Source

Memory Optimization and Utilization in Java 25 LTS: Practical Best Practices
Memory optimization in the latest Java is more about controlling allocation, choosing the right GC, and measuring real behavior under load.
March 31st, 2026Source

One of JavaScript's most popular libraries compromised by hackers — Axios npm package hit in supply chain attack that deployed a cross-platform RAT
The hijacked maintainer account was used to publish two malicious versions of one of JavaScript's most popular libraries.
March 31st, 2026Source

The Joy Of A Fresh Beginning (April 2026 Wallpapers Edition)
With the new month just around the corner, could there be a better occasion to freshen up your desktop? If you're looking for some unique and inspiring wallpapers to accompany you on all those adventures that April may bring — and maybe spark some new ideas, too — well, this post has got you covered.
March 31st, 2026Source

What's !important #8: Light/Dark Favicons, @mixin, object-view-box, and More
Short n' sweet but ever so neat, this issue covers light/dark favicons, @mixin, anchor-interpolated morphing, object-view-box, new web features, and more.
March 31st, 2026Source

General — Programming — March 24th, 2026

Digital Craft, Wild Soul: Building San Rita's Topographic Web Experience
Designed as a digital landscape to explore, San Rita's portfolio combines 3D terrain, vintage map textures, and immersive motion with a strong sense of place.
March 24th, 2026Source

How to Build a General-Purpose AI Agent in 131 Lines of Python
How to Build a General-Purpose AI Agent in 131 Lines of Python
March 24th, 2026Source

Imprisoning the Panic
Following the Cloudflare downtime in November 2025, the article compares how different programming languages handle unexpected errors and process termination.
March 24th, 2026Source

Testing Font Scaling For Accessibility With Figma Variables
Accessibility works best when it blends into everyday design workflows. The goal isn't a big transformation, but simple work processes that fit naturally into a team's routine. With Figma variables, testing font size increases becomes part of the design flow itself, making accessibility feel almost inevitable rather than optional.
March 24th, 2026Source

TypeScript 6.0 released
TypeScript 6.0 has been released as a transitional step that aligns the compiler with upcoming performance improvements in the native Go rewrite scheduled for version 7.0. Significant configuration defaults have changed, requiring developers to explicitly set strict mode and list type packages since automatic discovery is now disabled. The release introduces support for modern standards including es2025 features and new Map methods while deprecating legacy module systems like AMD and ES5 targets. Users must update their tsconfig files immediately to handle breaking changes such as removed baseUrl functionality and the shift toward ESM defaults.
March 24th, 2026Source

VS Code now updates weekly
Agents, browser debugging, and deprecation of Edit Mode are all highlighted in the latest versions of the popular code editor.
March 24th, 2026Source

General — Programming — March 21st, 2026

GraphicsMagick, Python, Mumble, Tempo, Composer updates for SUSE
Several security updates have been released for openSUSE Tumbleweed, Leap, and SUSE Linux Enterprise distributions to patch known vulnerabilities. GraphicsMagick receives an important update addressing buffer overflows while moderate fixes cover packages like Python libraries and the Mumble voice chat tool.
March 21st, 2026Source

General — Programming — March 20th, 2026

Bridging Vite and Next.js: The vinext Revolution
vinext is envisioned as a Vite plugin that extracts the developer experience of Next.js-style API routes, file-based backend routing, and server function boundaries, then embeds them natively into Vite-powered applications. This article walks through the architecture, setup, route creation, frontend integration, advanced patterns, and production deployment of this hypothetical bridge layer.
March 20th, 2026Source

Chris' Corner: Processing
The other week when I was talking about Web Components in the Corner, I mentioned zero-md, a nice little Web Component for doing exactly that. I had to bite my tongue a little bit though, as the 2.0 public beta hadn't quite made it out of the door yet.
March 18th, 2026Source

Dropdowns Inside Scrollable Containers: Why They Break And How To Fix Them Properly
Dropdowns often work perfectly until they're placed inside a scrollable panel, where they can get clipped, and half the menu disappears behind the container's edge. Godstime Aburu explains why this happens and offers practical solutions to fix it.
March 20th, 2026Source

Google Stitch "Vibe Design" Update: Gemini 3, Canvas & Export Tools
Google's latest Stitch update, featuring the Gemini Vibe Design framework, introduces a host of AI-driven enhancements aimed at streamlining creative workflows. As highlighted by Sam Witteveen, one of the standout features is the integration of agentic systems, which allow multiple AI agents to handle tasks like typography optimization, color scheme refinement and placeholder image generation simultaneously. This parallel processing capability not only reduces manual effort but also ensures that quality and consistency are maintained across complex design projects. By automating repetitive tasks, designers can focus more on the creative aspects of their work, making this update particularly valuable for time-sensitive or large-scale projects.
March 20th, 2026Source

Google's Stitch UI design tool is now AI-powered
Letting AI write code is no longer enough: Now Google wants it to take over the interface design too.
March 20th, 2026Source

Jackie Zhang's Portfolio: From Chasing References to Finding Direction
How I stopped chasing references and built a portfolio that actually feels like me.
March 20th, 2026Source

Scalable Cloud-Native Java Architecture With Microservices and Serverless
Learn all about scalable, cloud-native architectures with microservices and serverless technologies, boosting agility, performance, and cost-efficiency.
March 20th, 2026Source

State of JavaScript 2025: Survey Reveals a Maturing Ecosystem with TypeScript Cementing Dominance
The State of JavaScript 2025 survey, conducted in November 2025 and published in February 2026, collected responses from developers across the JavaScript ecosystem. The annual survey, run by Devographics and sponsored by Google Chrome, JetBrains, and others, paints a picture of an ecosystem that has stabilized after years of rapid iteration, with clear winners emerging in tooling, frameworks, and language preferences.
March 20th, 2026Source

The Rise of Open-Source Personal AI Agents: A New OS Paradigm
The computing interface has evolved through a familiar arc: command-line interfaces gave way to graphical desktops, which yielded to mobile touchscreens. Open-source personal AI agents represent the next inflection point, where the primary interaction model shifts from clicking through apps to instructing an autonomous agent that orchestrates tools, APIs, and local models on a user's behalf.
March 20th, 2026Source

The ‘toggle-away’ efficiencies: Cutting AI costs inside the training loop
You don't need the newest GPUs to save money on AI; simple tweaks like "smoke tests" and fixing data bottlenecks can slash your cloud bill and carbon footprint.
March 20th, 2026Source

General — Programming — March 18th, 2026

5 Gemini Canvas Features to Save Hours: Drafting, Apps, Research & Workflows
Gemini Canvas offers a range of features designed to simplify workflows and save time across academic, professional and creative projects. Andy Stapleton highlights five standout capabilities, including the platform's ability to streamline drafting and editing. For instance, its document-style interface allows users to format and refine content directly within the platform, eliminating the need for external software. This feature is particularly useful for tasks like writing research papers or preparing detailed reports, where maintaining focus on the content is essential.
March 18th, 2026Source

Beyond Memory Safety: What Makes Rust Different -- Lessons from Autonomous Robotics
Over the last couple of years, I have been working in the field of autonomous mobile robotics, which is where many of the examples in this article originate. My goal here is to explore what makes Rust special beyond its well-known memory safety guarantees, specifically, how the language prepares developers to write software that is more correct from the outset, where common mistakes become difficult to make, and where the resulting code is inherently more failure-proof.
March 18th, 2026Source

Building Seamless 3D Transitions with Webflow, GSAP, and Three.js
Build a single, persistent Three.js scene in Webflow and drive smooth, GSAP-powered page transitions with Barba.js.
March 18th, 2026Source

Has Agile lost its way? How AI-powered DevSecOps can help [Q&A]
Agile. What started 25 years ago as a movement for responsiveness and customer value now often gets bogged down by backlogs, burndowns, and bloated frameworks. Teams find themselves saying, "we're Agile, but..." -- a clear sign of compromise.
March 18th, 2026Source

Java 26 Delivers Language Innovation, Library Improvements, Performance and Security
Oracle has released version 26 of the Java programming language and virtual machine. As the first non-LTS release since JDK 25, the final feature set includes 10 JEPs, five of which are still progressing through the preview and incubator stages. The JEPs in this final feature set are:
March 18th, 2026Source

Mobile Server-Driven UI at Scale
Rafael Ring discusses the architectural evolution of server-driven UI at Nubank, moving from static mobile binaries to a sophisticated scripted framework called Catalyst. He explains how they implemented a tree-walk interpreter in Flutter to render dynamic layouts and logic from JSON payloads.
March 18th, 2026Source

QCon London 2026: Blurring the Lines: Engineering & Data Teams in the Age of AI
At QCon London 2026, Lada Indra, head of data platform at Pleo, shared insights from his experience across high-scale data systems. He illustrated both the risks of poorly aligned teams and the practical strategies that organizations can adopt to bridge the gap.
March 18th, 2026Source

QCon London 2026: Rewriting All of Spotify's Code Base, All the Time
At QCon London 2026, Jo Kelly-Fenton and Aleksandar Mitic from Spotify presented how the company is using an internal AI-powered coding agent called Honk to perform continuous, large-scale code migrations across its entire codebase, achieving 1,000 merged pull requests every 10 days.
March 18th, 2026Source

QCon London 2026: SBOMs Move from Best Practice to Legal Obligation as CRA Enforcement Looms
In a talk at QCon London 2026, Viktor Petersson argued that software teams are running out of time to adopt SBOMs (Software Bills of Materials) due to pending legislative changes in both the US and Europe.
March 18th, 2026Source

QCon London 2026: Uncorking Queueing Bottlenecks with OpenTelemetry
A customer backup job running an hour late on a Friday evening should have been straightforward to diagnose. For engineers at Gearset, it wasn't. Despite comprehensive dashboards, metrics, and logs, the team found themselves guessing at root causes rather than identifying them. Metrics showed the forest but not the trees; logs showed individual trees but made it nearly impossible to trace a path between them.
March 18th, 2026Source

QCon London 2026: Use<'lifetimes> For<'what>
Ethan Brierley, a senior engineer at TrueLayer and co-organiser of Rust London, presented at QCon London 2026 to reframe one of the language's most misunderstood features. Rather than explaining lifetimes through the traditional lens of scopes and regions of code, Brierley built his entire talk around an alternative mental model drawn from Polonius, an experimental borrow checker that treats lifetimes as sets of loans.
March 18th, 2026Source

Quickly Build Apps, Games & Dashboards Fast With Gemini Canvas
Gemini Canvas, powered by Google's Gemini AI, provides a structured platform for creating applications, dashboards and even games without requiring coding knowledge. According to Teacher's Tech, users can generate up to eight functional apps in just 15 minutes, thanks to features like its interactive workspace. For example, users can create and customize outputs such as personal finance trackers or 3D models, with advanced AI options available for Pro and Ultra subscribers to handle more detailed projects.
March 18th, 2026Source

Visual Studio Code 1.112 released
Visual Studio Code 1.112 arrives with a major push toward smoother automation by introducing permission levels that let agents work autonomously without constant approval requests. Web developers will appreciate the new integrated browser debugging capabilities which allow breakpoints and variable inspection directly within the editor window instead of switching contexts. Security gets a boost on macOS and Linux through MCP server sandboxing that restricts file system access for local tools to prevent unauthorized data exposure. The updated troubleshooting skills help diagnose agent behavior issues by analyzing debug logs directly in the chat interface rather than manually parsing files.
March 18th, 2026Source

General — Programming — March 16th, 2026

4 Reasons That Make Tailwind Great for Building Layouts
When I talk about layouts, I'm referring to how you place items on a page. The CSS properties that are widely used here include:
March 16th, 2026Source

Architecting Scalable JSON Pipelines: The Power of a Single PySpark Schema
Build resilient, scalable data pipelines by flattening nested JSON with PySpark, schema-driven parsing, and Delta Lake for analytics-ready datasets.
March 16th, 2026Source

Andres Almiray on How to Release Any Software to Any OS with JReleaser
Andres Almiray, a serial open-source contributor and the creator of JReleaser, discusses the project's state, noting that the tool is usable across any ecosystem, not just Java. He also touches on the Commonhaus Foundation's mission.
March 16th, 2026Source

Devnexus 2026: Focus on AI with Core Java, Java Frameworks, Security and Career Mentoring
Celebrating its 23rd year, Devnexus 2026 was held from March 4-6, 2026, at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta, Georgia. Key takeaways included: it's up to Java developers to fix enterprise AI; how to survive the AI uprising; building blocks for AI applications; how to manage an AI-driven manager; and how to improve your career.
March 16th, 2026Source

Jonas Reymondin's Portfolio: Reclaiming the UI Eye Through Systems, Code, and Pixel Motion
A candid journey through the challenging process of defining my narrative as a creative who cares deeply about both design and engineering.
March 16th, 2026Source

QCon London 2026: the Hidden Power of Boring Problems
At QCon London 2026, Yinka Omole, lead software engineer at Personio, presented a session exploring a recurring dilemma engineers face: whether to spend time mastering the newest technologies and frameworks, or to invest in deeper, foundational problems that may appear less exciting but deliver long-term value.
March 16th, 2026Source

Stranger Things in Java: Enum Types
Java enum types are more than named constants. This article explains how they work and why they matter in real Java applications.
March 16th, 2026Source

There Is No "Wrong" in CSS
Can you write "wrong" CSS?
March 16th, 2026Source

Vibe coding apps taught me how hard real coding is
“Garbage in, garbage out” applies just as much to AI-assisted vibe coding as it does to old-fashioned software development, as I learned the hard way.
March 16th, 2026Source

What's !important #7: random(), Folded Corners, Anchored Container Queries, and More
For this issue of What's !important, we have a healthy balance of old CSS that you might've missed and new CSS that you don't want to miss. This includes random(), random-item(), folded corners using clip-path, backdrop-filter, font-variant-numeric: tabular-nums, the Popover API, anchored container queries, anchor positioning in general, DOOM in CSS, customizable