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  The W3C released a new HTML element out of nowhere. It was the element of .

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  10 Cool CodePen Demos from June 2026: web components, animations, colors, squiggly lines, button generators, and some generative art. https://alvaromontoro.com/10-cool-codepen-demos/2026/06/ Pens from @cassidoo, @css, @mustastum, and more. #webdev #codepen #newsletter

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  The CFP for @longhorn has been extended until the end of this week (July 10). While PHP is the main focus of the conference, other topics like UI/UX, CSS, web design or web accessibility are also welcome. Don't miss the chance to share your talk in Austin! https://cfp.longhornphp.com/

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  As developers preferences and the broader web development industry continue to shift away from digital formats toward physical media, CSS will discontinue distribution of digital values for all new properties beginning January 2028. Following this date, updated values will be available at authorized retailers exclusively on physical discs and USB drives. This transition has no impact on values that already released, or will be releasing, prior to January 2028 in digital format.

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  Sometimes, the hardest part of layoffs isn't leaving, but waiting. I lived through months of delayed cuts once. The uncertainty was brutal. The news about the recent Xbox's layoffs brought those memories back, and I wrote about them: https://alvaromontoro.com/blog/68104/the-sword-of-damocles-at-work-the-human-cost-of-delayed-layoffs

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  Year 3 as a Microsoft MVP! Let's do it! #MVPBuzz

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  CSS really stands for Cascading Stylesheet... SQUIRREL!! We'll never know what that second S really meant.

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  It's always :where() is CSS never :how() is CSS. New comiCSS cartoon: https://comicss.art/comics/252/ #css #cartoon #webdev #joke

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  A couple of articles from this weekend: A short cynical "rant" about AI and policy (or lack thereof) https://alvaromontoro.com/blog/68106/the-ai-apocalypse-isnt-coming-but-the-risks-are-real A review of the Spanish soccer team and how changing its culture and focusing on team work made them champions (a little bit LinkedIn-ish style, sorry) https://alvaromontoro.com/blog/68105/the-spanish-football-revolution-from-eternal-candidate-to-world-champion

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  Why is it that every time an AI "goes rogue," it hacks its competitors' servers and steals information, but never takes a few minutes to knock out some random Jira tickets? Claude, take one for the team, you jerk!

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  New comiCSS cartoon: B-side https://comicss.art/comics/253/ What would be some of HTML or CSS B-side tracks? #css #cartoon #humor #joke

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  New comiCSS game: Word Gambit https://comicss.art/games/45/ It's actually the game that I shared as an image the other day, but this time you can play online, and it has some "helpers" to make it easier. #css #game #puzzle #webdev

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  🦉 Towlgle Switch: A toggle that looks like an owl https://codepen.io/alvaromontoro/pen/XJNdmrV This single-element toggle even has indeterminate state styling (not really needed, but why not.) Production ready? Yes. Should it be used in production? Definitely not, but it would be a hoot! 😅 #css #html #webdev

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  It is 2000. I'm 18 years old. They say my job won't survive quantum computing (IBM is really close). It is 2005. I'm 23 years old. They say my job won't survive visual IDEs. It is 2010. I'm 28 years old. They say my job won't survive smartphones. It is 2015. I'm 33 years old. They say my job won't survive web3. It is 2020. I'm 38 years old. They say my job won't survive AI. It is 2025. I'm 43 years old....

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  New comiCSS Game: HTML Mini-Crossword http://comicss.art/games/51/ All the words in this crossword are HTML tags, attributes, and values. Can you solve it? #css #html #crossword #game #webdev

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  🧩 May 2 comiCSS Game: Spiral https://comicss.art/games/46/ In this game, the last letter of each word becomes the first letter of the next, and all the words connect to form a spiral. Use the clues to find the missing CSS terms and complete the chain. #css #game #puzzle #crossword #webdev

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  April 23 comiCSS Game: 4Connect https://comicss.art/games/37/ Today's game is tougher than it seems. It combines HTML and JS, and has some red herrings to make it a bit more difficult than usual (but that's, like, my opinion... you may find it super easy 😅). #html #js #webdev #game #puzzle

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  🎮 April 26 comiCSS game: 4Connect https://comicss.art/games/40/ I said yesterday's game was easy, but this one is even easier. Give it a try! #css #game #puzzle #webdev

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  I did a slightly longer alternative, more in the line of Abbott and Costello's Who's on First, but I felt it was a bit overwhelming, so went with the shorter version in the end. #css #comic #webdev

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  @chriskirknielsen 🤦 I am a dodo. Yes, all the terms are left-to-right, except those two that are right-to-left but I incorrectly identified as left-to-right, but what I was really meaning was my other left and my other right.

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  New comiCSS game: Branches https://comicss.art/games/27/ Can you find all CSS-themed words? There are 8 (root + 7 related terms). #css #game #webdev

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  New game: Mini JS Crossword https://comicss.art/games/28/ Today has been a busy day and I barely made it on time for the daily game... but here it is, and still within the one game a day schedule 😌 #js #game #crossword #webdev

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  What comiCSS game should I publish today? - 4Connect? - Branches? - ABCnagrams? - Mini-crossword?

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  comiCSS game for April 15: 4Connect https://comicss.art/games/29/ This one may be a bit tricky. Can you find the 4 groups of 4 CSS terms? In less than 4 tries? #css #webdev #game #puzzle

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  The six 4Connect games published on comiCSS, sorted by difficulty, and with links to play online + hints/solutions: https://alvaromontoro.com/blog/68094/css-games-4connect #css #html #webdev #game

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  comiCSS game for April 16: Branches https://comicss.art/games/30/ There's a total of 10 hidden words (including the root). Can you find them all? #html #game #webdev #css

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  Do you like anagrams and HTML? Then you’ll enjoy this comiCSS puzzle! https://comicss.art/games/31/ ABCnagrams are anagrams with a twist: there are 26, each missing a different letter of the alphabet. Can you figure out which letter is needed to solve each anagram and reveal the HTML tag? #html #webdev #game #css

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  New game: Branches https://comicss.art/games/32/ There's a total of 8 hidden words (including the root). Can you find all of them? #game #webdev #css #html #javascript

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  @sarajw True, living in the US (in Texas, no less!) and working in software development, those feelings are becoming the regular state of affairs at a personal and professional level... which is a bit sad 😓

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  @ollicle noted. I'll add JS to save progress. Sorry about that.