Tag: frontend
"Every Layout" Mixins
Every Layout is a collection of composable CSS layout patterns. Here's how I've extracted them into a reusable pattern library I can use in any project.
Dana Lawson - Netlify
Netlify CTO Dana Lawson discusses her journey from the US Army to leading engineering teams and Netlify's evolution into AI-powered developer tools.
The Tailwind Labs Story: How AI Disrupted a Successful Business Model
On January 6, 2026, Adam Wathan, creator of Tailwind CSS, made a difficult announcement that sent shockwaves through the web development community: Tailwind Labs laid off 75% of its engineering team—three out of four engineers—despite the framework being more popular than ever. The layoffs occurred because of a brutal 80% revenue collapse, driven primarily by the way artificial intelligence has fundamentally altered how developers learn, build, and consume development tools. This situation represents a watershed moment in understanding how AI impacts not just the broader tech industry, but specifically the economics of open-source software businesses and their commercial derivatives.
Jeppe Reinhold - Storybook Modernization
Jeppe Reinhold from Chromatic reveals Storybook's transformation into a fast, modern development environment with Vite integration and AI-powered component discovery.
Gabriel Nordeborn - Rescript
Gabriel Nordeborn from the Rescript team showcases the OCaml-based language's superpowers including pattern matching and seamless React integration for frontend development.
James Garbutt - E18e
James Garbutt explains e18e, the community initiative focused on improving JavaScript package performance across the entire npm ecosystem.
Simen Svale - sanity.io
Simen Svale from Sanity.io explains how their developer-focused CMS is evolving into a content operating system with real-time collaboration features.
Ryan Carniato - SolidJS, Marko.js, and the Future of Frontend Development
Ryan Carniato explores SolidJS's reactive approach that works opposite to React, plus his insights on Marko.js and the future of frontend frameworks.
Anselm Eickhoff - Jazz Tools
Anselm Eickhoff presents Jazz Tools, reimagining client-server boundaries for local-first apps with collaborative data structures.
Nathan Walker, Eduardo Speroni - NativeScript
Nathan Walker and Eduardo Speroni dive into NativeScript's ability to bridge JavaScript with native platform APIs for cross-platform mobile development.
React Conf 2024. React v19 RC
The first day of React.js Conf just concluded. This much-anticipated conference took place almost 3 years after the previous one. The React updates were just as eagerly awaited. The conference began with these updates and this article will be dedicated to them. And yes, as you saw from the preview — version 19 has moved into the release candidate status. The full release is promised within two weeks.
Adam Wathan - Tailwind CSS v4, The Evolution and Technical Journey
Adam Wathan reveals Tailwind CSS v4's technical journey with Rust and Lightning CSS, plus how Tailwind Labs monetizes and handles criticism.
Caching in next.js. Gift or Curse
The App Router significantly expands the functionality of next.js — partial pre-rendering, templates, parallel and interceptable routes, server components, and much more. However, despite all these improvements, not everyone has decided to switch to the App Router. And there are reasons for that.
Robert Balicki - Isograph, Relay, and the Future of Data Fetching in React
Robert Balicki introduces Isograph as a potential future of React data fetching, comparing it to his experience building Relay at Meta.
Matteo Collina - Node.js, Fastify, Platformatic
Matteo Collina explores his prolific Node.js contributions, the ESM/CJS transition, plus his work building Fastify and Platformatic for modern development.
Braden Sidoti - Clerk
Braden Sidoti, CTO of Clerk, breaks down authentication complexity, session management challenges, and how Clerk evolved beyond just auth.
Aiden Bai - Million.js
Aiden Bai explains how Million.js makes React render faster and discusses growing up alongside his open source community.
Tuomas Artman - Linear
Tuomas Artman from Linear breaks down the engineering behind their lightning-fast sync engine that powers the beloved modern issue tracking tool.
Steven Fabre - Liveblocks
Steven Fabre, CEO of Liveblocks, shares how his collaboration platform is transforming developer experience by making real-time features effortless to implement.
Next.js Layout RFC: Changing Everything to Make the Web Faster
In May of this year, Next.js unexpectedly published an RFC (request for comments) on its blog. It primarily discusses a new abstraction - layouts - as well as a host of related changes aimed at speeding up development, improving DX, and standardizing through the creation of new conventions. This working proposal definitely deserves attention, both because of its complexity for the framework and because it literally describes what it will look like in the future.
Yang Zhang - Plasmic
Yang Zhang, co-founder of Plasmic, shows how their platform bridges designers and developers through code imports and drag-and-drop editing.
Theming. Part 2. New Browser APIs. Theming with SSR. Choosing Between SPA, SSR, and SSG.
According to data collected by Android Authority (2,514 respondents) and an analysis by Thomas Steiner, over 80% of users use a dark theme. Of course, it’s hard to call this sample entirely representative, since the surveys were conducted on technical forums, but overall, we can say that a good half of the internet uses a dark theme.
Alex Johansson - tRPC, Zart
Alex Johansson explains how tRPC enables end-to-end typesafe APIs without code generation, plus his work on the Zart project.
Pedro Duarte - Modulz, Radix, Stitches
Pedro Duarte shares how his developer experience work at Modulz powers the open source Radix and Stitches libraries used by countless developers.
Thematization: History, Causes, and Implementation
A dark theme for nighttime use isn’t the only reason for adding theming to a website. Another important goal is service accessibility. Worldwide, there are 285 million people with total or partial vision loss; in Russia, there are 218,000, and up to 2.2 billion with various visual impairments