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What to look for when buying a TV, as told through this easy TV specs guide
Table of Contents Table of Contents Table of ContentsLighting explained: LED vs. QLED vs. OLEDResolution explained: FHD vs. 4K vs. 8KHDR explainedRefresh rate explainedFinal thoughts: How to choose a TVFrequently Asked Questions Buying a new television can break your brain more than it breaks your budget. If you’re not a picky cinephile or longtime gamer,…
How Apple Quietly Brought Skeuomorphism Back to Life
By now, everyone’s talking about Liquid Glass, Apple’s new design language unveiled at WWDC 2025. At first glance, it looks like another glossy facelift—translucent layers, glowing refractions, and all the visual drama of a perfume ad. But if you’ve been paying attention to Apple’s long love-hate relationship with skeuomorphism, you’ll know this isn’t just an aesthetic refresh. It’s a full-circle moment—a surprisingly…
Breaking Boundaries: Building a Tangram Puzzle With (S)CSS | CSS-Tricks
, simple and effective. For rotation, we added eight radio buttons, each representing a 45-degree increment: 45°, 90°, 135°, all the way to 360°. These simulate rotation controls entirely in CSS. Every potential shadow position got its own radio button too. (Yes, it’s a lot, I know.) And to wrap it all up, I included…
The Developer’s Shortcut To Your Udemy-like Platform — SitePoint
When creating learning platforms like Udemy, it isn’t just about the quality of content. You must also plan carefully about how you deliver that content. This is because modern learning platforms thrive on accessible, fast, and easy-to-absorb media. Behind the scenes, however, developers are repeatedly reengineering the same building blocks. For instance, some still prefer…
Creating The “Moving Highlight” Navigation Bar With JavaScript And CSS — Smashing Magazine
In this tutorial, Blake Lundquist walks us through two methods of creating the “moving-highlight” navigation pattern using only plain JavaScript and CSS. The first technique uses the getBoundingClientRect method to explicitly animate the border between navigation bar items when they are clicked. The second approach achieves the same functionality using the new View Transition API….
Google CEO Sundar Pichai Discusses Fate Of The Human-Created Web
Google’s CEO, Sundar Pichai, responded to concerns about the impact of recent changes in Search and was repeatedly asked to clarify his position on the web ecosystem and how it fits into what he calls the next chapter of search. Pichai’s responses were given in the context of a recent interview on the Lex Fridman…
In case of emergency, break glass
A few observations after Apple’s WWDC25 keynote The title of my article obviously refers to the new UI Apple presented on 9 June, which they call Liquid Glass. I won’t beat around the bush: my very first impression is that we’re in UI emergency territory, but we won’t be able to break this particular glass….
How to secure your phone before attending a protest
Back in June 2020, when this article was first written, people were taking to the streets to organize for justice and protest against systemic racism and police brutality. There have been several other flashpoints for protests since then (for example, when the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade), but the recent activities of ICE, especially…
Is the Polestar 4’s missing rear window genius or a gimmick?
The Polestar 4 officially launched in the U.S., Europe and Australia last year, going head to head with Tesla’s Model Y in the mid-sized electric SUV space. However, an alternate option for the Musk-averse consumer is far from all this EV has to offer. Polestar has also gotten creative, completely forgoing a rear window in…
The Art of Duolingo Notifications: The Subtle Manipulation of Language Learners
Let’s get something straight: Duolingo is a brilliant app. It’s become a household name in the realm of language learning, and for good reason. The bite-sized lessons, the daily streaks, the gamified points, the whole dopamine-driven experience—it works. It works really well. And it’s not just the design that makes it addictive—it’s the notifications. Duolingo…