2026 CSS wishlist
What I’d like to see prioritized for CSS in 2026, how those features will allow us to create better web-based design systems, and how they renew separation of concerns.
Nathan Knowler
Some words.
Latest posts
2025 in music
My favourite new music in 2025 as well as the live shows I saw.
Searchable, collapsible sections with hidden=until-found
Using the new hidden=until-found attribute-value combo as a progressive enhancement to make your existing collapsible sections searchable.
An intro to manual slot assignment
Exploring more powerful Shadow DOM composition using manual slot assignment.
Polyfilling hidden=until-found
Exploring what it takes to polyfill the until-found value of the hidden attribute.
I’m switching back to Arc Browser (for now)
There and back again. Are forever browsers a thing?
To define custom elements or not when distributing them
Why not both?
A custom element smoke test
A step many custom elements miss before shipping.
Read the Platform
A Web Platform reading club.
Maintaining dotfiles
A dotfiles maintenance technique that has worked for me.