Generating Open Graph Images With Astro & Satori
Open Graph images are a great way to make your post stand out on social media, and generating them has never been easier.
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My name is Alec Lomas, and I make websites
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Creating a Dark Mode Toggle in 2026
Some new(-ish) CSS features make building a system-aware color theme selector ridiculously easy.
I Redesigned My Website
For the first time in nearly five years, this site has a new lick of paint. Here's a peek behind the curtain.
The Tokens Are the System
When creating a design system library, it's important to remember that the library can't solve for every possible view. But our users can.
Styling Links for Print
With a little CSS, we can ensure the user always knows where a link goes. Even when they're printing it.
No Red Squigglies For Semicolons
Linters are powerful code quality tools. Stylistic consistency is important. Linters should never enforce stylistic consistency.
On Declarative Styling
By limiting the amount of CSS we can write, we improve the quality of the CSS we do write.
Request Timeouts With the Fetch API
The Fetch API is great, but didn't ship with the ability to timeout requests. There's a new API to help with that.
A Better Album Ranking Algorithm
In its quest to glorify the scrobble, Last.fm has forgotten the humble album. We can almost fix that.
Customizing Tachyons
Tachyons is an insanely powerful atomic CSS library with sane defaults. But sane isn't perfect for every project.