# article https (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 2 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover article https. Page: Feed: --- ## [State of CSS 2026](https://patrickbrosset.com/articles/2026-08-07-state-of-css-2026/) _2026-08-07 · Patrick Brosset_ The results to the State of CSS 2026 survey are now available. Here's my summary from the parts of the survey that are most relevant to my work on the web platform. My findings are almost entirely based on the free form comments which developers left in the survey. Features developers love Before we get all depressed and dive into pain points and missing features, let's start with some positive… ## [disappearing posts - thu aug 06 2026](https://aloe.gay/ephemerals/) _2026-08-06 · aloe dot gay main feed_ posting just to post again :3 i said this in a tiny update to the \[newsletter\](https://comradery.co/aloe) but im moving like 1300 miles in like freaking, four weeks ! haha. so ## [Draw fixed-size gap decorations by using container query units](https://patrickbrosset.com/lab/container-query-gap-decoration) _2026-08-04 · Patrick Brosset_ A little technique that uses container query units in CSS to draw fixed-size gap decorations. ## [New in Edge for developers – Style layout gaps, improve keyboard accessibility and migrate your PWA to a new origin](https://patrickbrosset.com/articles/2026-07-07-new-in-edge-for-developers-style-layout-gaps-improve-keyboard-accessibility-and-migrate-your-pwa-to-a-new-origin/) _2026-07-07 · Patrick Brosset_ Read the full article at https://blogs.windows.com/msedgedev/2026/07/07/new-in-edge-for-developers-style-layout-gaps-improve-keyboard-accessibility-and-migrate-your-pwa-to-a-new-origin/ ## [What's missing from SVG](https://patrickbrosset.com/articles/2026-06-22-whats-missing-from-svg/) _2026-06-22 · Patrick Brosset_ SVG is very cool for displaying graphics on the web but, like any web technology, there's always more we could be doing with it, whether it's fixing bugs and browser inconsistencies, adding new features to unlock new use cases, or improving performance. I wanted to learn more, so I asked around and analyzed a few different sources of developer signals on the topic. Here are the sources I used: SVG… ## [Browser engine-specific WPT failures](https://patrickbrosset.com/lab/esf) _2026-06-22 · Patrick Brosset_ Web developers crave cross-browser compatibility, but browser engines don't always implement the same features, or not always to the same degree of quality. This page shows the number of tests (from the web-platform-tests project) which fail in just one browser engine. It also lists those tests. Fixing them would improve interoperability for web developers, and make the web a better place for… ## [Alignment in CSS Grid Lanes](https://patrickbrosset.com/articles/2026-06-19-alignment-in-css-grid-lanes/) _2026-06-19 · Patrick Brosset_ Last week, at CSS Day , I presented on the topic of CSS Grid Lanes, an exciting new CSS layout feature coming to the web. One part, which I didn't talk about during the presentation, is how alignment works in CSS Grid Lanes. The reason I didn't talk about it is that alignment is still being implemented in Chromium, and after some quick testing, I believe it's also not fully implemented in Safari.… ## [Fun with CSS Grid Lanes (CSS Day, Amsterdam)](https://patrickbrosset.com/slides/CSSDay-2026/) _2026-06-12 · Patrick Brosset_ The early web was a playground. The tools were limited, but we made things anyway, and constraints fueled our creativity. That spirit still matters, and that's how we push the web forwat. CSS has grown into something really powerful, and one of the features I'm most excited about is CSS Grid Lanes, aka CSS masonry. In this talk, I go deep into how it works, how it differs from Grid, what it can… ## [What's missing in CSS layout](https://patrickbrosset.com/articles/2026-05-20-whats-missing-in-css-layout/) _2026-05-20 · Patrick Brosset_ I recently spent time asking for and reviewing feedback about CSS layout. I'm interested in learning more about pain points which developers face with layout in CSS, and what they're missing. For the first part, pain points, I went over the results of the 2025 State of CSS survey , and focused specifically on grid and flexbox, which are the topmost responses to the Layout Pain Points question. For… ## [the open door - emily zhou](https://aloe.gay/ringblog/opendoor-zhou/) _2026-05-19 · aloe dot gay main feed_ ¶ \[link to article\](https://anecdata.substack.com/p/the-open-door) ¶ a short, heartfelt reflection regarding "the senseless murder of nineteen-year-old Juniper Blessing, a trans student at the University of Washington in Seattle." found my thoughts ## [Refer a Friend, Earn Rewards (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/BmOE31rojki2) _2026-05-19 · **Sponsored**_ Earn rewards when a friend signs up for the Graphite Business Card ## [Pokopia: The end of history? - Hy Libre, 2026](https://aloe.gay/ringblog/pokopia-libre/) _2026-05-18 · aloe dot gay main feed_ ¶ \[link to post\](https://lightsforcats.com/pokopia/) ¶ i love this whole blog, the writing is just so excellent .. another short fav is the explanation of its title, \[lights for cats\](https://lightsforcats.com/title/) ## [Install web apps with the new HTML install element](https://patrickbrosset.com/articles/2026-05-13-install-web-apps-with-the-new-html-install-element/) _2026-05-13 · Patrick Brosset_ Read the full article at https://developer.chrome.com/blog/install-element-ot ## [wf - The web-features CLI](https://www.npmjs.com/package/web-features-cli) _2026-05-13 · Patrick Brosset_ A command-line tool for looking up web platform features. Search by keyword, check Baseline status, find MDN docs, specs, browser bugs, survey results, and more, from your terminal. Repo , NPM . ## [The CSS shape() function](https://patrickbrosset.com/lab/shapes) _2026-04-30 · Patrick Brosset_ Morphing star shape using clip-path and the shape() function ## [if you try to hurt any of my sisters ill fucking kill you](https://aloe.gay/projects/tapes/sisters/) _2026-04-25 · aloe dot gay main feed_ song for trans women. or, you know, its about being a warrior nun or whatever. bye ## [History of the Web (BlinkOn 21)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y2BfC7hxazI) _2026-04-21 · Patrick Brosset_ I helped moderate a fun and engaging discussion panel about a slice of the history of the web at BlinkOn. For the first ever BlinkOn hosted by Microsoft, we wanted to focus on the times in-between IE and the Chromium-based Edge. Brian Kardell and I had the opportunity to welcome three guests who were at Microsoft during that time, and who had a lot of interesting stories from back then: Michael… ## [prior panic april 9th @ as220](https://aloe.gay/priorpanic/shows/26-04-09/) _2026-04-03 · aloe dot gay main feed_ ## with kevin holliday and choo choo (ny) ¶ !\[\](image-4.png) ¶ doors 7pm ¶ ## [Marx was not a “statist” - Jonas Čeika](https://aloe.gay/ringblog/marx-ceika/) _2026-03-24 · aloe dot gay main feed_ ¶ \[link to article\](https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/jonas-ceika-marx-was-not-a-statist?v=1756314770) ¶ posting the last thing i posted in here made me realize i can just post stuff without writing a whole lot about it, and in ## [somethin](https://aloe.gay/projects/tapes/somethin/) _2026-03-18 · aloe dot gay main feed_ i put the guitar thing that goes with "in the morning" in the wrong place ... i had to be done with it though, ill fix it in the album version ## [Polly Wants a Better Argument: The “Stochastic Parrot” Argument is Both Wrong and Actively Harmful](https://aloe.gay/ringblog/polly-gyges/) _2026-03-17 · aloe dot gay main feed_ ¶ ## SE Gyges, Mar 16, 2026 ¶ \[link to article\](https://www.verysane.ai/p/polly-wants-a-better-argument?utm\_source=activity\_item) ¶ this gave me a lot to think about. i think ill wana write more later but rn i ## [Your 24/7 AI Media Buyer (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/YMK1ZCXrZyJb) _2026-03-17 · **Sponsored**_ Finds placement, geo, and funnel leaks and proposes fixes you approve ## [Monitor and improve your web app’s load performance](https://patrickbrosset.com/articles/2026-03-17-monitor-and-improve-your-web-apps-load-performance/) _2026-03-17 · Patrick Brosset_ Read the full article at https://blogs.windows.com/msedgedev/2026/03/17/monitor-and-improve-your-web-apps-load-performance/ ## [Abusing customizable selects](https://patrickbrosset.com/articles/2026-03-11-abusing-customizable-selects/) _2026-03-11 · Patrick Brosset_ Read the full article at https://css-tricks.com/abusing-customizable-selects/ ## [Using CSS animations as state machines to remember focus and hover states with CSS only](https://patrickbrosset.com/articles/2026-03-09-using-css-animations-as-state-machines-to-remember-focus-and-hover-states-with-css-only/) _2026-03-09 · Patrick Brosset_ Recently, I was searching for a way to style an element depending on whether it was ever focused. I wanted to do this without JavaScript, just with CSS, because I was going to use it in a demo about the new focusgroup web platform feature . Focusgroup handles a lot of keyboard navigation logic for you, for free, with only an HTML attribute. So adding a bunch of JavaScript code to track past focus… ## [Make custom elements behave with scoped registries](https://patrickbrosset.com/articles/2026-03-09-make-custom-elements-behave-with-scoped-registries/) _2026-03-09 · Patrick Brosset_ Read the full article at https://developer.chrome.com/blog/scoped-registries ## [Making keyboard navigation effortless](https://patrickbrosset.com/articles/2026-03-05-making-keyboard-navigation-effortless/) _2026-03-05 · Patrick Brosset_ Read the full article at https://blogs.windows.com/msedgedev/2026/03/05/making-keyboard-navigation-effortless/ ## [Abusing CSS gap decoration for art](https://patrickbrosset.com/lab/gap-decoration-art) _2026-02-25 · Patrick Brosset_ CSS gap decorations are coming soon! So, as usual, I wanted to use this new feature in a way that wasn't really intended, just for fun, and for learning. This demo uses several square CSS grids, with absolutely no content in them, and only gap decorations. The grids are rotated and stacked, and you can customize the decorations to create nice patterns. ## [Embrace the chaos — The shape and flow of masonry layouts](https://patrickbrosset.com/articles/2026-02-23-embrace-the-chaos-the-shape-and-flow-of-masonry-layouts/) _2026-02-23 · Patrick Brosset_ Masonry is a cool looking layout that can create visually stunning designs. It's not for every use case, that's for sure, but it has its place in a web designer's toolbox, and people have been wanting to do this for a long time. The good news is, masonry is finally getting implemented for real in browsers, and should be usable very soon thanks to display: grid-lanes; In this article, I want to… ## [WebMCP updates, clarifications, and next steps](https://patrickbrosset.com/articles/2026-02-23-webmcp-updates-clarifications-and-next-steps/) _2026-02-23 · Patrick Brosset_ Six months have pased since I wrote about WebMCP . Both an eternity in the world of AI, and a blink of an eye in the world of web standards. In my earlier post, I introduced the general idea: letting you, web developers, register tools on your pages so AI agents can use them. The proposal is still evolving, and I wanted to provide a quick update, as well as some corrections to my original post. If… ## [assorted gearlist thoughts](https://aloe.gay/blog/gearthoguts/) _2026-02-14 · aloe dot gay main feed_ ¶ (this was previously posted as a \[disappearing post\](/ephemerals), but i decided i liked it enough to let it hang around .) ¶ ok so i just redid a ## [starshine](https://aloe.gay/projects/tapes/starshine/) _2026-02-13 · aloe dot gay main feed_ did anyone see the fry scream coming ? like, did you figure id start doing this eventually ? im curious cause i did \*not\* see it coming but now that i tried ## [Crush Every Threat in Real Time (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/kHvZBZjUWpOp) _2026-02-12 · **Sponsored**_ One agent for real-time detection, exposure tracking, and active defense. ## [Microsoft Edge and Interop 2026](https://patrickbrosset.com/articles/2026-02-12-microsoft-edge-and-interop-2026/) _2026-02-12 · Patrick Brosset_ Read the full article at https://blogs.windows.com/msedgedev/2026/02/12/microsoft-edge-and-interop-2026/ ## [Improving the experience of developing for the web, one feature at a time (FOSDEM 2026, Brussels)](https://patrickbrosset.com/slides/2026-01-FOSDEM.pdf) _2026-01-31 · Patrick Brosset_ As developers, we rely on open source data, sometimes without even realizing it. Imagine your job without reliable browser compatibility data, or without CI or debugging tools that understand the features you're using and the browsers you target. That would be a pretty bad experience. In this talk, I dive into the browser-compat-data , web-features , and Baseline projects, and show how they shape… ## [Springy file and folder selector with custom <select>](https://patrickbrosset.com/lab/custom-select/folders) _2026-01-28 · Patrick Brosset_ Playing with the new customizable \ element again, for a file picker with springy animations. See this Chrome for developers blog post for more info. ## [Bouncy emoji picker with custom <select>](https://patrickbrosset.com/lab/custom-select/emojis) _2026-01-28 · Patrick Brosset_ Playing with the new customizable \ element for an emoji picker. 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And yet, as adult professionals, we forget that sometimes. It's all serious business, and that's just sad. Fun is how I learned to code for the web in the first place. I didn't know any programming as a kid (apart… ## [My 2025 in numbers](https://patrickbrosset.com/articles/2025-12-31-my-2025-in-numbers/) _2025-12-31 · Patrick Brosset_ Today is the last day of 2025, which seems like a good time to look back and think about what I've done this year. This year, more than ever, I've continued to push for a web that's easier to build with, more capable, easier to discover, and better documented. I'm thankful to be able to do this work, something I enjoy and care deeply about. I talked about web technologies, a lot First in writing,… ## [The Million Dollar Grid](https://patrickbrosset.com/lab/million-dollar-grid) _2025-12-30 · Patrick Brosset_ The Million Dollar Homepage was a very successful and viral marketing stunt back in 2005. At the time, it was implemented by using a single image together with an image map . This silly experiment recreates the page by using a CSS grid layout instead. ## [simple orchiectomy](https://aloe.gay/transsexing/orchi/) _2025-12-18 · aloe dot gay main feed_ !\[The gallus \\\[ancient trans priestess of Cybele\\\] throws off her clothes, rushes to the center with a great shout and takes up a sword, which, I believe has stood there for ## [moonfucker](https://aloe.gay/projects/tapes/moonfucker/) _2025-12-09 · aloe dot gay main feed_ this ones about being a paleolithic werewolf or something. idk im just trying shit ## [Making complex web apps faster](https://patrickbrosset.com/articles/2025-12-09-making-complex-web-apps-faster/) _2025-12-09 · Patrick Brosset_ Read the full article at https://blogs.windows.com/msedgedev/2025/12/09/making-complex-web-apps-faster/ ## [What's wrong with this HTML, and is it valid?](https://patrickbrosset.com/articles/2025-12-08-whats-wrong-with-this-html-and-is-it-valid/) _2025-12-08 · Patrick Brosset_ Read the full article at https://www.htmhell.dev/adventcalendar/2025/8/ ## [Implementing an accordion component in 2026 🪗](https://patrickbrosset.com/lab/accordion) _2025-12-04 · Patrick Brosset_ Creating an accessible and performant accordion component using recent HTML and CSS features only. ## [prior panic (cancelled) dec 4 @ news cafe](https://aloe.gay/priorpanic/shows/25-12-04/) _2025-12-04 · aloe dot gay main feed_ ## with lewis & lachance, space cowboy newt, ratsnake ¶ prior panic cancelled due to illness :( ¶ !\[alt text\](image-2.png) ¶ 8 PM, 21+, $10 ¶ ## [Masonry: Things You Won’t Need A Library For Anymore](https://patrickbrosset.com/articles/2025-12-02-masonry-things-you-wont-need-a-library-for-anymore/) _2025-12-02 · Patrick Brosset_ Read the full article at https://www.smashingmagazine.com/2025/12/masonry-things-you-wont-need-library-anymore/ ## [Web features finder](https://patrickbrosset.com/lab/web-features-finder) _2025-12-01 · Patrick Brosset_ Browse the available features and APIs of the web platform through this hierarchical task-based interface. ## [Crop'n'Zoom image editor](https://patrickbrosset.com/lab/crop-n-zoom) _2025-11-27 · Patrick Brosset_ ⚠️ Only works in Chromium-based browsers for now. This simple image editor lets you crop and zoom into an image using the CSS object-view-box property and its xywh() function. If you want this to be implemented across all browsers, upvote this issue . ## [Keyboard focusable scroller test](https://patrickbrosset.com/lab/keyboard-focusable-scroller) _2025-11-18 · Patrick Brosset_ A simple web page to test keyboard focusable scroller in browsers, which is a feature that makes scrollable containers focusable with the keyboard by default, without requiring a tabindex attribute.