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Web development
fromFrontendmasters
1 week ago

SVG Filters Guide: Getting Started with the Basics

SVG filters can enhance design without requiring artistic skills, and a structured approach can simplify their implementation.
Web development
fromFrontendmasters
1 week ago

SVG Filters Guide: Getting Started with the Basics

SVG filters can enhance design without requiring artistic skills, and a structured approach can simplify their implementation.
#adobe
Graphic design
fromThe Verge
5 days ago

The creative software industry has declared war on Adobe

Adobe faces increasing competition as alternatives like Autograph and Cavalry offer free access, challenging its long-standing market dominance.
Graphic design
fromTechRepublic
5 days ago

Adobe Expands Firefly Into AI-Powered Editing Assistant Across Creative Apps

Adobe's Firefly AI Assistant evolves into a creative agent, managing multi-step tasks across various Adobe applications seamlessly.
Tech industry
fromFortune
3 weeks ago

Do creators still need Adobe in the AI era? | Fortune

Adobe must adapt to AI rapidly while maintaining trust with enterprise customers reliant on its software.
Graphic design
fromFast Company
6 days ago

Adobe's new Firefly AI Assistant could forever change the way you use its apps

Adobe's Firefly AI Assistant simplifies creative workflows through a chat interface, making design software more accessible and efficient for all users.
#claude-code
Python
fromMedium
2 weeks ago

How to Get the Most Out of Claude Code

The /insights command in Claude Code analyzes user interaction history and generates a detailed report for improvement.
Graphic design
fromMedium
1 week ago

Practical Guide for Creating Animated Effects with Claude Code

Use specific, clear prompts for Claude Code to create effective animated effects.
Python
fromMedium
2 weeks ago

How to Get the Most Out of Claude Code

The /insights command in Claude Code analyzes user interaction history and generates a detailed report for improvement.
Graphic design
fromMedium
1 week ago

Practical Guide for Creating Animated Effects with Claude Code

Use specific, clear prompts for Claude Code to create effective animated effects.
#view-transitions
fromBram.us
2 weeks ago
Web frameworks

Introducing view-transitions-toolkit, a collection of utility functions to more easily work with View Transitions.

Web frameworks
fromBram.us
2 weeks ago

Introducing view-transitions-toolkit, a collection of utility functions to more easily work with View Transitions.

View-transitions-toolkit simplifies implementing advanced View Transition patterns with focused helper functions.
Web development
fromCSS-Tricks
1 week ago

7 View Transitions Recipes to Try | CSS-Tricks

View transitions enhance user experience and are supported by major browsers, but require careful setup and understanding of animation types.
Angular
fromGitHub
1 week ago

GitHub - Aejkatappaja/phantom-ui: Structure-aware skeleton loader. One Web Component, every framework.

phantom-ui automates skeleton screen generation by measuring the DOM, eliminating the need for separate skeleton components.
Graphic design
fromMarTech
5 days ago

Adobe and Canva releases push AI deeper into creative workflows | MarTech

Adobe and Canva are both enhancing creative work through AI, but they approach it with different strategies.
fromSlicker
3 weeks ago

Basic Physics Engine in about 100 lines of pure JavaScript

The Vec class implements 2D vectors, providing essential operations like addition, subtraction, scaling, and normalization, which are fundamental for all geometric calculations in the simulation.
Vue
#css
Web development
fromCSS-Tricks
2 weeks ago

Making Complex CSS Shapes Using shape() | CSS-Tricks

Creating complex CSS shapes with randomness and curves is challenging but achievable using modern features and generators.
Web development
fromCSS-Tricks
2 weeks ago

Making Complex CSS Shapes Using shape() | CSS-Tricks

Creating complex CSS shapes with randomness and curves is challenging but achievable using modern features and generators.
jQuery
fromCSS-Tricks
4 weeks ago

Experimenting With Scroll-Driven corner-shape Animations | CSS-Tricks

Scroll-driven animations and CSS corner-shape property enable innovative design features in web development.
#generative-ui
Vue
fromInfoQ
3 weeks ago

Vercel Releases JSON-Render: A Generative UI Framework for AI-Driven Interface Composition

Vercel's json-render framework enables AI to generate structured UIs from natural language prompts, enhancing developer efficiency and creativity.
UX design
fromCSS-Tricks
3 weeks ago

Generative UI Notes | CSS-Tricks

Generative UI Design uses AI to create personalized user interfaces tailored to individual needs in real-time.
UX design
fromInfoWorld
1 month ago

How generative UI cut our development time from months to weeks

Use fine-tuned LLMs with predefined component libraries and layout patterns to dynamically generate adaptive user interfaces at runtime, eliminating months of manual design work for each use case variation.
Vue
fromInfoQ
3 weeks ago

Vercel Releases JSON-Render: A Generative UI Framework for AI-Driven Interface Composition

Vercel's json-render framework enables AI to generate structured UIs from natural language prompts, enhancing developer efficiency and creativity.
UX design
fromCSS-Tricks
3 weeks ago

Generative UI Notes | CSS-Tricks

Generative UI Design uses AI to create personalized user interfaces tailored to individual needs in real-time.
UX design
fromInfoWorld
1 month ago

How generative UI cut our development time from months to weeks

Use fine-tuned LLMs with predefined component libraries and layout patterns to dynamically generate adaptive user interfaces at runtime, eliminating months of manual design work for each use case variation.
jQuery
fromjQuery Script
1 month ago

Add Interactive SVG Markers to Images - jQuery mapsvgmarker

map svgmarker is a jQuery plugin for adding editable, draggable SVG markers to images.
Graphic design
fromFast Company
3 weeks ago

Adobe Illustrator just got the holy grail of illustration tools

Turntable in Adobe Illustrator uses generative AI to convert 2D vector illustrations into 3D objects, saving time for creators.
UX design
fromKarl Koch
1 month ago

Karl Koch | On clip-path animations

The WorkCard detail panel features a circular reveal that enhances interaction by connecting the overlay to the trigger button.
React
fromSubstack
1 month ago

5 React Hooks Techniques to Improve Component Performance

Hooks enable cleaner React components, but poor implementation causes performance issues; strategic use of useMemo, custom Hooks, and proper useEffect cleanup prevents unnecessary renders and memory leaks.
fromGitHub
1 month ago

GitHub - GLINCKER/thesvg: 3,800+ brand SVG icons for developers. Tree-shakeable, typed, open source. npm i thesvg

3,847 brand icons with multi-variant support (color, mono, light, dark, wordmark). Tree-shakeable npm package - import one icon, ship only that icon. TypeScript types for every icon module. Instant search with fuzzy matching and keyboard shortcut (Cmd+K / Ctrl+K). Filter by category - AI, Software, Framework, Language, Design, and more.
Web design
UX design
fromAdamsilver.io
1 month ago

Why designing in code makes you a better designer

The web has inherent properties like fluidity and vertical stacking; designing with these properties rather than against them creates better, more functional digital experiences.
Graphic design
fromThe Verge
1 month ago

Adobe's AI image generator can now be trained on your own art

Adobe launches Firefly Custom Models in public beta, enabling creators to train AI image generators on their own assets to maintain consistent artistic styles and character designs across projects.
Web development
fromFlorianschulz
1 month ago

Design Engineering 101: Typeahead

Typeahead features suggest text completions as users type, with two variants: dimmed text and highlighted text with additional styling, requiring custom implementation beyond standard HTML elements.
Typography
fromEvery
1 month ago

How to Design Software With Weight

Every's design process prioritizes tactile, tangible interfaces by studying physical objects like vintage radios and light switches to make digital elements feel real and touchable on screen.
Graphic design
fromTechCrunch
1 month ago

Gamma adds AI image generation tools in bid to take on Canva and Adobe | TechCrunch

Gamma launches Gamma Imagine, an AI image-generation product for creating brand-specific marketing assets, positioning itself between professional design tools and legacy presentation software.
fromAlexharri
3 months ago

ASCII characters are not pixels: a deep dive into ASCII rendering

One thing I spent a lot of effort on is getting edges looking sharp. Take a look at this rotating cube example: Try opening the "split" view. Notice how well the characters follow the contour of the square. This renderer works well for animated scenes, like the ones above, but we can also use it to render static images: The image of Saturn was generated with ChatGPT.
Software development
Digital life
fromFlowingData
1 month ago

Release your lantern

Taiwan Data Stories created an interactive tool allowing users to customize and release virtual lanterns during lunar new year celebrations, inspired by the traditional sky lantern festival in Pingxi.
fromMedium
2 months ago

From Graphs to Generative AI: Building Context That Pays-Part 1

Every year, poor communication and siloed data bleed companies of productivity and profit. Research shows U.S. businesses lose up to $1.2 trillion annually to ineffective communication, that's about $12,506 per employee per year. This stems from breakdowns that waste an average of 7.47 hours per employee each week on miscommunications. The damage isn't only interpersonal; it's structural. Disconnected and fragmented data systems mean that employees spend around 12 hours per week just searching for information trapped in those silos.
Data science
fromEngadget
2 months ago

Adobe Photoshop upgrades its Firefly-powered generative-AI editing tools

Adobe has improved the tools for Generative Fill, Generative Expand and Remove that are powered by its Firefly generative AI platform. Using these tools for image editing should now produce results in 2K resolution with fewer artifacts and increased detail all while delivering better matches for the provided prompts.
Photography
fromRednegra
2 months ago

Virtual Scrolling for Billions of Rows - Techniques from HighTable

The component also provides features for columns (sort, hide, resize), rows (select), cells (keyboard navigation, pointer interactions, custom rendering). Feel free to ask and look at the code if you're interested in knowing more. The <HighTable> component is developed at hyparam/hightable. It was created by Kenny Daniel for Hyperparam, and I've had the chance to contribute to its development for one year now.
Web frameworks
React
fromLogRocket Blog
2 months ago

Comparing the best React animation libraries for 2026 - LogRocket Blog

Choose animation libraries balancing developer experience, features, performance, and bundle size; consider CSS-first approaches for smaller bundles and production alternatives.
fromHeat.js
2 months ago

Heat.js : JavaScript Heat Map

Completely free and open source (view our licence here). data_object Supports export for integration with frameworks including React, Vue, and Angular. Fully configurable, featuring custom triggers and adjustable text to support multiple language locales. 60 languages supported by default (view the languages here). Includes multiple views, including Map, Line, Chart, Days, Months, and Color Ranges. export_notes Export data to multiple file formats (view the supported types here), with system clipboard setting support.
Web design
JavaScript
fromMedium
2 months ago

billboard.js 3.18.0: Arc annotations, per-group normalization & enhanced treemap labels

Version 3.18.0 adds arc annotation label lines, per-group stack normalization, and treemap label formatter improvements to enhance chart readability and grouping behavior.
Artificial intelligence
fromZDNET
2 months ago

Turn your doodles into video clips in minutes with this new AI tool - here's how

Runway's Motion Sketch creates short videos from doodles layered on images, producing impressive results with careful user guidance and requiring a paid Standard account.
Software development
fromrubyflow.com
2 months ago

Ruby-libgd Native 2D graphics engine for Ruby (no CLI, no JavaScript)

ruby-libgd provides a native, in-process, canvas-based 2D graphics binding for Ruby with explicit drawing primitives and deterministic rendering.
Typography
fromI Love Typography Ltd
2 months ago

Velocity: Fast & Beautifully Furious - I Love Typography Ltd

Velocity is a compact, forward-leaning all-caps sans serif with rounded curves, multiple stylistic sets, and duplexed weights optimized for bold branding and large display use.
fromjQuery Script
2 months ago

Flick-style Image Annotation Library for Vanilla JS, jQuery & React

Annotate Image is a JavaScript image annotation library that creates Flickr-style comment annotations on images. You can draw rectangular regions on any image and attach interactive hotspots and notes to those regions. Version 2.0 is a complete TypeScript rewrite that works standalone with vanilla JavaScript or integrates with jQuery, React, and Vue. It's ideal for building photo galleries, design review tools, or any application requiring collaborative image markup.
JavaScript
React
fromdev.to
1 month ago

React Compiler and Beyond: Capability Boundaries of Compiler-Driven UI Frameworks

React Compiler optimizes expression and render costs within React's runtime, while compiler-first frameworks like Fict move update routing to compile time for dependency propagation, representing different engineering trade-offs rather than competing solutions.
Web frameworks
fromLogRocket Blog
2 months ago

A dev's guide to Tailwind CSS in 2026 - LogRocket Blog

Tailwind CSS remains highly popular, but AI-driven code generation sharply reduced documentation traffic and Tailwind Labs' revenue, prompting major layoffs and strategic reassessment.
Artificial intelligence
fromZDNET
2 months ago

I turned doodles into video clips in minutes with Runway's new AI video tool - here's how

Runway's Motion Sketch generates short videos from simple doodles on still images, producing impressive results but requiring careful guidance and a paid account.
#react
Artificial intelligence
fromHackernoon
2 months ago

The Compact Image Editor That Still Understands Your Intent: VIBE-Image-Edit | HackerNoon

VIBE-Image-Edit is a text-guided image editing framework that balances computational efficiency with high-quality image edits.
#popover-api
Web development
fromSmashing Magazine
1 month ago

Getting Started With The Popover API - Smashing Magazine

The Popover API enables browsers to natively handle tooltips, eliminating the need for complex JavaScript libraries and providing built-in keyboard interaction, accessibility, and focus management.
Web development
fromSmashing Magazine
1 month ago

Getting Started With The Popover API - Smashing Magazine

The Popover API enables browsers to natively handle tooltips, eliminating the need for complex JavaScript libraries and providing built-in keyboard interaction, accessibility, and focus management.
Artificial intelligence
fromArs Technica
2 months ago

So yeah, I vibe-coded a log colorizer-and I feel good about it

LLMs enable non-coders to implement practical small projects, like a Python log colorizer, by generating usable code and lowering barriers to experimentation.
fromv buckenham
2 months ago

Some thoughts about tool design and AI

The normative form for interacting with what we think of as &quot;AI&quot; is something like this: there's a chat you type a question you wait for a few seconds you start seeing an answer. you start reading it you read or scan some more tens of seconds longer, while the rest of the response appears you maybe study the response in more detail you respond the loop continues
Artificial intelligence
Web development
fromCSS-Tricks
2 months ago

CSS Bar Charts Using Modern Functions | CSS-Tricks

New CSS features like sibling-index() and attr() enable creating declarative, efficient bar charts using CSS Grid and data-attributes with minimal markup.
UX design
fromSubstack
1 month ago

How Agentation Cut Claude Code UI Iterations in Half

Agentation creates a reliable mapping between visible browser UI elements and their React code, enabling precise, faster AI-assisted UI edits and reducing iteration time.
fromMedium
2 months ago

3 Practical Tips for Making Most of Claude for Coding UI Components

Claude is a very powerful AI tool that works especially well for coding. It's possible to code entire applications or services in Claude. That's why Claude quickly becomes a very important tool in a product designer's toolkit. It allows us to move quickly and build not only fast interactive prototypes, but also code UI components ready for implementation. To make this guide more specific, I will use Claude to code a sign-up web form.
Artificial intelligence
Web development
fromInfoQ
2 months ago

Shadcn Releases Visual Project Builder

shadcn offers a visual project builder via npx shadcn create that lets developers configure themes, components, and frameworks before generating project code.
Artificial intelligence
fromEngadget
2 months ago

You can now create AI-generated coloring books in Microsoft Paint

Microsoft Paint can now generate AI-powered coloring-book pages from text prompts and includes Copilot+ exclusivity plus improved GPT-integrated writing and summary tools.
UX design
fromNeil Patel
1 month ago

How to Use AI for Graphic Design

AI accelerates design workflows through integrated tools that enhance ideation and iteration while requiring human judgment for brand strategy and final decisions.
fromMedium
2 months ago

The Design Vibeshift

Something's been slowly shifting in the design zeitgeist. I've been watching my feed on X and the vibe has changed. More and more, I see designers sharing finished experiments or prototypes they coded themselves, rather than static Figma files. Moving from working on a canvas to talking to an LLM. The conversation isn't "here's a design I made" anymore... it's "here's something I shipped this afternoon."
UX design
fromblog.logrocket.com
2 months ago

Which UI libraries/frameworks support the Linear aesthetic? - LogRocket Blog

Teams often use customer and user interchangeably until it breaks alignment. Here's how separating the two clarifies research, prioritization, and messaging across B2C, B2B, and B2B2C products.
UX design
UX design
fromMedium
1 year ago

Design System Success with AI Coding Assistants

Ensure AI coding assistants apply a composable, modular design system using centralized tokens, versioned components, clear dependencies, testing, and documentation.
UX design
fromMedium
2 months ago

What makes generated UI worth keeping?

Integrate brand, real data, and reusable patterns into AI UI generation so screens remain usable beyond demos and avoid costly rebuilds.
fromFrontendmasters
2 months ago

Performance-Optimized Video Embeds with Zero JavaScript

Every embedded video comes with a real cost to page load performance. Each player loads extra resources, whether the user ever hits play or not, as Chris Coyier noted in his blog post on "YouTube Embeds are Bananas Heavy and it's Fixable". The approach of using in that article works well when the video appears further down on the page and loads outside of the initial viewport. If the video is directly in the initial viewport, it can still cause a cumulative layout shift (CLS).
Web development
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