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CSS Beginner

field-sizing: content - Auto-Growing Textareas With Zero JavaScript

Every chat box and comment field ships JS that measures scrollHeight to grow the textarea. One CSS property now does it natively - with a progressive-enhancement story for the rest.

Dec 8, 2025 2 min 907

CSS Intermediate

Floating Labels with :placeholder-shown (No JavaScript, No Wrappers)

The material-style label that sits in the field and floats up when you type is a pure CSS pattern - one pseudo-class, one sibling selector, one transition.

Oct 21, 2025 2 min 331

JavaScript Intermediate

The Form Validation API You Already Shipped

required, pattern and type attributes feed a full JavaScript API: custom error messages, on-your-terms timing, and async checks - without a validation library.

May 9, 2025 2 min 1,699

CSS Beginner

Theme Every Checkbox and Radio with One CSS Line

Custom checkbox hacks - hidden inputs, pseudo-element ticks, sprite images - solved a problem that accent-color now handles in a single declaration.

Jun 5, 2024 2 min 3,802

JavaScript Beginner

Serialize an Entire Form in One Line with FormData

new FormData(form) reads every field in one call, posts natively with fetch, and Object.fromEntries turns it into JSON. You may never write form.elements loops again.

Apr 25, 2024 2 min 3,258

Carlo Fontanos

field-sizing: content - Auto-Growing Textareas With Zero JavaScript

Floating Labels with :placeholder-shown (No JavaScript, No Wrappers)

The Form Validation API You Already Shipped

Theme Every Checkbox and Radio with One CSS Line

Serialize an Entire Form in One Line with FormData