The future of CSS

The future of CSS
19 minutes by Josh Comeau

Major browsers are collaborating on Interop, a yearly project to standardize web feature support. Josh highlights their top 10 picks for Interop 2027, including CSS functions, new corner shapes like squircles and bevels, scroll-triggered animations, and scroll state queries. Many features already work in Chrome today and could reach full browser support within the year.

Don’t sacrifice quality for speed (ElevenLabs definitely doesn’t).
sponsored by Meticulous

Agents are writing code faster than ever. They even review their own work. But who’s reviewing them? One does a passable job and ships a buggy fix, the next copies it. Bugs spread faster than anyone can catch them. Leadership at Dropbox, Notion & ElevenLabs refused to trade this quality for speed. With Meticulous, every change is exhaustively verified, with zero developer effort.

Pure UI in the agentic era
5 minutes by Matt Rothenberg

UI is a function of state, but most teams never see all the states their screens can occupy. According to Matt, agents make this worse: they check one account, report success, and miss role or plan combinations that break the layout. Making display state explicit at the component boundary lets you render every relevant combination as a visual grid, turning a hidden assumption into something you can actually inspect before merging.

WebSocket servers in JavaScript
2 minutes by Daniel Lemire

A benchmark tests WebSocket server speed across Node.js, Bun, and Deno using a simple ping-pong message loop between two clients. Node.js with uWebSockets.js comes out fastest at 49,000 round trips per second, close to a raw C server at 54,000. Bun and Deno trail behind. Using the popular ws package, Node.js still leads, while ws actually outperforms Bun's built-in server on Bun itself.

React Native 0.88 released
10 minutes by Fabrizio Cucci et at.

React Native 0.88 ships with Web-based event dispatching on by default, bringing real capture and bubble paths that match how browsers work. It adds variable font support on both platforms, SceneDelegate lifecycle support for upcoming iOS 27 requirements, and bumps React to 19.3.0. This is the third release in a row with no user-facing breaking changes, making upgrades straightforward for most apps.

Building a filterable menu that works for everyone
13 minutes by Jenna Smith, James Nelson

Filtering a menu sounds simple, but making it work well with keyboards, screen readers, and submenus requires careful thought. Picking the right ARIA role matters because it sets user expectations. A combobox or autocomplete pattern would mislead users since they imply selecting a value, not running a command, so a dialog containing a search field and a menu fits better. Small details like where focus lands, how keys behave while typing, and when submenus steal focus all shape whether the interaction feels natural.

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