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Dom Jay - CSS, JS, and the occasional existential crisis

Dom Jay - CSS, JS, and the occasional existential crisis

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Dom Jay's digital garden. CSS, JavaScript, and the web platform - written honestly, published impatiently, and updated whenever guilt kicks in.

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Baseline Isn't a Green Light
Sep 21, 2026
"Newly available" and "Widely available" aren't the same promise, but the badge doesn't help that grey area either.
css
CSS Columns Are the Layout Method Everyone Forgets
Sep 17, 2026
CSS Columns is easy enough to implement for a simple layout, but how do we fix content breaking inside.
css
You Don't Need JavaScript to Highlight Hash Targets
Aug 5, 2026
Style the exact text a URL fragment resolves to. No JavaScript, no class toggling. Just CSS on real navigation.
css
Google Has Opinions About What Your Posts Say
Aug 3, 2026
Google's search results are summarising your page. Its opinions aren't always right - they just need to look like yours.
seoai
Imposter Syndrome and the “Actual, Real, Developer”
Jul 10, 2026
Why does an industry full of creative, successful professionals make so many of them feel like they're just getting away with a con?
imposter syndromeopinions
Feed the Writers
Jun 19, 2026
With AI consolidating our research for us, here's a list of newsletters I'm currently subscribed to in order to keep those content publishers alive and visible
personal
Reclaiming the Flow: Mastering Visual vs. DOM Order with @reading-order
Jun 4, 2026
Your CSS is lying to some of your users. Here's the property that fixes it.
cssaccessibility
Page Turners - March 2026
Mar 30, 2026
This months page turners have articles written by Terry Godier, David Bushell, Nicole Sullivan, Stuart Robson and Abbey Perini. Plus a crazy video of a CSS game and a unique portfolio site.
page turners
The Aesthetics of Code
Mar 13, 2026
We can describe code that works. We struggle to describe code that's good. This is an attempt at the difference.
essaysopinions
Page Turners - November 2025
Nov 27, 2025
A list of links and demos I've collected over November 2025, with the intention of posting monthly
page turners
Mastering Image Ratios With object-fit
Nov 26, 2025
Stop the jumps: the two-line CSS fix that kills CLS for good
cssperformance
Page Turners - October 2025
Oct 31, 2025
A list of links and demos I've collected over November 2025, with the intention of posting monthly
page turners