Web Design
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https://blog.yoav.ws/posts/web_platform_change_you_do_not_like
Yoav's blog offers insider perspective on how the web platform standardization process works, with this post providing practical guidance on how developers and stakeholders can effectively influence proposals they disagree with. Written by someone with direct experience working at a browser vendor, it covers pitfalls to avoid and strategies for being heard in web standards discussions.
https://stegrainer.com/
Ste Grainer is a product design generalist from Richmond, VA who shares his professional portfolio alongside a regularly updated journal covering design, development, and personal favorites. The site blends polished UX case studies with thoughtful writing on tools, apps, and everyday discoveries, making it a compelling window into a working designer's mind.
https://interconnected.org/home/blogroll
Matt Webb (known as @genmon) shares his personal RSS blogroll, a curated list of hundreds of feeds he follows via NetNewsWire and Feedbin, spanning tech, culture, AI, and independent blogs. A fascinating snapshot of one prolific blogger's reading diet, complete with direct RSS feed links and tips on how to get started with feed readers.
https://archives.somnolescent.net/web/mari_nc2/essays/webrings.html
Mariteaux makes a pointed argument against webrings as a solution to the impersonal modern web, responding directly to a piece by GOODMODE and offering their own take on how people should share and discover sites they love. The essay is part of a broader collection of thinkpieces on Neocities culture, web communities, and what makes the indie web worth caring about.
https://tombrandis.uk/
Tom Brandis runs a minimalist personal site built with Jekyll on a Raspberry Pi, emphasizing privacy, accessibility, and the indie web ethos with no tracking, optional CSS, and full compatibility with any browser. The site features blog posts, a curated blogroll of RSS feeds, git repositories, and participation in several webrings celebrating the small web.
https://alwaystwisted.com/articles/css3-3d-ribbons-using-2d-transforms?s=2013-01-10-dont-do-this-in-responsive-web-development
Stuart Robson's Always Twisted is a front-end development and web design resource featuring detailed CSS3 tutorials, including this walkthrough on creating 3D ribbons using only 2D CSS transforms and pseudo-elements. The article demonstrates a clean, minimal HTML approach using :before and :after elements, complete with full code snippets for developers looking to ditch Photoshop-made ribbon graphics.
https://www.nickifaulk.com/
Nicki Faulk's personal corner of the web blends sysadmin life, coding projects, comic fandom, and general geekery into a long-running blog spanning over a decade of posts. The site reflects a self-described quirky IT engineer and web designer who handles her own WordPress customization and hosts fanlistings alongside her personal writing.
http://onlinetools.org/articles/unobtrusivejavascript/index.html
Christian Heilmann's multi-chapter course on unobtrusive JavaScript teaches developers how to separate JavaScript from markup and CSS while maintaining accessibility. The course covers DOM manipulation, element creation, and progressive enhancement techniques, and is available as a downloadable PDF book through Lulu.com.
https://fans.thislove.nu/blogging
Randomosity is a fanlisting dedicated to blogging as a hobby, gathering fans of the activity under one roof as part of TheFanlistings.org network. With 51 approved members and affiliates covering hobbies like cycling, stargazing, and writing, it serves as a small community hub for people who love the practice of keeping a blog.
https://clarity.flowers/
Clarity Flowers maintains this minimalist personal site featuring a journal, projects, wiki, and reading list, with a distinctive indie-web sensibility. The site participates in the xxiivv and Recurse webrings and is notably available on the Gemini protocol, signaling a thoughtful interest in alternative internet spaces.