Deep dives into modern CSS, UI patterns, and design systems.
Buttons are the most touched element in any UI. Learn the psychology of hover states, the mechanics of microinteractions, and how motion design makes your buttons feel genuinely alive.
Glassmorphism is more than backdrop-filter — learn the full technique: blur layers, border highlights, color tints, and when to use (or avoid) frosted glass in your next UI.
A loading state is your UI's patience-keeper. Learn how to build spinners, skeleton screens, progress bars, and indicator animations that feel smooth and professional — pure CSS.
CSS gradients have evolved from simple two-color fades to animated mesh brushes, conic spectrums, and holographic foils. This guide covers all modern gradient techniques with production-ready code.
Forms are the most-failed part of UI design. This guide covers modern input styles — floating labels, focus states, OTP boxes, custom selects, and the UX principles that make forms feel effortless.
CSS custom properties are the foundation of modern design systems. Learn how to structure tokens for colors, spacing, typography, and themes — and why variables beat Sass for theming.
Dark mode is no longer optional. Learn three CSS strategies — system preference detection, class toggle, and cookie persistence — with smooth transitions and zero flash.
CSS Grid is the most powerful layout tool in CSS. This guide covers named areas, subgrid, auto-placement, and real-world patterns including card grids, dashboards, and editorial layouts.
Flexbox solves 90% of UI layout challenges. This guide covers the 10 most common patterns — centered content, sticky footer, navigation bars, card rows, and masonry-style lists.
Default browser scrollbars break dark UIs. Learn how to style scrollbars for Chrome/Safari and Firefox, create thin overlay scrollbars, and handle cross-browser inconsistencies.
Static font sizes don't scale well across devices. Learn fluid typography using clamp(), viewport units, and type scale systems that work beautifully from mobile to 4K.
CSS clip-path lets you cut any shape from an element — polygons, circles, ellipses, and SVG paths. Learn how to use it for hero sections, image masks, and animated shape reveals.
Browser-native smooth scrolling has matured. Learn scroll-behavior CSS, JavaScript scrollIntoView, anchor navigation, progress indicators, and the Scroll Timeline API.
The aspect-ratio property eliminated the padding-top hack forever. Learn how to use it for images, videos, cards, thumbnails, and creating perfectly proportioned layout elements.
Media queries respond to the viewport. Container queries respond to the element's own container — finally enabling truly reusable responsive components. Here's everything you need to know.
CSS Scroll Snap creates snapping carousels, full-page scroll experiences, and gallery sliders — entirely in CSS. No libraries, no JavaScript, buttery smooth scrolling.
CSS nesting is now supported in all modern browsers. Write cleaner, context-aware CSS without Sass, PostCSS, or any preprocessor — pure CSS that ships today.
The :has() pseudo-class lets you select elements based on their children. It's CSS's long-awaited parent selector and enables patterns that previously required JavaScript.
CSS @layer lets you define explicit cascade layers, making specificity predictable and eliminating !important wars. Learn how to structure layers for themes, components, and utilities.
The View Transitions API enables smooth, animated transitions between page states and navigations — natively in the browser, with just a few lines of CSS and JavaScript.
Logical properties replace physical directions (top, left, right, bottom) with logical ones (start, end, inline, block) that automatically adapt to writing direction and text flow.
color-mix() blends two colors in any color space without JavaScript or Sass. Use it to generate tints, shades, alpha variants, and entire theme palettes from a single brand color.
CSS Scroll Timeline and Animation Timeline turn scroll position into an animation driver — creating parallax, reveal, progress bars, and sticky effects with zero JavaScript.
@starting-style lets you define the initial style before an element's first style is applied — enabling enter animations for elements inserted into the DOM or shown after being hidden.
backdrop-filter applies filter effects to the area *behind* an element. Learn to create frosted glass, dark overlays, color-shifting panels, and iOS-style blurred UI components.
Learn the principles behind reusable React components — from proper prop design to folder structure. Build a production-ready Button component with variants, and understand why component reuse is the cornerstone of scalable frontends.
Next.js has its own conventions for organizing UI components. Learn the patterns that scale — from Server vs Client Components to CSS Modules, and how to build a robust component architecture for your Next.js 13+ app.
Beyond CSS transitions — explore JavaScript-powered UI effects that create genuinely delightful experiences. Magnetic buttons, parallax scrolling, cursor trails, ripple effects, and scroll-triggered animations.
Have a collection of HTML/CSS UI snippets? Learn the systematic approach to converting them into clean, reusable React components — handling class to className, inline styles, event handlers, and component props.