As CSS continues to evolve, it brings new tools and options that help developers craft better and more dynamic web experiences. In this article, I want to introduce 5 lesser-known (and often underused) CSS properties and features that are worth integrating in your 2025 workflow. Each of these is widely supported across major browsers, making them reliable choices for modern front-end development

Flexbox is a one-dimensional layout tool, used for arranging elements in a single row or column. It is best suited for simple, one-dimensional layouts and smaller-scale projects.

We can highlight our software’s value in a number of ways: images, interactive widgets, motion graphics, talking-head walkthroughs, and live product demos—and I believe we’re really underutilizing the latter three. Because in my experience, these methods are incredibly effective at showcasing software features and helping users vividly understand their worth. Let’s explore some inspiring real-life cases to see how you can apply these value highlighters to your own products!

It’s harder to build predictable and transparent experiences when even literal computer scientists can’t predict the outcome of a prompt, or explain it to someone on the train.

I still get people asking me why I use Sublime Text in 2025 given there are soooo many other great editors out there.

Single-page applications (SPAs) have revolutionized web development by offering smoother user experiences with seamless navigation. At the heart of every SPA lies a routing system that manages page transitions without full page reloads. In this guide, we’ll explore how to build a robust routing system using vanilla JavaScript, understanding the core concepts and implementing them from scratch.

You are not alone. CSS was born in 1996 (it can legally order a beer, you know!) and was initially considered a way to style documents; I don’t think anyone imagined everything CSS would be expected to do nearly 30 years later.

With the scrollbar-color property you can change the colors used for scrollbars. You can specify the color of the thumb and the color track with it. Using scrollbar-width you can opt-in to a narrower scrollbar, or even to hide the scrollbar completely without affecting scrollability.

Imagine a delicious dish that hits all the right flavors and textures next to a takeaway meal with similar ingredients but made to appeal to everyone. Which one would you choose? We bet it would be the former and it’s not even close.

There’s many lists of page speed tips online, but in this article I’ll explain why an approach based on automated tooling and high-level page load analysis is often a more effective path to take.