After its sale to Adobe fell through, Figma has doubled down on targeting developers. We spoke to Figma’s CTO about its new Dev Mode.

For decades, robots.txt governed the behavior of web crawlers. But as unscrupulous AI companies seek out more and more data, the basic social contract of the web is falling apart.  

Should we embrace this as inevitable and tell our kids they no longer need to learn to code? There’s strong evidence that AI has already surpassed the ability of human coders, let’s look at three datapoints…

European app makers are seething, comparing Apple to “the Mafia” and piling pressure on lawmakers to act.  

Just another usability and accessibility pro telling authors not to do the thing they continue to do.

At some point in a designer’s career, the age-old question is asked: “Should designers code?” My direct answer for people who design software interfaces is yes.

What could we learn from entry-level students in front-end web development? As seasoned professionals, you might think you’ve seen it all, but the truth is that the newcomers are asking the most intriguing questions and making connections that those of us who have spent years on the front end may have never considered.

An overwhelming number of frameworks and tooling available today gives the impression that web development has gotten perhaps too complex. As a newcomer, it can be frightening to have so many to consider, almost creating a fear of missing out that we see exploited to sell courses and tutorials on the new hot framework that you “cannot work without.”

2024 is well underway and shaping up to be an interesting year. So, to help you keep your focus on working hard and getting stuff done, we’ve collected another bunch of helpful bits and pieces from across the web.

As you can see, even the checkmark wasn’t always there. But one thing remained constant: checkboxes were square.