PSA: Default styles for H1 elements are changing
Together with Default Styles for H1 Elements are Changing — Browsers are updating the default user agent (UA) styles for nested section headings. This high-level change is something that you’re going to want to be aware of — otherwise you may find yourself scratching your head in a few months when certain H1 elements start behaving differently. Simon Pieters (MDN) The Post-Developer Era — Two years ago Josh published a piece on the rise of AI, and the fear and anxiety that devs were feeling at the time about AI taking jobs. Now, two years on, he’s back with a follow up to see how things have panned out so far, and how to now frame our thinking on these rapidly evolving set of tools and technologies. Josh W. Comeau 📙 Articles, Opinions & Tutorials Updates to the Customizable Select API — This article was first published earlier this year, but is really worth checking out now as support for the feature has shipped in the recently released Chrome 135. Una Kravets Item Flow — A couple of issues back we shared an article from Jen Simmons on the WebKit team about a new unifying layout module, bringing together flex-flow and grid-auto-flow. Here are Ahmad’s positive thoughts on the idea, along with some questions. Ahmad Shadeed The CSS shape() Function — Simon runs us through the shape() function and how we can use it to create shapes that “can adapt and scale with mixed proportions based on the size of the element”. Simon Fraser (WebKit) Using currentColor in 2025 — Sure, custom properties can do much the same, but Chris looks at the utility of this keyword alternative. Chris Coyier Next Level CSS Styling for Cursors — Some styling pointers for custom cursors, along with what things to consider in regards to accessibility and fallbacks. Declan Chidlow 🧰 Tools, Code & Resources Astro 5.7 Released — This new release arrived just yesterday and it introduces SVG components, experimental Fonts API support, bug fixes, and more. Kane, Lefebvre, Stoppa, Moore (Astro) PureAnim: An SVG Animation Toolkit — Just add an SVG and this tool lets you animate the different parts of the graphic via all sorts of settings in a timeline view. Choose from the prebuilt animations to see how it works. SEBASTIAN GROCHOCKI