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February 11
Debugging with AI: can it replace an experienced developer?

LLM can fix symptoms fast, but it still struggles with root causes.
February 10
Reference Target: having your encapsulation and eating it too

New proposal lets shadow DOM internals be referenced via the host without breaking encapsulation.
February 9
A polyfill for the HTML switch element

Near-native switch UI for checkboxes outside Safari.
February 6
Explicit resource management in JavaScript

New “using” syntax makes cleanup automatic, reducing leaks and boilerplate.
February 5
CSS grid lanes are arriving sooner than you think

Use progressive enhancement to ship masonry-style layouts now with JS polyfill or a CSS grid layout fallback.
February 4
CSS scroll-state container queries can now detect scrolling

Chrome 144 adds a CSS-only scroll direction state for lightweight UI tweaks.
February 3
Results of the State of JavaScript 2025 survey

TypeScript goes native, Vite overtakes Webpack, and AI-assisted coding keeps climbing.
February 2
How to dynamically install custom elements

Auto-import only the elements you actually use, and keep upgrades working after DOM changes.
January 30
Five accessibility checks to run on every component

Essential component tests for keyboard, tokens, names, zoom, and screen readers.
January 29
Try text scaling support in Chrome Canary

New meta element brings OS text scaling to mobile.
January 28
Opinionated CSS reset for modern browsers

Low-specificity defaults via @layer plus modern typography and form, and media normalization.
January 27
Stop turning everything into arrays

Lazy iterator helpers cut allocations and stop work early in UI data pipelines.