Brecht De Ruyte
@utilitybend.com
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Brecht De Ruyte
@utilitybend.com
· Apr 14
The community has spoken, now we need browsers vendors to help: a <rangegroup> update | utilitybend
An update on the <rangegroup> HTML proposal: community feedback results, resolved concerns, and a call for browser vendor support.
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An update on : I shared anonymised feedback from the form, what changed in the explainer (e.g., disabled state), and why I still need you to make noise. Community feedback is priority number 1 at this point; without it, I won't be able to move forward.
utilitybend.com/blog/rangegr...
utilitybend.com/blog/rangegr...
Home after a fantastic evening yesterday at #fronteers #darkmode. Seeing many people from the dev community is not just fun and education. At this point in time a bit healing as well. Such a great event. Huge thanks to the speakers, the crew and the attendees. Top notch! @fronteers.bsky.social
October 3, 2026 at 5:29 PM
Home after a fantastic evening yesterday at #fronteers #darkmode. Seeing many people from the dev community is not just fun and education. At this point in time a bit healing as well. Such a great event. Huge thanks to the speakers, the crew and the attendees. Top notch! @fronteers.bsky.social
It's been far too long since I saw a talk from @heydonworks.com looking forward to this! Let's go! Last talk at #fronteers #darkmode
October 2, 2026 at 7:29 PM
It's been far too long since I saw a talk from @heydonworks.com looking forward to this! Let's go! Last talk at #fronteers #darkmode
Time to dive into the Audio API with @anjana.dev showing how sounds work using webaudio.studio #fronteers #darkmode
October 2, 2026 at 6:28 PM
Time to dive into the Audio API with @anjana.dev showing how sounds work using webaudio.studio #fronteers #darkmode
Mr. @tunetheweb.com starting off the second half of Fronteers, showing us how to use declarative partial updates 💯
#fronteers #darkmode
#fronteers #darkmode
October 2, 2026 at 5:46 PM
Mr. @tunetheweb.com starting off the second half of Fronteers, showing us how to use declarative partial updates 💯
#fronteers #darkmode
#fronteers #darkmode
Lacked a bit of time but since we're in a break of fronteers. Inktober 2: relic #inktober circle is wrong. I'll redo it sometime. But a fun challenge to try things out.
October 2, 2026 at 5:00 PM
Lacked a bit of time but since we're in a break of fronteers. Inktober 2: relic #inktober circle is wrong. I'll redo it sometime. But a fun challenge to try things out.
Next up, @cydstumpel.nl on scroll driven animations, view transitions and a quick glimpse to scroll triggered animations. #fronteers #darkmode
October 2, 2026 at 3:23 PM
Next up, @cydstumpel.nl on scroll driven animations, view transitions and a quick glimpse to scroll triggered animations. #fronteers #darkmode
We started with @csswizardry.com with a message on embracing the platform and progressive enhancements. Always bet on the web! #fronteers #darkmode
October 2, 2026 at 2:50 PM
We started with @csswizardry.com with a message on embracing the platform and progressive enhancements. Always bet on the web! #fronteers #darkmode
Let's go! Fronteers dark mode!
October 2, 2026 at 1:58 PM
Let's go! Fronteers dark mode!
I don't know if the state of devs makes me feel better at the moment, knowing I'm not alone or actually makes me feel more depressed. I'm actually a person that sees the benefits of AI. But the reality is the mentally draining world we're living in...
September 30, 2026 at 8:49 PM
I don't know if the state of devs makes me feel better at the moment, knowing I'm not alone or actually makes me feel more depressed. I'm actually a person that sees the benefits of AI. But the reality is the mentally draining world we're living in...
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+++ The Venue +++
Everything happens in one place.
Talks, coffee, dinner and conversations - no rushing between locations, just an evening focused on learning and meeting fellow frontend developers.
See you at Fronteers Dark Mode?
Fronteers Dark Mode
Oct 2nd in Dordrecht 🇳🇱
🎟️ fronteersconf.org
Everything happens in one place.
Talks, coffee, dinner and conversations - no rushing between locations, just an evening focused on learning and meeting fellow frontend developers.
See you at Fronteers Dark Mode?
Fronteers Dark Mode
Oct 2nd in Dordrecht 🇳🇱
🎟️ fronteersconf.org
August 3, 2026 at 8:01 AM
+++ The Venue +++
Everything happens in one place.
Talks, coffee, dinner and conversations - no rushing between locations, just an evening focused on learning and meeting fellow frontend developers.
See you at Fronteers Dark Mode?
Fronteers Dark Mode
Oct 2nd in Dordrecht 🇳🇱
🎟️ fronteersconf.org
Everything happens in one place.
Talks, coffee, dinner and conversations - no rushing between locations, just an evening focused on learning and meeting fellow frontend developers.
See you at Fronteers Dark Mode?
Fronteers Dark Mode
Oct 2nd in Dordrecht 🇳🇱
🎟️ fronteersconf.org
Sunday morning inky drawing. ☺️
September 27, 2026 at 8:12 AM
Sunday morning inky drawing. ☺️
Probably one of the most quoted links in my blog (and probably still visiting it from time to time for a quick code steal 🤭) so happy this is close to becoming baseline newly available.
The time to ramp up your scroll-driven animations skills is **NOW**
Go check scroll-driven-animations.style for and free 10-part video course created by yours truly, as well as a bunch of tools and demos.
Go check scroll-driven-animations.style for and free 10-part video course created by yours truly, as well as a bunch of tools and demos.
September 25, 2026 at 10:13 PM
Probably one of the most quoted links in my blog (and probably still visiting it from time to time for a quick code steal 🤭) so happy this is close to becoming baseline newly available.
This was one of those articles I wanted to read just for fun but took me a while to get to. A fun blast from the past by @vale.rocks . There were a few in there that I didn't know even if I was coding back then. Fun read 🙂
vale.rocks/posts/css-re...
vale.rocks/posts/css-re...
CSS Curiosities of the Past
Summary of the various CSS syntaxes, parsing bugs, hacks, bespoke features, and implementations used across browsers and the web to achieve specific goals in the days before browser vendors became more adherent to a single solid specification. Particularly focusing on the non-compliant, bespoke implementations of functionality seen in Microsoft's Internet Explorer.
vale.rocks
September 25, 2026 at 10:09 PM
This was one of those articles I wanted to read just for fun but took me a while to get to. A fun blast from the past by @vale.rocks . There were a few in there that I didn't know even if I was coding back then. Fun read 🙂
vale.rocks/posts/css-re...
vale.rocks/posts/css-re...
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// 🛸
I made a vscode extension:
github.com/propjockey/U...
It lets you add code folding in a natural, expected, and intuitive way. UFOs abduct cows.
// 🐄
Enjoy.
I made a vscode extension:
github.com/propjockey/U...
It lets you add code folding in a natural, expected, and intuitive way. UFOs abduct cows.
// 🐄
Enjoy.
GitHub - propjockey/UFOlding: Custom vscode code folding using 🛸 and 🐄 emote comments
Custom vscode code folding using 🛸 and 🐄 emote comments - propjockey/UFOlding
github.com
September 23, 2026 at 8:36 AM
// 🛸
I made a vscode extension:
github.com/propjockey/U...
It lets you add code folding in a natural, expected, and intuitive way. UFOs abduct cows.
// 🐄
Enjoy.
I made a vscode extension:
github.com/propjockey/U...
It lets you add code folding in a natural, expected, and intuitive way. UFOs abduct cows.
// 🐄
Enjoy.
I've unfortunately hit the limit on my free hosting tier. The problem is that between free and not free is a 240 dollars in the year difference. Looking for a solution might take a while. 😞
September 23, 2026 at 5:32 AM
I've unfortunately hit the limit on my free hosting tier. The problem is that between free and not free is a 240 dollars in the year difference. Looking for a solution might take a while. 😞
First steps in urban sketchydoodles
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September 20, 2026 at 9:35 AM
First steps in urban sketchydoodles
😅
😅
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I want Custom Attributes to exist - think Custom Elements (Web Components) but Attributes.
I've been working on a proposal, specs, and now a polyfill: www.keithcirkel.co.uk/custom-attri...
More coming soon!
I've been working on a proposal, specs, and now a polyfill: www.keithcirkel.co.uk/custom-attri...
More coming soon!
Custom Attributes polyfill
www.keithcirkel.co.uk
September 19, 2026 at 9:53 PM
I want Custom Attributes to exist - think Custom Elements (Web Components) but Attributes.
I've been working on a proposal, specs, and now a polyfill: www.keithcirkel.co.uk/custom-attri...
More coming soon!
I've been working on a proposal, specs, and now a polyfill: www.keithcirkel.co.uk/custom-attri...
More coming soon!
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This is as close to a cry for help that you'd see from me.
I need work.
I need money for shelter and food in the meantime. I've run out.
I need work.
I need money for shelter and food in the meantime. I've run out.
September 19, 2026 at 4:06 AM
This is as close to a cry for help that you'd see from me.
I need work.
I need money for shelter and food in the meantime. I've run out.
I need work.
I need money for shelter and food in the meantime. I've run out.
Reposted by Brecht De Ruyte
“Let me make it clear: without people at the top of their game sharing their experience and knowledge—regardless of whatever ‘game changing’ technology is in place—we are pulling up the ladders and committing our industry to stagnation and death.”
bell.bz/youll-miss-p...
bell.bz/youll-miss-p...
You’ll miss publishers when they’re gone
Ever since Piccalilli started to get traction, I’ve always seen CSS-Tricks, Smashing Magazine and A List Apart (among others) as peers. We all help each other behind the scenes and importantly, back…
bell.bz
September 18, 2026 at 12:45 PM
“Let me make it clear: without people at the top of their game sharing their experience and knowledge—regardless of whatever ‘game changing’ technology is in place—we are pulling up the ladders and committing our industry to stagnation and death.”
bell.bz/youll-miss-p...
bell.bz/youll-miss-p...
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Yesterday I saw the first <rangegroup> prototype running in a local Chromium build. It's happening.... Like really! So excited 😲
September 18, 2026 at 7:06 AM
Yesterday I saw the first <rangegroup> prototype running in a local Chromium build. It's happening.... Like really! So excited 😲
@martine.dev showing some a11y caveats on popovers! At @ndcconferences.com Oslo.
September 16, 2026 at 1:38 PM
@martine.dev showing some a11y caveats on popovers! At @ndcconferences.com Oslo.