Get your tickets (with a nice discount) for Smashing Conf Amsterdam: https://ti.to/smashingmagazine/smashingconf-amsterdam-2026/discount/wehopeyoullbejoiningus

The Cassidy Williams video I mentioned: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B5VzL256te4

In this episode, I talk about my upcoming content strategy, which includes experimenting with more shorts, balancing long-form and short-form content, sharing CSS tips, and remixing interview content. I also talk about the challenges of content planning and scheduling, emphasizing my preference for simple tools like pen-and-paper calendars over an excess of apps, and cautioning against tool sprawl and maintenance.

My primary YouTube channel where I teach frontend development, with a strong focus on CSS: https://youtube.com/@kevinpowell

✉ The written version of my newsletter: https://www.kevinpowell.co/newsletter
💬 Come hang out with other dev's in my Discord Community: https://discord.gg/nTYCvrK

Help support my channel
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In this episode, I talk about some of the new stuff happening with CSS and how it's starting to do things we used to rely on JavaScript for. I dive into how some people think this is CSS overstepping its bounds, but I see it in a bit of a different light.

The codepen by Temani: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-3tPDZCk2o
x64 emulator with CSS by Rebane: https://lyra.horse/x86css/
The original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-3tPDZCk2o

The video I was watching: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZUp5nY7BWU

CSS Demystified: https://thecascade.dev/courses/css-demystified/

Interop 2026: https://wpt.fyi/interop-2026
The webkit article I mentioned: https://webkit.org/blog/17818/announcing-interop-2026/

In this episode I talk about the announcement of Interop 2026.

Check out The Cascade: https://thecascade.dev/
More info on Smashing Conf Amsterdam: https://smashingconf.com/amsterdam-2026
Get your ticket for Smashing conf (includes discount): https://ti.to/smashingmagazine/smashi...

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Bramus' post: Using 100vw is now scrollbar-aware (in Chrome 145+, under the right conditions)

Sorry for the click-baity title, but it is true! 😅

Chrome has just changed how 100vw works, though it’s very unlikely to affect any of your old projects, if you “opt-in” to it, so to speak, it will now take into account the scrollbar.

I’m of two minds of this… it’s nice that it’ll work as intended, but hopefully it doesn’t lead to people overusing 100vw either. Overall, I do think it’s a good change though, since it actually makes 100vw useable now.

This week I talk about the transition from enjoying coding for fun to facing the challenges and grind of doing it as a job. It's hard to find that balance between finding meaning in your job, and how you can loose your passion when it turns into a career.

In this episode I share some insights from a recent workshop with Smashing, discussing the adoption and support of CSS features like 'has', 'subgrid', and 'container queries', and how I was surprised by the awareness and usage of some features.

• Container Queries Talk
• CSS Wrapped 2025

In this episode I dive into the world of modern CSS. I start with a bit on the masonry to grid lanes change, discuss the new range syntax for style queries, and share my thoughts on the evolving landscape of CSS.

🔗 Links

• My video about the switch to display: grid-lanes: https://youtu.be/yikbSQ6tvlE
• The article on the range syntax coming to container queries and if(): https://css-tricks.com/the-range-syntax-has-come-to-container-style-queries-and-if/
• Chris’ blog post on random(): https://frontendmasters.com/blog/more-css-random-learning-through-experiments/

In this episode I dive into why I think it’s best to simplify Grid as much as possible, but how that can be a bit at odds with some of the ways I use it, as well as the inherit complexities that subgrid adds to the mix.

🔗 Links

• The New CSS Toolkit: https://smashingconf.com/online-workshops/workshops/css-toolkit-kevin-powell/
• The named grid lines to replace containers/wrappers: https://youtu.be/c13gpBrnGEw
• CSS Demystified: https://cssdemystified.com/
• Stripe’s developer site: https://stripe.dev/