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The Index by Piccalilli 5h ago 1 min read
The Index: Issue #181

Before we get into this issue, I thought I'd just let you know that Scott has launched a free Mindful Design Toolkit, packed with good stuff for you. Polypane snippets store Polypane is already the be

The Index by Piccalilli 5/1/2026 1 min read
The Index: Issue #180

Fraude Design Why slop it when you can Fraude it? heerich.js A really nice tool for generating 3D voxel scenes with fantastic documentation and examples. Searching for birds So much good stuff in this

The Index by Piccalilli 4/24/2026 1 min read
The Index: Issue #179

Delivering a dynamic hexagonal world map in just 10kb The is really impressive stuff from the speed experts at Calibre. The importance of people who care Tech is full of people who care deeply about

The Index by Piccalilli 4/17/2026 1 min read
The Index: Issue #178

Graphite A free and open source vector editing tool that looks great. Sure, Affinity is now free to everyone, but tools like Graphite will work well if you want to get away from corporate software, fo

The Index by Piccalilli 4/10/2026 1 min read
The Index: Issue #177

Using CSS animations as state machines Extremely clever stuff from Patrick here! Endgame for the open web Anil articulates the reality of the open web really well and gives us pragmatic advice of what

The Index by Piccalilli 4/3/2026 1 min read
The Index: Issue #176

Elena A very handy looking, tiny progressive web components library. The last quiet thing A beautifully composed piece that should serve as a nice reminder to you of both how much smart software/devic

The Index by Piccalilli 3/27/2026 1 min read
The Index: Issue #175

JavaScript for Everyone: Destructuring Mat explains the ever-useful, but sometimes hard to understand destructuring assignment in JavaScript. Mise en Mode A very good methodology for design systems no

The Index by Piccalilli 3/20/2026 1 min read
The Index: Issue #174

Just a quick note before we get into this issue. We're moving back to a once per week cadence on Fridays after this issue. We've got a lot on in the studio right now, so making time to curate two issu

The Index by Piccalilli 3/18/2026 1 min read
The Index: Issue #173

SVG favicons that respect theme preference A handy approach here! It'd be useful if browsers had a queryable value for the colour of the UI too so developers could serve an appropriate favicon. Design

The Index by Piccalilli 3/13/2026 1 min read
The Index: Issue #172

NES.css A NES-themed CSS framework and it looks exactly as you'd expect it to. An immersive personal site We're all out here building blogs, while Jonathan is here building an immersive first-person w

The Index by Piccalilli 3/11/2026 1 min read
The Index: Issue #171

The value of z-index A really pragmatic and systematic approach to z-index here. How to start a record collection Some great recommendations here and as Mike says, Congrats. I’m sorry. You probably sh

The Index by Piccalilli 3/6/2026 1 min read
The Index: Issue #170

Puzzmo Web puzzles without the corporate media slime. It looks like they're integrating nicely with the AT protocol too. How to make your first contribution to an open source project A thoroughly good

The Index by Piccalilli 3/4/2026 1 min read
The Index: Issue #169

Beyond the blur: a quick guide to the css backdrop-filter property The backdrop-filter CSS property can do a heck of a lot more than you probably think it can. Stu expertly shows you with this in-dept

The Index by Piccalilli 2/27/2026 1 min read
The Index: Issue #168

Shades of halftone Extremely interactive, extremely creative and extremely informative. Great stuff. Colour memory game This is really fun! Test your pixel pushing colleagues too 😉 x86 CPU made in CS

The Index by Piccalilli 2/25/2026 1 min read
The Index: Issue #167

Before we get into the Good Links™, allow me to share our brand new homepage with you. I'd love it if you checked it out! Chip away A really good read about an infamous design pattern and how to be mo