🔥 Exploring Innovations in Web Development: From CSS Techniques to AI Integration

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Hello Developers!

• Explore the latest in web development with new CSS Mixins and Functions, enhanced Chrome DevTools, and strategies for leveraging user feedback to improve user experience. Discover the future of CSS-in-JS, streamline your workflows with Google Sheets integration, and harness the power of Gemini 2.5 Pro for complex coding challenges.

Dive in and keep coding!

CSS Mixins are ready for experimentation - CSS Mixins and Functions are both ready for you to hack on 🤯. I think of functions as returning a value and mixins as a way to apply a chunk of styles.

What's new in DevTools, Chrome 135 - This version brings a number of improvements to the Performance panel.

Leveraging 3 Types of User Feedback to Create Better User Experiences - While you must create products that meet your business goals, you must also ensure that your products address users’ needs.

Expanding CSS Shadow Effects - Design principles tell us a shadow is conveys that light is hiding an object, which casts the shadow behind it, giving us a sense of depth.

Is CSS-in-JS still a thing? - The most popular CSS-in-JS library has gone into maintenance mode. Here’s what the lead maintainer of styled-components had to say...

How to get LLMs to do what you want - Learn how to write effective prompts and troubleshoot results in this installment of our GitHub for Beginners series.

How Does Chrome Prioritize Image Requests - In this article, we'll explore how Chrome determines the request priority for images.

How To Argue Against AI-First Research - Companies have been turning their attention to “synthetic,” AI-driven user testing.

HubSpot Forms in a Next.js + Prismic - Integrating forms effectively is critical to the success of modern marketing websites. The form experience is arguably...

5 Jobs AI Can’t Replace According to Bill Gates - Bill Gates recently appeared on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon. They talked about his new book Source Code, his childhood, and 50 years of Microsoft.

🎙️ Boots on the ground: Holistic AI and Audioshake at HumanX - Interview with Raj Patel, AI transformation lead at Holistic AI, and then chats with Audioshake cofounder and CEO Jessica Powell.

7 GitHub Projects to Master Machine Learning - Machine learning operations, commonly referred to as MLOps, is a vast field that can sometimes feel overwhelming. However, ...

A Guide to Integrating ChatGPT with Google Sheets - We are in an era where professionals across different industries rely on tools like Google Sheets to manage information efficiently.

Gemini 2.5 Pro: The Best AI for Coding Challenges and Complex Prompts - Google’s Gemini 2.5 Pro is a groundbreaking AI model with advanced reasoning, coding, and multimodal features.

Reanimating the CSS Day Buttons - A well-animated button can capture attention, reinforce branding, and make the experience more enjoyable. Take a look at the existing buttons and explore ways to enhance them with modern CSS techniques.

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