🔥AI COULD NOT HELP!! 🤯😱 Hidden CSS Tricks, Git Updates, and Google Gemini Secrets

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Unlock hidden CSS tricks for <dialog> elements and uncover critical Git security updates you can’t ignore. Explore how Shadcn and Framer AI are transforming UI development in ways you’ve never imagined. What’s the real impact of Cursor, Windsurf, and GitHub Copilot as AI reshapes coding? And what secrets lie in Google’s Gemini for Chrome DevTools? Curious about robots building robots or the subtle magic of CSS text-box-trim? The answers are just below.

Enhance your setup with obsidian-minimal, a distraction-free theme for Obsidian, and unoCSS, an efficient atomic CSS engine. Use panzoom for smooth panning and zooming with CSS transforms, and pure for lightweight, responsive CSS modules.

Dive in and keep coding!

• A couple CSS tricks for HTML Dialog elements - the HTML <dialog> element offers a straightforward way to create native dialogs with minimal JavaScript.

• Git security vulnerabilities announced - A new set of Git releases were published to address a variety of security vulnerabilities. All users are encouraged to upgrade. Take a look at GitHub’s view of the latest round of releases.

• Building a UI in 60 seconds with Shadcn and Framer AI - UI development remains central to web design, but with tools like these, it's evolving faster than ever. Stay ahead by embracing the future of UI creation!

• 🎙️ Robots building robots in a robotic factory - Ryan interviews Sterling Chin, senior developer advocate at Postman, to explore the synergy of APIs and AI. They discuss the rise of AI APIs, the role of GraphQL in this evolving space, and the shift to API-first development. Sterling also delves into the agentic era, where APIs will redefine AI-driven data access and interactions.

• Cursor vs Windsurf vs GitHub Copilot – AI in 2024 blew our minds, but as we dive into 2025, it’s clear AI isn’t just an add-on; it’s a coding revolution. These assistants have shifted from "cool gadget" to "can’t-live-without tool," redefining how developers work.

• CSS text-box-trim – Reclaim space above and below your text for perfect optical balance. A cleaner, more precise layout is just a property away!

• How Google Introduced Gemini to Chrome DevTools - Google introduced Gemini-powered console insights at I/O 2024, enabling Chrome DevTools to simplify error debugging with AI and later expanded its capabilities with interactive AI styling assistance to address complex web design challenges.

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Problem: I was working with a Vue 3 template where an array of items was passed as a model. I asked ChatGPT for help with reversing the array.

//model that is passed in
const notes = defineModel('notes');

AI Suggestion: DID NOT WORK!!! 😱😱😱

// AI answer: Reverse the notes array
const reversedNotes = computed(() => [...notes].reverse());

Solution: I resolved the issue with my own approach:

notes.value = notes.value.reverse();

Since notes is already a ref, all I needed to do was reverse the array directly. This change also propagates back to the parent as expected.

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• obsidian-minimal - An open-source, distraction-free theme for Obsidian that lets you customize the interface to create your perfect writing environment.

• unoCSS - An instant, on-demand atomic CSS engine designed for fast and efficient styling, giving you the power to build without the bloat.

• panzoom - A lightweight library (~3.7kb gzipped) for adding smooth panning and zooming functionality to any element. Using CSS transforms for GPU acceleration, it supports images, videos, iframes, canvas, text, and more, ensuring seamless performance across all content types.

• pure - a collection of lightweight, responsive CSS modules designed to seamlessly integrate into any web project, providing a solid foundation for clean and efficient design.

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