The Incredible Overcomplexity of the Shadcn Radio Button
Well, this is horrifying.
Just markup | justmarkup
Telling other people working on the web and doing a great job building web sites that they are useless because they focus on HTML and CSS is very wrong.
Related links
CSS-in-JS: The Great Betrayal of Frontend Sanity - The New Stack
This is a spot-on analysis of how CSS-in-JS failed to deliver on any of its promises:
CSS-in-JS was born out of good intentions — modularity, predictability and componentization. But what we got was complexity disguised as progress.
Reimagine the Date Picker – David Bushell – Web Dev (UK)
This is a superb way to deprecate a little JavaScript library. Now that you can just use HTML instead, the website for Pikaday has been turned into a guide to choosing the right design pattern for your needs. Bravo!
Pikaday is no longer a JavaScript date picker. Pikaday is now a friendly guide for front-end developers. I want to push developers away from the classic date picker entirely. Especially fat JavaScript libraries.
Why I’m Writing Pure HTML & CSS in 2025
- Building HTML pages is easy
- Pure HTML is evergreen
- Bloated web pages are too slow
- I can host it anywhere, often for free
- Accessibility and SEO benefits are automatic
- It won’t need security patches
- There are no build steps
It’s time for modern CSS to kill the SPA - Jono Alderson
SPAs were a clever solution to a temporary limitation. But that limitation no longer exists.
Use modern server rendering. Use actual pages. Animate with CSS. Preload with intent. Ship less JavaScript.
Related posts
Streamlining HTML web components
Some handy tips courtesy of Chris Ferdinandi.
Command and control
HTML’s new `command` attribute on the `button` element could be a game-changer.
Making the website for Research By The Sea
Having fun with view transitions and scroll-driven animations.
My approach to HTML web components
Naming custom elements, naming attributes, the single responsibility principle, and communicating across components.
Pickin’ dates
HTML web components for augmenting date inputs.