CSS nesting and `:has()` are two months away from being Baseline Widely Available (i.e. available in Chrome/Edge/Firefox/Safari for 30 months).

The Index: Issue #178 It’s Friday, so let’s close out the week with some Good Links™ in The Index #178, sponsored by our good friends, CodePen.

It’s Friday, so let’s close out the week with some Good Links™ in The Index #178, sponsored by our good friends, CodePen.

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Going down the rabbit hole of learning LaTeX.

State of AI 2026 Take the State of AI survey

The “State of AI 2026” survey just opened! This is run by the same folks who do the other "State of…" surveys, like JS, CSS, and React.

The goal is to understand how web developers are using AI. So, whether you use AI or not, please take a few minutes to fill it out!

Happy CSS Naked Day to all who celebrate.
shkspr.mobi/blog/2020/04...

Went on the website for the CSS Day conference and that's how I found out it's CSS Naked Day. cssday.nl

Whenever I'm studying these days I tend to go down rabbit-holes from the main content and often it feels like I haven't made any progress 😅

"If you were to give a beginner one piece of advice, what would it be? Learn to really, thoroughly and completely enjoy being shit at something. The process of learning is chaotic, nonlinear, and uniquely human. You’re getting stuck in and you’re deciding to learn a craft or technique for yourself. That is to be cherished and protected and loved."

This is good advice even for those with 20 years experience. Thanks for the reminder @scott.is 💛

piccalilli.link/md-q-and-a-5

WDC2026 - October 9 2026, Watershed, Bristol, UK | Web Developers Conference WDC is the web design and development conference based in Bristol, taking place in autumn each year.

WDC2026 is taking place on October 9th 2026!

Early Bird tickets are now on sale for just £75 while we put together the finishing touches on our amazing speaker line-up and website!

We hope to see you in October!

webdevconf.com

Honestly thought I'd score lower but this was pretty decent.

Registration has opened for the Game Accessibility Conference! Even if you aren't in the games industry, if you love games then it's the place to be. www.gaconf.com #GAconf

Booked transport and accommodation for All Day Hey so only now it's feeling real.

A photo of Luke Murphy alongside the title of the lightning talk they will present at Pixel Pioneers Bristol on 19 June 2026: Design Systems are Dead. Long Live Design Systems.

I'm excited to announce that @lurkmoophy.bsky.social of @zeroheight.com will present a lightning talk at @pixelpioneers.co in Bristol on 19 June! ⚡

They will discuss why #designsystems, as we know them, need to die.

👉 Read the talk description & get your tickets:

pixelpioneers.co/events/brist...

Do you want this talk at your event? Either in this format or just one half (issues with compliance/examples of good game accessibility). Email accessibility AT kitation co uk

Relearn CSS layout

I also picked up the Every Layout book by Heydon Pickering and Andy Bell which will be my bedtime reading. every-layout.dev

Picked up the Complete CSS course again and started reading about progressive enhancement.

With device widths and internet speeds varying, it's the way to go to build for everyone first then more if it can be handled.

This is the thing about browsers: you can do pretty much whatever the hell you want and rightly so. There’s no stopping you from making your browser whatever size you want. There’s also nothing stopping you from installing whatever extensions you want either. Oh, let’s not forget users can literally write custom styles for websites. All in all, we have little to no control over what the user sees.

@bell.bz coined the phrase "Be the browser’s mentor, not its micromanager" in 2022 for a talk. He explains exactly what he means by that, and why he lives and dies by it as a CSS programmer, in this free lesson from Complete CSS.

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Accessibility Talks: “Dreaming of Accessible Development: Annotated Wishes for Designers & Devs” with Hector Osborne Rodriguez March 25 at 12p ET. This talk explores actionable strategies and best practices for achieving accessible development by outlining key wishes and effective annotation techniques for designers and developers to enhance collaboration and inclusivity in digital product creation.

Tomorrow!

Dreaming of Accessible Development: Annotated Wishes for Designers & Devs with Hector Osborne Rodriguez.

Practical ways designers and developers can collaborate more effectively to build accessible digital experiences.
a11ytalks.com/posts/2026-mar

#A11yTalks #Accessibility

Inclusive Design 24 (#id24) A free 24-hour online community event on accessibility and inclusion

Calling all #accessibility and #inclusiveDesign folks...

Have a great idea for a talk? Our call for presentations is now open! (closes 31 May 2026) #id24

inclusivedesign24.org/2026/

Note: as we're a global event, we're happy to accept submissions for talks in languages other than English.

🤯 TIL: "!important" in #CSS can have whitespace after the exclamation point! And not just that, but entire comments as well.

It makes sense. You should have to explain why you're using !important, and what better place than the middle of the declaration?

Demo 👉 codepen.io/editor/SirPe...

#webdev

Write a LinkedIn post this evening about the A11y Together event and the fear of being perceived is real, all these views, likes, and reposts are pretty overwhelming.

Just one of those nights where my brain is whizzing away at thoughts, this time about a blog post so I jotted down some bullet points instead of sleeping. I'd love to be able to get it out into the world, we'll see.

Office space with a garden wall and colourful fabric light coverings, with bright orange chairs with black and white cushions and green tables. There is a laptop and presentation screen that says "Welcome to Nando's"

Volunteered at the Women Community Club x Nando's Engineering Team event tonight!

Banner outside The Derby building. The banner reads: Together we shape Accessibility. - Cross-role learning & real perspectives - Accessible & welcoming venues - Diverse voices, talks & stories Logo of A11y Together a11ytogether.com, organised by Arc Inclusion

Excited for the talks tonight at A11y Together!

A yellow square with the text "Are you colour blind? Join our accessibility testing network" in big bold letters. There is the TetraLogical logo and a megaphone icon made up of an orange circle on the left where the sound enters, a muted purple cone for the body with a U-shaped handle on the bottom, and a bright pink oval on the right where the sound is amplified as it exits.

If you're colour blind and would like to help test digital products, we'd love to invite you to join our UX network:
tetralogical.com/about/ux-net...
Sessions are remote, you get paid, and can help us make products easier to use for all!

#Accessibility #UsabilityTesting

Wanna see me talk about AI accessibility stuff? Little local running tools I’ve built, how I build em and the day to day barriers they are helping with?

Are ya in london… if so! Maybe come join at at www.a11ytogether.com. Should be a fun meet up!

Accessibility Talks: “Dreaming of Accessible Development: Annotated Wishes for Designers & Devs” with Hector Osborne Rodriguez March 25 at 12p ET. This talk explores actionable strategies and best practices for achieving accessible development by outlining key wishes and effective annotation techniques for designers and developers to enhance collaboration and inclusivity in digital product creation.

Next week!

Dreaming of Accessible Development: Annotated Wishes for Designers & Devs w/ Hector Osborne Rodriguez.

Practical annotation techniques and collaboration strategies that help designers & developers work together to build more #a11y products
a11ytalks.com/posts/2026-mar
March 25, 12 pm ET

And with that, I've gotten two-thirds of the credits I need in a three-year period within a single year 💪

A blurred background portrait image of Leoine Watson facing the camera, wearing a black top and with purple hair. Overlayed is an All Day Hey! logo in the top left, contained within a bright orange circle. Below that is an orange box with white text in a serif font containing talk information. It reads the title "Léonie Watson - Do Androids Dream of Accessible Webs?" and below it, the details of the conference: "Thursday 7th May 2026 09:00 – 17:00 BST Everyman Cinema Leeds UK"

A blurred background portrait image of Leoine Watson facing the camera, wearing a black top and with purple hair. Overlayed is an All Day Hey! logo in the top left, contained within a bright orange circle. Below that is an orange box with white text in a serif font containing talk information. It reads the title "The web is shifting from something we use to something that acts on our behalf. Agentic AI promises systems that read, decide, negotiate, and optimise for us, but when algorithms become our representative, a deeper question arises: who is it actually representing? This talk explores where agents fracture first, and what that reveals about whether they are built to serve people, or merely optimise for statistical averages."

A background portrait image of Leoine Watson facing the camera, wearing a black top and with purple hair. Overlayed is an All Day Hey! logo in the top left. Below it in the bottom left corner, lists the conference information: "Thursday 7th May 2026 09:00 – 17:00 BST Everyman Cinema Leeds UK" And on the right bottom left, there is text that says "heypresents.com/ten, join us for the final time"

The web is shifting from something we use to something that acts on our behalf. Agentic AI promises systems that read, decide, negotiate, and optimise for us, but when algorithms become our representative, a deeper question arises: who is it actually representing?