Squash and Stretch • Josh W. Comeau
Introduction Have you ever heard of Disney’s 12 Basic Principles of Animation(opens in new tab)? It’s a collection of animation best practices created in 1981 by two Disney animators, intended…
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Next.js Across Platforms: Adapters, OpenNext, and Our Commitments
Next.js 16.2 introduced a stable Adapter API, built in collaboration with OpenNext, Netlify, Cloudflare, AWS Amplify, and Google Cloud. This post covers how that happened, and the commitments we’re making…
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React Native 0.83 – React 19.2, New DevTools features, no breaking changes · React Native
Today we are excited to release React Native 0.83! This release includes React 19.2, significant new features for React Native DevTools, and support for the Web Performance and Intersection Observer…
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Hire Me in Japan — overreacted
My sabbatical is soon coming to an end, and I am looking for a new job. In particular, I am looking for a job at a company that would like…
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Offloading FFmpeg with Cloudflare
For 226 episodes of my Call Kent podcast, I recorded audio, combined it with my response audio, and ran the whole thing through FFmpeg directly on the same Fly.io machine…
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React, Explained Directly — Part 2: Production, Performance, and Modern Patterns
Continues directly from Part 1. Same rule: no stories, no metaphors — just the real mechanics, in plain English, with working code. 🔁 Part 1: Why Re-Renders Actually Happen 👦…
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Get Ready For the Powerful CSS border-shape Property!
So, we recently got the new shape() function (now Baseline!) as well as the corner-shape property. What else could we possibly need as far as making shapes in CSS? Let…
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WordPress’s First Visual Builder With An Infinite Canvas — Smashing Magazine
s and no unnecessary wrappers, resulting in faster load times and higher scores across all boards. Elementor, on the other hand, added heavily nested markup and extra scripts, even on…
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4 product team structures and when each works best
The UX designer finally finished the prototype just to hear that it can’t be built within the necessary timeframe. You’re in a different meeting, and the design lead wants to…
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React Conf 2025 Recap – React
Oct 16, 2025 by Matt Carroll and Ricky Hanlon Last week we hosted React Conf 2025 where we announced the React Foundation and showcased new features coming to React and…
