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Articles tagged with "Developer Experience"

Mixins: From Preprocessors to Native CSS

blogComic style representation of Michaël Vanderheyden throwing ninja star representing mixins to shatter code blocks filled with repetitive CSS properties

Native CSS mixins in Chromium: practical examples, runtime differences vs Sass/Less, flag-based testing, DevTools gaps, and where the draft spec goes further.

13 min read • 1,574 words

On to the Atmosphere!

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I've upgraded my website and officially joined the cool kids club on standard.site! My blog posts are now flying straight into the Atmosphere. 🚀

PHP in 2026: Modern Language, Fragmented Tooling

blogComic illustration of a developer struggling with the fragmented ecosystem of modern PHP. The scene features a messy desk with overlapping package managers (npm and composer), OS-level tools like apt-get, and conflicting formatters.

Practical take on PHP and Laravel in 2026: a modern, capable language with fragmented tooling, OS coupling, and DX trade-offs in mixed-stack teams.

12 min read • 1,517 words