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CSS Gamepad API Visual Debugging With CSS Layers

Debugging controllers can be a real pain. Here’s a deep dive into how CSS helps clean it up and how to build a reusable visual debugger for your own p...

Nov 14, 2025 • 5 min read

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From Chaos To Clarity: Simplifying Server Management With AI And Automation

Server chaos doesn’t have to be the norm. AI-ready infrastructure and automation can bring clarity, performance, and focus back to your web work.

Nov 18, 2025 • 5 min read

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Keyframes Tokens: Standardizing Animation Across Projects

Animations can be one of the most joyful parts of building interfaces, but without structure, they can also become one of the biggest sources of frust...

Nov 21, 2025 • 5 min read

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Designing For Stress And Emergency

Practical guidelines on designing time-critical products that prevent errors and improve accuracy. Part of the Measure UX & Design Impact (use the...

Nov 24, 2025 • 5 min read

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Design System Culture: What It Is And Why It Matters (Excerpt)

We’re so happy to announce that “Maturing Design Systems”—a Smashing book by Ben Callahan — will soon be joining the Smashing Library! Ben’s...

Nov 25, 2025 • 5 min read

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The Accessibility Problem With Authentication Methods Like CAPTCHA

CAPTCHAs were meant to keep bots out, but too often, they lock people with disabilities out, too. From image classification to click-based tests, many...

Nov 27, 2025 • 5 min read

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A Sparkle Of December Magic (2025 Wallpapers Edition)

With December just around the corner, how about some new desktop wallpapers to welcome the last month of the year — and the holiday season, if you’re...

Nov 30, 2025 • 5 min read

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Masonry: Things You Won’t Need A Library For Anymore

CSS Masonry is almost here! Patrick Brosset takes a deep dive into what this long-awaited feature means for web developers and how you could make use...

Dec 02, 2025 • 5 min read

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Beyond The Black Box: Practical XAI For UX Practitioners

Explainable AI isn’t just a challenge for data scientists. It’s also a design challenge and a core pillar of trustworthy, effective AI products. Victo...

Dec 05, 2025 • 5 min read

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How UX Professionals Can Lead AI Strategy

Lead your organization’s AI strategy before someone else defines it for you. A practical framework for UX professionals to shape AI implementation.

Dec 08, 2025 • 5 min read

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State, Logic, And Native Power: CSS Wrapped 2025

CSS Wrapped 2025 is out! We’re entering a world where CSS can increasingly handle logic, state, and complex interactions once reserved for JavaScript....

Dec 09, 2025 • 5 min read

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Accessible UX Research, eBook Now Available For Download

We’ve got exciting news! eBook versions of “Accessible UX Research,” a new Smashing Book by Michele A. Williams, are now available for download! Which...

Dec 09, 2025 • 5 min read

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Smashing Animations Part 7: Recreating Toon Text With CSS And SVG

In this article, pioneering author and web designer [Andy Clarke](https://stuffandnonsense.co.uk) shows his techniques for creating [Toon Text titles]...

Dec 17, 2025 • 5 min read

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How To Measure The Impact Of Features

Meet TARS — a simple, repeatable, and meaningful UX metric designed specifically to track the performance of product features. Upcoming part of the Me...

Dec 19, 2025 • 5 min read

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Giving Users A Voice Through Virtual Personas

Turn scattered user research into AI-powered personas that give anyone consolidated multi-perspective feedback from a single question.

Dec 23, 2025 • 5 min read

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How To Design For (And With) Deaf People

Practical UX guidelines to keep in mind for 466 million people who experience hearing loss. More design patterns in Smart Interface Design Patterns, a...

Dec 30, 2025 • 5 min read

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Countdown To New Adventures (January 2026 Wallpapers Edition)

Whether 2026 has already begun as you’re reading this or you’re still waiting for the big countdown to start, how about some new wallpapers to get you...

Dec 31, 2025 • 5 min read

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Pivoting Your Career Without Starting From Scratch

Most developers spend their days fixing bugs, shipping features, and jumping into the next sprint without even thinking about it. After a while, you b...

Jan 07, 2026 • 5 min read

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Penpot Is Experimenting With MCP Servers For AI-Powered Design Workflows

[Penpot](https://penpot.app/?utm_source=SmashingMagazine&utm_medium=Article&utm_campaign=MCPserver) is experimenting with MCP (Model Context P...

Jan 08, 2026 • 5 min read

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UX And Product Designer’s Career Paths In 2026

How to shape your career path for 2026, with decision trees for designers and a UX skills self-assessment matrix. The only limits for tomorrow are the...

Jan 12, 2026 • 5 min read