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What CSS could I be writing tomorrow that might seem far-fetched today?… More

Movement in nature doesn’t happen all at once. Imagine a flock of birds taking off, raindrops splashing on the ground, or trees bending in the wind. The magic of these moments comes from many small movements overlapping and converging. I… More

If you’ve ever tried to use a CSS transition on an element with the hidden attribute or display: none;, you know this can be a challenge. I’ve run into this problem a number of times and decided to write… More

Comic book artist Wally Wood’s “22 Panels That Always Work” is a legendary bit of productivity hacking. How can you reduce “noodling” in your work?… More

When Cloud Four was founded back in 2007, the founders set out a vision for the type of company they wanted to build. This has set the tone of the company since then, specifically as we’ve grown and added… More

We do a lot of rapid prototyping at Cloud Four, which means we’re often working with incomplete or hypothetical content. When it comes to FPO images, we’ve relied on a few different solutions: Third-party services like PlaceIMG, Placeholder.com… More

I recently worked on a project where the topic of variable fonts came up when discussing typeface legibility. I had heard the term before, but I wasn’t quite sure what a variable font was. Curious, I did some digging and was excited… More

For a recent project, we built an isomorphic application with Nuxt.js. It was important for our app to function for users even if they were offline, so I got to work on turning it into a PWA. More

How I avoided relearning software (and gained some superpowers) by exporting my SVG and GSAP animations to bitmap sprites. More

As a general rule, when merging a pull request from a feature branch with a messy commit history, you should squash your commits. There are exceptions, but in most cases, squashing results in a cleaner Git history that’s easier for… More