Kevin Powell has a useful short about the :empty element and how you can use it to solve a common problem.

Kevin Powell and Bramus show how Multi Page Animated view transitions work.

In this video we take a deep dive into the current state of WordPress block themes. We look at the most popular ones, we look under the hood to understand block themes, and we look at the current stats. I have a better understanding of block themes after going through this process.

Much of this is not ready for prime time, but it is interesting to see changes to the HTML specs which may be usable in the future.

While this article clarifies the differences between Classic, Hybrid, and Block themes, its real value is in the excellent summary of features available for block themes and how to access them.

Oooh Boi of Elementor fame made lots of videos showing how to achieve layouts and effects with Elementor. He has released a couple of Bricks videos. Here is one showing how to add some text effects with Bricks. He goes step by step to show how to do it for 3 or 4 items, but the idea is pretty straightforward once you see the process.

A number of people like to create their own CSS framework. They start with the basics, as this video from Paul Charlton shows how to do, and over time they build it up with just the features they need.

Penpot, the popular alternative to Figma, released a plugins API. This will make it possible for third parties to extend the platform and provide integrations.

Videos of the presentations at WordCamp Sydney 2024 have been posted. It looks like the presentations there were more technical than some of the US WordCamps.