Many of the features of SASS have been incorporated into vanilla CSS. Though browser support is not universal enough, CSS is actively evolving. BTW, this topic came up on Kevin Geary’s WDD live yesterday and he mentioned that using variables in media queries is a features that SASS provides that modern CSS is still lacking.

Eric Karkovack is finding that clients grew up using the web, have heard the ads that anyone can create a website, and so want more design freedom. He suggests that people build sites for client with that flexibility in mind.

Here is a collection of small online CSS design tools organized into categories.

Rich Tabor shares some thoughts on the “composability” of block themes.

In the latest issue of his CSS newsletter Kevin Powell shares his thoughts on Tailwind.

A course on the UX of search by Vitaly Friedman. Recommended.

Here is a fun video from Kevin Power playing with CSS currentColor and color-mix. It might be useful for people trying to create light and dark mode color palettes.

Here is an interesting take on Tailwind that challenges its core principles and suggests that semantic HTML and CSS is a better option. These are interesting topics, but of course the choice of a CSS design system depends on the project, the users, goals, etc.

Here is a practical guide to designing for colorblind people. It includes simple explanations, examples, and suggestions.