Things AI cannot do
Last week I did my first tests in nearly nine years and an article about meta viewports. While AI can write my article if I give it notes, it cannot do fundamental browser compatibility research. That’s it. That’s the entire blog post
quirksmode.org/quirksblog/202…
The cost of AI
The tech giants are creating a system with the appeal of a 19th-century factory without delivering the sole benefit: cheaper stuff. Ask what the true cost of the tokens would be. Nobody knows, but raising awareness is a good idea.
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Books aren't dead
About twenty boxes of books were thrown onto the street from my apartment building. That made me sad, but I’m not going read 98% of them. But they were taken anyway, and quickly. Books aren’t dead. They’re just sleeping.
quirksmode.org/quirksblog/2026
Style queries for nested breakpoints
And combining style queries with CSS nesting. Also, I went down a rabbit hole. Do you know what a container is? And that size containers are the exception rather than the rule in container land?
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