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This post discusses potential issues introduced by the use of design patterns from small interaction design patterns, to larger full service patterns.

A look at CSS custom properties and how they can be utilised to build accessible websites and apps.

Common misconceptions of CSS - CSS gets a lot of stick, the internet is full of articles describing ways to fix one, or all of it's so called failings. Most of the time however, these criticisms are unfair, untrue or both.

Designing new products or services can be a daunting or even intimidating process at times. Accepting failure can be key to designing without fear.

Notes from UpFront 2016 conference in Manchester.

How to get started with PostCSS.

7 reasons to start using PostCSS including creativity, intergration and accessibility.

Following on from Surviving CSS, CSS layers looks at layers of responsibility in CSS.

A few simple techniques to keep your CSS in check.

In this post a common text color function will be extended to work with gradient backgrounds. The effect is achieved by first creating a gradient background from a list of values. The function then appends corresponding color values to a new list to create a text gradient.

A series of hints and tips to help you get the best out of Sass, Sass creates Syntactically Awesome Style sheets, or at least thats what it is supposed to do. When used effectively, Sass helps to build scalable and DRY CSS. When used incorrectly however, Sass can actually increase file size and add unnecessary or duplicate code.

Re-factoring Maze - Moving from a Sass mixin to a PostCSS responsive grid system.

Semantic HTML for cleaner CSS, this post looks at the role HTML can play in producing more optimised CSS.

Sass introduced a lot of new features to CSS, Tbut some, like nesting, afre not always an improvement.

An introduction to Sass variables, including how too use them and how to name them.