Front End World

Building an Infinite Liquid Glass Grid with Three.js, WebGPU, and TSL

An exploration of infinite grids, liquid glass, and video refraction using Three.js, WebGPU, TSL, and custom shaders.

https://tympanus.net/codrops/2026/09/08/building-an-infinite-liquid-glass-grid-with-three-js-webgpu-and-tsl/

nextjs: How we closed 1,500 GitHub issues in one month

How the Next.js team used an agent to research old reports and work through the issue backlog.

https://nextjs.org/blog/how-we-closed-1500-github-issues

WebKit supports interactive-widget … and hopefully Safari will too?

About a month ago, WebKit gained support for interactive-widget. While it’s not clear whether this will end up in Safari or not, this is pretty exciting news: If you have ever had a virtual keyboard obscure your fixed navigation bar, then interactive-widget is for you.This post details a quick recap of what the feature does, how we got here, and a sneak peek at it running in WebKit.

https://www.bram.us/2026/09/11/webkit-supports-interactive-widget-and-hopefully-safari-will-too/

Your React app unmounts when a reader turns on Chrome translate

What a browser translator does to a React-owned text node, measured across five engines, including the conclusion I published wrong.

https://dev.to/davlat_aliev_392c20ec5c92/your-react-app-unmounts-when-a-reader-turns-on-chrome-translate-2hn3

Animating CSS Grid Layouts with CSS Anchor Positioning

At CSS Day (back in June), someone asked me how Brave (the browser) might have built their New Tab Page which features some tiles laid out in a grid. While the grid is nothing spectacular, something special happens with it when you resize the viewport: as the available space changes, the grid nicely reorganizes itself in an animated way. The animations are also interruptible, so no View Transitions seem to be at play.So, how did they do it? I’m not sure. But if I were to recreate it, I’d use CSS Anchor Positioning with regular CSS Transitions on top.

https://www.bram.us/2026/09/07/animating-css-grid-layouts-with-css-anchor-positioning/

React 19.3

The library for web and native user interfaces

https://react.dev/blog/2026/09/09/react-19-3

Turning Names Into Digital Architecture with Three.js

For the Three.js Conference in Paris, BL/S® created an interactive experiment that transforms your name into a dynamic 3D structure.

https://tympanus.net/codrops/2026/09/09/turning-names-into-digital-architecture-with-three-js/

Let’s Use the Emergent CSS random() Function in all the Browsers

The journey to create a polyfill for the upcoming CSS random() function that works in all browsers.

https://css-tricks.com/css-random-function-polyfill/

thank u, next: Replacing Next.js with a vibe-coded “framework”

Replacing Next.js with a vibe-coded "framework"

https://maxleiter.com/blog/thank-u-next

Building a Real-Time 3D Face Mask with MediaPipe, Threlte and Three.js

Learn how MediaPipe’s face landmarks, Google’s canonical face model, and Three.js come together to create a real-time textured 3D face mask.

https://tympanus.net/codrops/2026/09/06/building-a-real-time-3d-face-mask-with-mediapipe-threlte-and-three-js/

What happens when Bun runs a TypeScript file

Follow bun run app.ts through CLI dispatch, module resolution, TypeScript transpilation, JavaScriptCore, Node compatibility, and the event loop.

https://flaviocopes.com/what-happens-when-bun-runs-typescript/

From Rays to Meshes: Building Vercel’s Prism with vgpu

A look at how Vercel’s vgpu creates a performant prism effect using shaders, geometry, glass, and adaptive rendering.

https://tympanus.net/codrops/2026/09/03/from-rays-to-meshes-building-vercels-prism-with-vgpu/

I tested 5 AI tools for refactoring CSS: Here’s what I learned

Tested ChatGPT, Claude, Copilot, Cursor, and Gemini across 7 tricky CSS traps. Discover which AI assistant refactors stylesheets without breaking UI.

https://blog.logrocket.com/ai-tool-refactor-css/

Bend, Aim, Fling: Turning the Eiffel Tower into a Catapult with Three.js

A playful Three.js experiment that turns the Eiffel Tower into a catapult, combining interactive physics with real-world 3D data from Cesium ion to launch yourself across Paris toward the Three.js conference.

https://tympanus.net/codrops/2026/09/01/bend-aim-fling-turning-the-eiffel-tower-into-a-catapult-with-three-js/

CSS is Still Awesome

Every so often it just hits me how amazing CSS continues to be.

https://jasonsantamaria.com/blog/css-is-still-awesome

Vitest 5.0 is out! ​

Vitest 5.0 Release Announcement

https://vitest.dev/blog/vitest-5.html

On animating what you can’t see

When an animation bug survives every timing tweak, record it frame by frame and check which layer actually owns the view.

https://karlkoch.me/writing/on-animating-what-you-cant-see/