Ahmad Shadeed

Some do learn it but don't know where to use it..

Seriously, learn grid and you will find that it's worth your time 😄

Two days ago, I sent a newsletter announcing the release date of my CSS course and asked for beta testers.

The response was beyond anything I expected. I spent ~3 hours reading every email and making some really tough decisions on who to select.

Grateful for everyone who volunteered. 🙏

Glad to hear that 🙏 Thank youu

The Layout Maestro An interactive course focused on how to think, build, and test a layout with real-world examples.

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An illustration shows a card with text going out of its container, and a broken leg. Underneath, there is a "Fix me" button.

Having so much fun fine-tuning my CSS layout course landing page! 🤩

Now that's what I call a select demo.

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The Layout Maestro An interactive course focused on how to think, build, and test a layout with real-world examples.

ALL of the newsletter subscribers will get a discount on launch:
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The Layout Maestro course is shaping its final state, and I have a release date in mind! Details soon. 🤩

I'm really looking forward to this. The amount of work is something I haven't done before. For example, I spent 2 hours today on refining one of the flexbox demos to make it even clearer 👌

Alma (5 years) asked to skip kindergarten today, and we said yes. During the day, she made chocolate bars with her mom and told her: "This is what I call عطلة."

In Arabic, عطلة (utla) means a holiday or a day off. She literally mixed English and Arabic because she was so excited! 😅

My CSS Day talk “Smart Layouts” is live on Youtube 😄

🎉 Looking for new work.

15 years front-end dev + Design Systems specialist.

I help folks build, maintain & transform design systems.

I'm also available for focused projects, front-end builds, codebase modernisation.

Short to long term.

Let's chat - stu@alwaystwisted.com

reposts appreciated <3

"No hype, no AI slop, just high quality, pragmatic education"

100% this.

My pleasure, Josh. Keep the great work coming! ❤️

A new masterpiece by the one and only, @joshwcomeau.com 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟

The Too Early Breakpoint An opinion on why we shouldn't switch to the smallest design too early.

It’s so common to see “mobile” views on larger viewports. Ahmad explains the problem well here, with some nice solutions, but I’ve gotta say you don’t experience this often (or at all) with configurable, composable layouts.

ishadeed.com/article/too-...

Issue #634 - CSS Weekly Learn how to easily solve annoying problems using CSS, how to visually connect related elements using Anchor Positioning, what Too Early Breakpoints are, and more.

CSS Weekly #634
😾 Solve annoying problems using CSS
📏 Connect elements using Anchor Positioning
🎥 Create performance-optimized video embeds
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Featuring @kevinpowell.co, @ishadeed.com, @stfbauer.bsky.social, @aarontgrogg.com, @aardrian.bsky.social, @alvaromontoro.com. 🙏

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The Layout Maestro An interactive course focused on how to think, build, and test a layout with real-world examples.

If you are a web designer, front end developer, design engineer, then this course if for you! Sign up for updates:
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A screenshot with tables showing the number of demos in the course. First table is for Demo Components and the second is for the embed iFrameDemos.

I grepped my upcoming CSS course to count how my interactive demos are there and the total is 69 unique components and 238 variations.

Adding on that, there are 53+ demos in the building module. Total is 360! 🤯

I think that gives an idea about the level of effort. Excited!

📝 New CSS Article!

If you want to understand the magic behind that elastic effect, check my latest article @frontendmasters.com

frontendmasters.com/blog/how-to-...

Not really useful effect, but you might learn more about new CSS features.

Glad you are feeling better! Thank you 🙏

Polypane 28: Project improvements, Elements panel updates and Chromium 146 | Polypane The first release of 2026 comes with plenty of improvements to Projects, the new Environments feature prevents you from confusing production for localhost, the…

Polypane 28 is here!

This first release of 2026 comes with plenty of improvements to Projects, the new Environments feature prevents you from confusing production for localhost, the Elements panel is faster and more powerful than ever, and it now runs on Chromium 146.

polypane.app/blog/polypan...

Thanks Eric!

Recently, I’ve been feeling constant fatigue. I went to the lab, and the doctor diagnosed a severe Vitamin D deficiency.

I'm starting my supplements today and can’t wait to feel the difference in 2-3 weeks! 🙌

The CSS Selection - 2026 Edition - Project Wallace The CSS Selection shows real-world CSS usage from over 100,000 websites and looks at the most important metrics.

Announcing The CSS Selection!

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📚 100,000 websites
⏱️ 100+ metrics
🔖 7 chapters

The biggest deep-dive ever into real-world use of CSS across the globe. Dive in and find out some hidden gems. Also, see how much of 'the new CSS' is actually used!

❌ Drawing with CSS

✅ Drawing with a milk pitcher

100% yes!

And can I also say that Josh work is *very* inspiring? He raised the bar so much for technical blog posts. 💜

I saw their code and I was like whaat? Great pen! 👌