Defensive CSS and other tips

Muhammad Usman

06 Jul 2022

Today while browsing Hacker News, I found Defensive CSS which is a collection of helpful CSS tricks to make sure you’re not breaking your UI.

The website contains some very common pitfalls and their antidotes.

Below are some other helpful sites:

Flex Item from Lokesh Dhakar, an interactive flexbox UI to help you figure out what styles to use.
Masonry in CSS (or if you prefer Tailwind, go to this one →)
Guide to Dark mode

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