The Grammar of Negative Space
Emptiness in a layout is not the absence of design. It is the part of the design that tells the reader where to look, how fast to move, and when to stop.
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How a fluid simulation ends up on the front page of a blog theme without wrecking the performance budget — half-float buffers, a capped pixel ratio, and knowing when to stop drawing.
The Case for Zero JavaScript
An article page is a solved problem. Every kilobyte of script you add to one is a bet that you can rebuild the browser's own behaviour better than the browser does.
Reading at the Speed of Paper
Screens taught us to skim. A few old typographic constraints — measure, leading, contrast, and a serif that was drawn for text — can hand the page back its pace.
墨 — Ink and paper