CSS-Tricks has a new owner

Posted by edent 17 hours ago

CSS-Tricks has a new owner(css-tricks.com)

451 points | 99 commentspage 3

elxr 13 hours ago|

CSS tricks is a shining testament to consistency and not falling for trend-chasing. I love how laser focused they are on covering purely CSS and making it fun to keep up with CSS news. Sounds like they're on a good path right now, and he's convinced in his choice to take full control.

Super happy the site.

thallavajhula 13 hours ago||

There was a time when any CSS related question I'd type into Google would ultimately lead to CSS-Tricks.com.

anonymous344 14 hours ago||

quite brave move, when it looks like it's not worth to learn anything anymore, wont get a job anyways and stores are flooded with apps.. and ww3 is going on..

fitsumbelay 15 hours ago||

Renaming guest writers "urkels" is pretty cute

"You urkel, yet? I've no idea why I waited so long ..."

"Duuuude just urkel and boost your professional/career visibility"

felineflock 11 hours ago||

Better preserve the current CSS-Tricks in archive.org or some other place before it is changed too much.

paaloeye 10 hours ago||

Having read it, I still don't know if it is a good or bad news

rrmdp 10 hours ago||

oh I remember this one, learned and use CSS tricks from this website back in the day. I wonder how they plan to make a profit from it?

sixtyj 16 hours ago||

Independent publishing is very important but really tough, as curl can serve as an example.

Ads, affil, ebooks, membership, voluntary payments (Wikipedia’s fundraising header can be used as template)… Implement everything and don’t be shy.

firemelt 9 hours ago||

what ipo did the new owner do?

sobiolite 16 hours ago|

Good luck, I guess, but in 2026 "CSS Tricks" seems about as relevant as "PostScript Tricks" or "Office Open XML Tricks". Human manipulation of CSS is going to be, at best, a hobby for a few dedicated tinkerers. And I say that as someone who invested a significant amount of the last 20 years getting good at CSS.

petercooper 15 hours ago||

I don't really have a definitive answer, so this is more thinking out loud, but why do the Economist, Spectator, WSJ, NYT, or the like continue to do reasonably well?

News is everywhere now, and AI can do a reasonable job guiding me on any economic or political topic I might care about. Yet.. named authors with track records or strong personalities/opinions still seem to draw readers and have value, and maybe CSS Tricks is mildly like that in some niches.

npn 15 hours ago|||

???

CSS tricks was never about only css, it also had js, html, design and other tips, too.

Pretty useful to catch up with webdev related new features

Rapzid 9 hours ago|||

What was your go to source for deep dive articles into new and proposed CSS features? Where did you get your first flex box and grid deep dives?

zulban 15 hours ago||

I think it's very ominous that their post doesn't even directly mention AI generated CSS.

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