ppk 🇪🇺
@ppkoch.bsky.social
technical writer - #browser expert - #cssday and #perfnow conference organiser - #history geek - former Later Roman Empire specialist - native of #Amsterdam
Today's first job done. New CSS Day speakers announced.
Today's second job is rehearsing and upgrading my old Browser History presentation that I'm going to run for students on Thursday.
Today's second job is rehearsing and upgrading my old Browser History presentation that I'm going to run for students on Thursday.
February 17, 2026 at 2:46 PM
Today's first job done. New CSS Day speakers announced.
Today's second job is rehearsing and upgrading my old Browser History presentation that I'm going to run for students on Thursday.
Today's second job is rehearsing and upgrading my old Browser History presentation that I'm going to run for students on Thursday.
Grid: for creating containers for fluid content to fill
Flexbox: for stacking rigid blocks of content in the most efficient way possible
Does this even make sense?
Intuitively, grid is rigid and flexbox is fluid. But it's the other way around for their contents?
???
#vagueCSS
Flexbox: for stacking rigid blocks of content in the most efficient way possible
Does this even make sense?
Intuitively, grid is rigid and flexbox is fluid. But it's the other way around for their contents?
???
#vagueCSS
February 13, 2026 at 11:34 PM
Grid: for creating containers for fluid content to fill
Flexbox: for stacking rigid blocks of content in the most efficient way possible
Does this even make sense?
Intuitively, grid is rigid and flexbox is fluid. But it's the other way around for their contents?
???
#vagueCSS
Flexbox: for stacking rigid blocks of content in the most efficient way possible
Does this even make sense?
Intuitively, grid is rigid and flexbox is fluid. But it's the other way around for their contents?
???
#vagueCSS
Reposted by ppk 🇪🇺
silicon valley wants you to think the future is a forced reallocation of wealth via the rental of planet-killing xerox machines
well i have SEEN the future and it is someone charmingly loredumping Big Opinions about dessert i do not remotely care about
well i have SEEN the future and it is someone charmingly loredumping Big Opinions about dessert i do not remotely care about
February 12, 2026 at 5:41 PM
silicon valley wants you to think the future is a forced reallocation of wealth via the rental of planet-killing xerox machines
well i have SEEN the future and it is someone charmingly loredumping Big Opinions about dessert i do not remotely care about
well i have SEEN the future and it is someone charmingly loredumping Big Opinions about dessert i do not remotely care about
Looking for examples of things you can do with grid that you cannot do with flexbox.
Has anyone found any? Bonus points for nice, well-written articles.
Has anyone found any? Bonus points for nice, well-written articles.
February 10, 2026 at 12:46 PM
Looking for examples of things you can do with grid that you cannot do with flexbox.
Has anyone found any? Bonus points for nice, well-written articles.
Has anyone found any? Bonus points for nice, well-written articles.
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Been saying this for a while but the really exciting stuff on the web right now is all about how things we used to need JS for can now be done with pure CSS.
There are a lot of opportunities to cut out client side bloat.
There are a lot of opportunities to cut out client side bloat.
February 4, 2026 at 4:32 AM
Been saying this for a while but the really exciting stuff on the web right now is all about how things we used to need JS for can now be done with pure CSS.
There are a lot of opportunities to cut out client side bloat.
There are a lot of opportunities to cut out client side bloat.
Please name your favourite I-used-to-do-this-with-JavaScript-but-now-I-don't-need-to CSS properties/functionalities.
February 4, 2026 at 11:34 AM
Please name your favourite I-used-to-do-this-with-JavaScript-but-now-I-don't-need-to CSS properties/functionalities.
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Are you using CSS Grid? If you write CSS & code layouts on the web, and not using Grid — why not?!?
I see so many sites that still use only Flexbox for 100% of their layout. 0% Grid.
Why?
What would help?
I hear people say it’s hard. Is it? What’s hard?
What do you want to learn about CSS Grid?
I see so many sites that still use only Flexbox for 100% of their layout. 0% Grid.
Why?
What would help?
I hear people say it’s hard. Is it? What’s hard?
What do you want to learn about CSS Grid?
February 3, 2026 at 10:07 PM
Are you using CSS Grid? If you write CSS & code layouts on the web, and not using Grid — why not?!?
I see so many sites that still use only Flexbox for 100% of their layout. 0% Grid.
Why?
What would help?
I hear people say it’s hard. Is it? What’s hard?
What do you want to learn about CSS Grid?
I see so many sites that still use only Flexbox for 100% of their layout. 0% Grid.
Why?
What would help?
I hear people say it’s hard. Is it? What’s hard?
What do you want to learn about CSS Grid?
Last week's food poisoning is well and truly gone, and even my elbow is behaving decently.
Now let's see ... work, how did one do that again?
Now let's see ... work, how did one do that again?
February 3, 2026 at 1:28 PM
Last week's food poisoning is well and truly gone, and even my elbow is behaving decently.
Now let's see ... work, how did one do that again?
Now let's see ... work, how did one do that again?
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Maybe AI is really a virus that spreads by making its host talk about how inevitable AI adoption is.
February 3, 2026 at 8:23 AM
Maybe AI is really a virus that spreads by making its host talk about how inevitable AI adoption is.
What were @adactio.com and @stephenhay.bsky.social up to here? They look like a mad scientist and his sidekick.
cssday.nl/2024/pix/pho...
cssday.nl/2024/pix/pho...
cssday.nl
January 30, 2026 at 2:47 PM
What were @adactio.com and @stephenhay.bsky.social up to here? They look like a mad scientist and his sidekick.
cssday.nl/2024/pix/pho...
cssday.nl/2024/pix/pho...
So Apple and Google are removing anti-ICE apps to get in good with Trumpistan.
"Big Tech is in the pockets of Trumpistan!"
OK, I get that. It's true.
But the obvious solution is to create a website and host it outside the US. That never appears to occur to anyone.
"Big Tech is in the pockets of Trumpistan!"
OK, I get that. It's true.
But the obvious solution is to create a website and host it outside the US. That never appears to occur to anyone.
January 30, 2026 at 12:40 PM
So Apple and Google are removing anti-ICE apps to get in good with Trumpistan.
"Big Tech is in the pockets of Trumpistan!"
OK, I get that. It's true.
But the obvious solution is to create a website and host it outside the US. That never appears to occur to anyone.
"Big Tech is in the pockets of Trumpistan!"
OK, I get that. It's true.
But the obvious solution is to create a website and host it outside the US. That never appears to occur to anyone.
Suddenly, out of the blue, missing the @cityjsconf.bsky.social crew.
Looked at the London dates, can't make it this year. 😔
Looked at the London dates, can't make it this year. 😔
January 30, 2026 at 10:09 AM
Suddenly, out of the blue, missing the @cityjsconf.bsky.social crew.
Looked at the London dates, can't make it this year. 😔
Looked at the London dates, can't make it this year. 😔
Well, CSS Day is live now ( https://cssday.nl ) and I've got a bunch of related things to do but unfortunately I'm ill and can hardly concentrate.
So the going will be very slow this time.
So the going will be very slow this time.
CSS Day 2026, 11th & 12th of June, Amsterdam
CSS Day is the conference for CSS designers, developers, spec writers, and browser vendors.
cssday.nl
January 27, 2026 at 10:52 AM
Well, CSS Day is live now ( https://cssday.nl ) and I've got a bunch of related things to do but unfortunately I'm ill and can hardly concentrate.
So the going will be very slow this time.
So the going will be very slow this time.
Let's not go to the World Cup.
NL only.
https://actie.degoedezaak.org/petitions/boycot-het-trump-wk-in-de-vs-1
NL only.
https://actie.degoedezaak.org/petitions/boycot-het-trump-wk-in-de-vs-1
Boycot het Trump-WK in de VS
Nu deelnemen aan een sportevenement alsof er niets aan de hand is, legitimeert Trumps expansieve politiek. Laat ons land en onze voetballers aan de goede kant van de geschiedenis staan. Hou onze jongens thuis.
Deze campagne is gestart nav een column in Vrij Nederland, zie de link hieronder.
actie.degoedezaak.org
January 24, 2026 at 11:22 PM
Let's not go to the World Cup.
NL only.
https://actie.degoedezaak.org/petitions/boycot-het-trump-wk-in-de-vs-1
NL only.
https://actie.degoedezaak.org/petitions/boycot-het-trump-wk-in-de-vs-1
Is there a way to detect if the scrollbar gutter is present or absent? There is no media/container query, I believe, and I thought those newfangled svw units would help, but they don''t.
January 23, 2026 at 12:51 PM
Is there a way to detect if the scrollbar gutter is present or absent? There is no media/container query, I believe, and I thought those newfangled svw units would help, but they don''t.
There's no media/container query to detect whether a scrollbar gutter is present, is there? I could really use one now.
January 23, 2026 at 12:39 PM
There's no media/container query to detect whether a scrollbar gutter is present, is there? I could really use one now.
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We started publishing the #cssday 2025 talks, one each Wednesday for the next 12 weeks.
Today: Cyd Stumpel
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rPXS...
Today: Cyd Stumpel
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rPXS...
CSS tried to come for my Job - Cyd Stumpel - CSS Day 2025
YouTube video by Web Conferences Amsterdam
www.youtube.com
January 21, 2026 at 2:46 PM
We started publishing the #cssday 2025 talks, one each Wednesday for the next 12 weeks.
Today: Cyd Stumpel
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rPXS...
Today: Cyd Stumpel
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rPXS...
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Say what you will about Hitler, at least he knew which countries he was invading.
January 21, 2026 at 2:26 PM
Say what you will about Hitler, at least he knew which countries he was invading.
"Can chatbots help [you make exams]? Yes, if you know how to use them. But if you do, chances are you don’t need chatbots."
https://ploum.net/2026-01-19-exam-with-chatbots.html
https://ploum.net/2026-01-19-exam-with-chatbots.html
Giving University Exams in the Age of Chatbots
Giving University Exams in the Age of Chatbots par Ploum - Lionel Dricot.
ploum.net
January 20, 2026 at 2:41 PM
"Can chatbots help [you make exams]? Yes, if you know how to use them. But if you do, chances are you don’t need chatbots."
https://ploum.net/2026-01-19-exam-with-chatbots.html
https://ploum.net/2026-01-19-exam-with-chatbots.html
Oh nice! Geert Wilders loses 7 of his 25 henchmen in parliament, who split off and created their own fraction.
January 20, 2026 at 1:53 PM
Oh nice! Geert Wilders loses 7 of his 25 henchmen in parliament, who split off and created their own fraction.
So instead of Americans firing weapons at Europeans ...
... we get some same-old-same-old tariff shit ...
... and now the EU erects some tariffs of its own that hurt the white trash in the fly-over states, and then the tariffs disappear ...
... which tells me we won this round ...
... so far.
... we get some same-old-same-old tariff shit ...
... and now the EU erects some tariffs of its own that hurt the white trash in the fly-over states, and then the tariffs disappear ...
... which tells me we won this round ...
... so far.
January 17, 2026 at 5:47 PM
So instead of Americans firing weapons at Europeans ...
... we get some same-old-same-old tariff shit ...
... and now the EU erects some tariffs of its own that hurt the white trash in the fly-over states, and then the tariffs disappear ...
... which tells me we won this round ...
... so far.
... we get some same-old-same-old tariff shit ...
... and now the EU erects some tariffs of its own that hurt the white trash in the fly-over states, and then the tariffs disappear ...
... which tells me we won this round ...
... so far.
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neolithic guys get pissed if you tell them their cultures are organized by the type of pots and jewelry they made. "we called ourselves the blood hunters" "we conquered villages far beyond this horizon" sorry bud you're the western linear pottery culture now
January 17, 2026 at 2:52 PM
neolithic guys get pissed if you tell them their cultures are organized by the type of pots and jewelry they made. "we called ourselves the blood hunters" "we conquered villages far beyond this horizon" sorry bud you're the western linear pottery culture now
1.5 hour massive blackout in half of Amsterdam, but they fixed it really quickly. Everything appears to be going back to normal.
January 14, 2026 at 4:28 PM
1.5 hour massive blackout in half of Amsterdam, but they fixed it really quickly. Everything appears to be going back to normal.
Thank goodness for the <nobr> tag. Was exactly what I needed.
January 14, 2026 at 2:10 PM
Thank goodness for the <nobr> tag. Was exactly what I needed.
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CSS Day is returning! cssday.nl
We will open #cssday ticket sales this month. Early-bird tickets will be announced first via our newsletter cssday.nl/subscribe; subscribe for the most affordable prices.
We will open #cssday ticket sales this month. Early-bird tickets will be announced first via our newsletter cssday.nl/subscribe; subscribe for the most affordable prices.
CSS Day 2026, 11th & 12th of June, Amsterdam
CSS Day is the conference for CSS designers, developers, spec writers, and browser vendors.
cssday.nl
January 14, 2026 at 10:04 AM
CSS Day is returning! cssday.nl
We will open #cssday ticket sales this month. Early-bird tickets will be announced first via our newsletter cssday.nl/subscribe; subscribe for the most affordable prices.
We will open #cssday ticket sales this month. Early-bird tickets will be announced first via our newsletter cssday.nl/subscribe; subscribe for the most affordable prices.