Rachel Andrew
@rachelandrew.bsky.social
Content lead for Chrome Web Developer Relations. Opinions (and cats) my own.
Eating cheese cubes on the KLM airplane heading to TPAC! Looking forward to a week with my friends-in-standards.
November 7, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Eating cheese cubes on the KLM airplane heading to TPAC! Looking forward to a week with my friends-in-standards.
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Looking for an amazing tech writer to join my org and write for Cash App. 100% remote. Spread the word!
block.xyz/careers/jobs...
block.xyz/careers/jobs...
Careers - Senior/Staff Technical Writer
Made up of Square, Cash App, Afterpay, TIDAL, Bitkey, and Proto, Block, Inc. builds technology to increase access to the global economy.
block.xyz
November 4, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Looking for an amazing tech writer to join my org and write for Cash App. 100% remote. Spread the word!
block.xyz/careers/jobs...
block.xyz/careers/jobs...
Quick trip to Mountain View for a meeting this week. Went for a pre-flight home run on the Bay Trail and saw the Pathfinder 1 airship! Sadly not in flight, but still quite exciting.
October 30, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Quick trip to Mountain View for a meeting this week. Went for a pre-flight home run on the Bay Trail and saw the Pathfinder 1 airship! Sadly not in flight, but still quite exciting.
Quick trip to Mountain View for a meeting this week. Went for a pre-flight home run on the Bay Trail and saw the Pathfinder 1 airship! Sadly not in flight, but still quite exciting.
October 30, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Quick trip to Mountain View for a meeting this week. Went for a pre-flight home run on the Bay Trail and saw the Pathfinder 1 airship! Sadly not in flight, but still quite exciting.
Having edited thousands of tech articles at this point, I've always been fascinated by how use of words, phrases, or patterns spread. It's not surprising given most of us are essentially untrained writers learning from the things we read. Now LLMs are just doing the same, at speed.
🗯️ quick writing advice
i’m seeing this pattern everywhere:
you’re not doing x
you’re doing y
it’s not just x
it’s y
it’s a great rhetorical technique but it’s a ‘tell’ of using llms because it’s _so_ overused (every other paragraph)
👉 cut back on using it & when you do, it’ll be more effective
i’m seeing this pattern everywhere:
you’re not doing x
you’re doing y
it’s not just x
it’s y
it’s a great rhetorical technique but it’s a ‘tell’ of using llms because it’s _so_ overused (every other paragraph)
👉 cut back on using it & when you do, it’ll be more effective
October 28, 2025 at 8:57 AM
Having edited thousands of tech articles at this point, I've always been fascinated by how use of words, phrases, or patterns spread. It's not surprising given most of us are essentially untrained writers learning from the things we read. Now LLMs are just doing the same, at speed.
In the Air France lounge at CDG, I have a very sore arm and I don't think that going to Mountain View for two days will help. But here we are, eating the French lounge cheese and praying for working airplane wifi.
October 27, 2025 at 7:27 AM
In the Air France lounge at CDG, I have a very sore arm and I don't think that going to Mountain View for two days will help. But here we are, eating the French lounge cheese and praying for working airplane wifi.
Reposted by Rachel Andrew
In 2017 I needed to create a grid of logos for Monotype requiring separators between items. I had to use pseudo-elements & "magic numbers" for simple lines 😩
In 2025: CSS finally solves this!
Styling the gap, with CSS
www.alwaystwisted.com/articles/sty...
In 2025: CSS finally solves this!
Styling the gap, with CSS
www.alwaystwisted.com/articles/sty...
Styling The gap with CSS
Make your components context-aware with CSS inherit(): learn how the new inherit() function lets components derive spacing, colour and motion from their container, reduce token bloat, and implement ro...
www.alwaystwisted.com
October 22, 2025 at 12:05 PM
In 2017 I needed to create a grid of logos for Monotype requiring separators between items. I had to use pseudo-elements & "magic numbers" for simple lines 😩
In 2025: CSS finally solves this!
Styling the gap, with CSS
www.alwaystwisted.com/articles/sty...
In 2025: CSS finally solves this!
Styling the gap, with CSS
www.alwaystwisted.com/articles/sty...
I was reading about people buying gold. I've never been the sort of person who could afford gold, so I wondered how you go about it. Turns out, online shopping www.royalmint.com/invest/bulli...
They deliver. I'm assuming with Evri, who will leave it behind someone else's bins.
They deliver. I'm assuming with Evri, who will leave it behind someone else's bins.
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www.royalmint.com
October 22, 2025 at 12:06 PM
I was reading about people buying gold. I've never been the sort of person who could afford gold, so I wondered how you go about it. Turns out, online shopping www.royalmint.com/invest/bulli...
They deliver. I'm assuming with Evri, who will leave it behind someone else's bins.
They deliver. I'm assuming with Evri, who will leave it behind someone else's bins.
I spend half my life in meetings on camera, so to make things more interesting I decorate my background. My current Halloween display includes a guide to Internet Explorer 4 that came with .net magazine in 1997.
October 17, 2025 at 4:28 PM
I spend half my life in meetings on camera, so to make things more interesting I decorate my background. My current Halloween display includes a guide to Internet Explorer 4 that came with .net magazine in 1997.
Reposted by Rachel Andrew
The #CSS WG is trying to name several properties that do similar things. One controls the length of a text-decoration line in relation to the text, the others control 'rule' lines in grid/flex/multi-column gaps.
Leave your feedback! (Note the poll spans two comments):
github.com/w3c/csswg-dr...
Leave your feedback! (Note the poll spans two comments):
github.com/w3c/csswg-dr...
[css-text-decor-4] Consider renaming `text-decoration-trim` · Issue #8402 · w3c/csswg-drafts
Besides the general discussion in #4557 to introduce a way to modify the length of the decoration, there was also some discussion around how to call the property. As I previously summarized, name s...
github.com
October 16, 2025 at 3:55 PM
The #CSS WG is trying to name several properties that do similar things. One controls the length of a text-decoration line in relation to the text, the others control 'rule' lines in grid/flex/multi-column gaps.
Leave your feedback! (Note the poll spans two comments):
github.com/w3c/csswg-dr...
Leave your feedback! (Note the poll spans two comments):
github.com/w3c/csswg-dr...
Question for home automation nerds, I have some older Philips Hue lights and the Hue Bridge, thinking about moving to an open platform. Perhaps getting a Home Assistant Green? Recommendations appreciated, I don't want to spend hours arsing about with it initially.
October 12, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Question for home automation nerds, I have some older Philips Hue lights and the Hue Bridge, thinking about moving to an open platform. Perhaps getting a Home Assistant Green? Recommendations appreciated, I don't want to spend hours arsing about with it initially.
Had a wander round some of the local history. Birdoswald Roman fort and Lanercost Priory.
October 11, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Had a wander round some of the local history. Birdoswald Roman fort and Lanercost Priory.
Reposted by Rachel Andrew
A lot has happened since Chrome shipped Same-Document View Transitions in 2023.
In 2024 we shipped Cross-Document VTs, added refinements such as `view-transition-class` and VT Types, and also welcomed Safari in adding VT support.
And this year … well, I wrote a post summing it all up.
In 2024 we shipped Cross-Document VTs, added refinements such as `view-transition-class` and VT Types, and also welcomed Safari in adding VT support.
And this year … well, I wrote a post summing it all up.
What's new in view transitions (2025 update) | Blog | Chrome for Developers
An overview of what changed for View Transitions in 2025
developer.chrome.com
October 8, 2025 at 11:31 AM
A lot has happened since Chrome shipped Same-Document View Transitions in 2023.
In 2024 we shipped Cross-Document VTs, added refinements such as `view-transition-class` and VT Types, and also welcomed Safari in adding VT support.
And this year … well, I wrote a post summing it all up.
In 2024 we shipped Cross-Document VTs, added refinements such as `view-transition-class` and VT Types, and also welcomed Safari in adding VT support.
And this year … well, I wrote a post summing it all up.
Reposted by Rachel Andrew
We've created a tool called the "Screen reader support look up tables" designed to help people quickly check how screen readers interpret HTML elements and attributes across multiple combinations of browser and screen reader.
HTML/SR Support lookup
tetralogical.github.io
October 8, 2025 at 10:41 AM
We've created a tool called the "Screen reader support look up tables" designed to help people quickly check how screen readers interpret HTML elements and attributes across multiple combinations of browser and screen reader.
The WebDX Community Group is hosting an AMA on the r/webdev subreddit tomorrow. This is the group behind the "State of ..." surveys and Baseline, so if you have questions about those initiatives—or anything else around developer experience, join us!
web.dev/blog/baselin...
web.dev/blog/baselin...
Join the WebDX CG for an AMA on Reddit | Blog | web.dev
Join the AMA on r/webdev on September 18 and ask us anything!
web.dev
September 17, 2025 at 7:43 PM
The WebDX Community Group is hosting an AMA on the r/webdev subreddit tomorrow. This is the group behind the "State of ..." surveys and Baseline, so if you have questions about those initiatives—or anything else around developer experience, join us!
web.dev/blog/baselin...
web.dev/blog/baselin...
I have varifocals for the first time. I'm now like "what even are eyes?" and "why is my desk all wavy?"
September 17, 2025 at 3:11 PM
I have varifocals for the first time. I'm now like "what even are eyes?" and "why is my desk all wavy?"
Between the time we launched the original Learn CSS course on web.dev and today, container queries landed in browsers and became Baseline Widely available! It was high time for an update, and we were lucky enough to have the team at OddBird work with us. Enjoy 9 new modules! web.dev/blog/learn-c...
A refresh of Learn CSS with nine new modules | Blog | web.dev
Our popular Learn CSS course has been updated with new modules covering the latest CSS features.
web.dev
September 9, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Between the time we launched the original Learn CSS course on web.dev and today, container queries landed in browsers and became Baseline Widely available! It was high time for an update, and we were lucky enough to have the team at OddBird work with us. Enjoy 9 new modules! web.dev/blog/learn-c...
Max here to help with post run stretching. Though really he's hoping to eat my yoga mat or foam roller.
September 7, 2025 at 7:43 AM
Max here to help with post run stretching. Though really he's hoping to eat my yoga mat or foam roller.
Another year of Interop improvements is coming up. Submit your proposals for features to be included in Interop 2026, and tell browsers what you most want to become Baseline next year. web.dev/blog/interop...
Make your proposals for Interop 2026 | Blog | web.dev
Find out about the progress of Interop 2025, and how to submit your ideas for 2026.
web.dev
September 5, 2025 at 9:12 AM
Another year of Interop improvements is coming up. Submit your proposals for features to be included in Interop 2026, and tell browsers what you most want to become Baseline next year. web.dev/blog/interop...
Reposted by Rachel Andrew
Show us your best tooling ideas to help developers adopt more modern web features!
Join the hackathon for your shot at $10,000 in cash prizes 🔥🔥
web.dev/blog/baselin...
Join the hackathon for your shot at $10,000 in cash prizes 🔥🔥
web.dev/blog/baselin...
The Baseline Tooling Hackathon starts now! | Blog | web.dev
Want to make the web better for a chance to win cash prizes? Join the Baseline Tooling Hackathon!
web.dev
September 2, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Show us your best tooling ideas to help developers adopt more modern web features!
Join the hackathon for your shot at $10,000 in cash prizes 🔥🔥
web.dev/blog/baselin...
Join the hackathon for your shot at $10,000 in cash prizes 🔥🔥
web.dev/blog/baselin...
My first race back up North. Chopwell Woods trail 10 mile. Over 1100 feet of elevation so I'm quite broken now.
August 31, 2025 at 1:35 PM
My first race back up North. Chopwell Woods trail 10 mile. Over 1100 feet of elevation so I'm quite broken now.
Lovely running weather this weekend. A short trail run straight up a hill yesterday, and early morning loops of town today.
August 24, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Lovely running weather this weekend. A short trail run straight up a hill yesterday, and early morning loops of town today.
I've taken an extra day off for this long weekend as it's time to tackle the garage where everything got dumped in the move. By the end of this I hope to have a workbench and storage out here.
August 22, 2025 at 8:18 AM
I've taken an extra day off for this long weekend as it's time to tackle the garage where everything got dumped in the move. By the end of this I hope to have a workbench and storage out here.
Reposted by Rachel Andrew
View Transitions are enabled by default in Firefox Nightly, so they're on their way to stable. Give it a test with your current transitions, and give me a shout if anything doesn't look right.
August 21, 2025 at 8:16 AM
View Transitions are enabled by default in Firefox Nightly, so they're on their way to stable. Give it a test with your current transitions, and give me a shout if anything doesn't look right.
The phrase "a spanner in the works" is never so relevant than when dealing with multicol, however we resolved a bunch of issues on block direction wrapping in the #CSSWG today.
August 20, 2025 at 2:17 PM
The phrase "a spanner in the works" is never so relevant than when dealing with multicol, however we resolved a bunch of issues on block direction wrapping in the #CSSWG today.