Writing about CSS, JavaScript, and the web platform by Dom Jay - a developer and writer based in the UK.https://dominickjay.com/https://dominickjay.com/writing/content-flow-with-reading-order/https://dominickjay.com/writing/content-flow-with-reading-order/Your CSS is lying to some of your users. Here's the property that fixes it.Mon, 16 Jun 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://dominickjay.com/writing/css-object-fit/https://dominickjay.com/writing/css-object-fit/The five values, which one you'll actually use, and why cover is almost always the answerWed, 20 Oct 2021 00:00:00 GMThttps://dominickjay.com/writing/css-scope/https://dominickjay.com/writing/css-scope/How @scope finally gives CSS the style boundaries it's always needed - and why that means BEM can retire.Sat, 15 Feb 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://dominickjay.com/writing/deploying-a-nextjs-boilerplate-to-netlify/https://dominickjay.com/writing/deploying-a-nextjs-boilerplate-to-netlify/Setting up the Netlify CLI to deploy a Next application to NetlifyWed, 03 Nov 2021 00:00:00 GMThttps://dominickjay.com/writing/imposter-syndrome-real-developer/https://dominickjay.com/writing/imposter-syndrome-real-developer/Why does an industry full of creative, successful professionals make so many of them feel like they're just getting away with a con?Wed, 26 Nov 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://dominickjay.com/writing/2022-in-review/https://dominickjay.com/writing/2022-in-review/A public reflection of 2022, both professionally and personally.Fri, 30 Dec 2022 00:00:00 GMThttps://dominickjay.com/writing/default-apps/https://dominickjay.com/writing/default-apps/There’s been a trend recently of writing up a list of default apps, stemming from a recent podcast, so here I am, jumping on that trend!Mon, 13 Nov 2023 00:00:00 GMThttps://dominickjay.com/writing/font-palette/https://dominickjay.com/writing/font-palette/Don't like some of the colors used on a variable font? Don't stand for it (...unless the options aren't provided anyway, in which case fall in line)Thu, 09 Mar 2023 00:00:00 GMThttps://dominickjay.com/writing/lets-react-create-react-app/https://dominickjay.com/writing/lets-react-create-react-app/A deep dive into Create React App - a tool for building single page applicationsThu, 17 Feb 2022 00:00:00 GMThttps://dominickjay.com/writing/level-up-your-styles-with-css-variables/https://dominickjay.com/writing/level-up-your-styles-with-css-variables/The four behaviours that make custom properties more than just variables.Tue, 17 Aug 2021 00:00:00 GMThttps://dominickjay.com/writing/line-clamp/https://dominickjay.com/writing/line-clamp/How line-clamp truncates text in four lines of CSS - no JS, no npm package, no polyfill needed.Thu, 23 Feb 2023 00:00:00 GMThttps://dominickjay.com/writing/mastering-image-ratios-object-fit/https://dominickjay.com/writing/mastering-image-ratios-object-fit/Stop the jumps: the two-line CSS fix that kills CLS for goodWed, 26 Nov 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://dominickjay.com/writing/page-turners-2025-05-28/https://dominickjay.com/writing/page-turners-2025-05-28/A list of links and demos I've collected over May 2025, with the intention of posting monthlyThu, 29 May 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://dominickjay.com/writing/page-turners-2025-07-31/https://dominickjay.com/writing/page-turners-2025-07-31/A list of links and demos I've collected over July 2025, with the intention of posting monthlyThu, 31 Jul 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://dominickjay.com/writing/page-turners-2025-06-30/https://dominickjay.com/writing/page-turners-2025-06-30/A list of links and demos I've collected over June 2025, with the intention of posting monthlyMon, 30 Jun 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://dominickjay.com/writing/page-turners-2025-08-31/https://dominickjay.com/writing/page-turners-2025-08-31/A list of links and demos I've collected over September 2025, with the intention of posting monthlyMon, 01 Sep 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://dominickjay.com/writing/page-turners-2025-10-31/https://dominickjay.com/writing/page-turners-2025-10-31/A list of links and demos I've collected over November 2025, with the intention of posting monthlyFri, 31 Oct 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://dominickjay.com/writing/page-turners-2025-11-27/https://dominickjay.com/writing/page-turners-2025-11-27/A list of links and demos I've collected over November 2025, with the intention of posting monthlyThu, 27 Nov 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://dominickjay.com/writing/page-turners-2026-03-30/https://dominickjay.com/writing/page-turners-2026-03-30/This months page turners have articles written by Terry Godier, David Bushell, Nicole Sullivan, Stuart Robson and Abbey Perini. Plus a crazy video of a CSS game and a unique portfolio site.Mon, 30 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://dominickjay.com/writing/page-turners-april/https://dominickjay.com/writing/page-turners-april/A collection of articles I've read over April 2024, with the intention of posting monthlyThu, 25 Apr 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://dominickjay.com/writing/page-turners-february/https://dominickjay.com/writing/page-turners-february/A collection of articles I`ve read over February 2024, with the intention of posting monthlySat, 09 Mar 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://dominickjay.com/writing/page-turners-june/https://dominickjay.com/writing/page-turners-june/A collection of articles I've read over June 2024, with the intention of posting monthlyTue, 25 Jun 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://dominickjay.com/writing/page-turners-march/https://dominickjay.com/writing/page-turners-march/A collection of articles I've read over March 2024, with the intention of posting monthlySun, 31 Mar 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://dominickjay.com/writing/page-turners-may/https://dominickjay.com/writing/page-turners-may/A collection of articles I've read over May 2024, with the intention of posting monthlySat, 25 May 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://dominickjay.com/writing/replace-gsap-wth-scroll-animations/https://dominickjay.com/writing/replace-gsap-wth-scroll-animations/I was interested in picking up some new CSS tricks, and there’s been a lot of talk recently about scroll driven animations. Feeling inspired during a weekend away, I dug around on Codepen for some and came across this pen from Ryan Mulligan (hexagoncircle).Mon, 27 Nov 2023 00:00:00 GMThttps://dominickjay.com/writing/selecting-all-siblings-with-has/https://dominickjay.com/writing/selecting-all-siblings-with-has/Reaching an element's siblings in CSS used to be tough. :has() changes everything.Wed, 26 Apr 2023 00:00:00 GMThttps://dominickjay.com/writing/spotlight-april-2024/https://dominickjay.com/writing/spotlight-april-2024/Highlights from the monthWed, 01 May 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://dominickjay.com/writing/spotlight-march-2024/https://dominickjay.com/writing/spotlight-march-2024/Highlights from the monthSun, 31 Mar 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://dominickjay.com/writing/starting-2024/https://dominickjay.com/writing/starting-2024/I read Rach Smith's post 'a work from home reset for the new year' and had a thought about how I want to start the year off professionally.Tue, 02 Jan 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://dominickjay.com/writing/the-aesthetics-of-code/https://dominickjay.com/writing/the-aesthetics-of-code/We can describe code that works. We struggle to describe code that's good. This is an attempt at the difference.Fri, 13 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://dominickjay.com/writing/the-feed-never-stops/https://dominickjay.com/writing/the-feed-never-stops/The anxiety that you're not keeping up isn't a personal failing - it's the predictable result of measuring yourself against a target that has never existed.Sun, 26 Oct 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://dominickjay.com/writing/weeknotes-april-12-18/https://dominickjay.com/writing/weeknotes-april-12-18/Highlights from the weekSun, 18 Apr 2021 00:00:00 GMThttps://dominickjay.com/writing/weeknotes-april-19-25/https://dominickjay.com/writing/weeknotes-april-19-25/Highlights from the weekSun, 25 Apr 2021 00:00:00 GMThttps://dominickjay.com/writing/weeknotes-february-14-20/https://dominickjay.com/writing/weeknotes-february-14-20/Highlights from the weekSun, 20 Feb 2022 00:00:00 GMThttps://dominickjay.com/writing/weeknotes-february-21-27/https://dominickjay.com/writing/weeknotes-february-21-27/Highlights from the weekSun, 27 Feb 2022 00:00:00 GMThttps://dominickjay.com/writing/weeknotes-february-28-06/https://dominickjay.com/writing/weeknotes-february-28-06/Highlights from the weekSun, 06 Mar 2022 00:00:00 GMThttps://dominickjay.com/writing/weeknotes-march-14-20/https://dominickjay.com/writing/weeknotes-march-14-20/Highlights from the weekMon, 14 Mar 2022 00:00:00 GMThttps://dominickjay.com/writing/weeknotes-october-23-29/https://dominickjay.com/writing/weeknotes-october-23-29/Highlights from the weekMon, 23 Oct 2023 00:00:00 GMT