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4 pieces filed under “web platform”.

Engineering · 21 Aug 2026 · 10 min

View transitions in the wild: lovely, fragile, worth it

Eight projects in, we still love the View Transitions API — with our eyes open. Where it shines, how it fights your router, and the tiers that keep it honest.

animationUXprogressive enhancement

Engineering · 11 June 2026 · 10 min

Animation is engineering: shipping motion at 60fps

Motion at 60fps is an engineering discipline: compositor-only properties, FLIP for layout changes, when canvas or WebGL earn their weight, and testing.

animationperformanceweb platform

Engineering · 7 May 2026 · 11 min

Auth for content and commerce: passkeys, magic links, and the recovery flow

Passkeys, magic links, or passwords with rules? How we choose auth for content and commerce sites — and the account-recovery flows everyone forgets to design.

authenticationsecurityUX

Engineering · 11 Feb 2026 · 9 min

Baseline 2026: what the platform finally gives you

A working guide to web Platform Baseline in 2026: what you can ship without polyfills, how to read compat data, and a sane adoption policy for teams.

web platformCSSbrowsers