This week's top 5 posts in Frontend and AI that you need to know -
1️⃣ What's happening in Modern CSS? by Daniel Schwarz. CSS now has randomness, anchor positioning, and clip-path tricks that replace entire JavaScript libraries.
2️⃣ NEW TanStack Hotkeys Library by Web Dev Simplified - Add keyboard shortcuts with zero boilerplate, cross-platform modifier keys, and smart scoping built in.
3️⃣ The Hidden Cost of AI Code We Are All Dealing With by Addy Osmani - AI writes code faster than we can review it, and your team's understanding of the codebase quietly shrinks with every merge.
4️⃣ Why we rolled our own React Server Components framework by Josh Wilson - The Aha! team built their own RSC framework in under 1,000 lines and cut time-to-interactive by over 80%.
5️⃣ Why we banned React's useEffect by Alvin Sng - Most useEffect usage compensates for things React already handles better, and AI agents are making it worse by adding it "just in case."
Read the full post here - https://shrutikapoor.substack.com/p/top-5-in-frontend-and-ai-this-week