Stop manually calculating HEX codes for your WordPress themes. In this guide, Ahmad Wael explains how CSS Relative Colour and the OKLCH color space allow you to build dynamic, maintainable, and animatable design systems. Learn how to use the ‘from’ keyword and @property to create professional, systemic color architectures.
CodePen slideVars is a native tool that auto-detects CSS custom properties and creates interactive UI panels for demos. Learn how to implement slideVars.init(), handle scoped variables, and navigate common unit-handling gotchas. A pragmatic guide for senior developers looking to speed up front-end prototyping and documentation.
Ahmad Wael discusses the upcoming CSS :drag pseudo-class and ::drag-image pseudo-element. Learn how these native selectors can replace messy JavaScript event listeners, improve frontend performance, and simplify your WordPress UI development by moving interaction logic directly into your stylesheets where it belongs.
Stop fighting your developers. A sustainable design system culture isn’t about better documentation or strict linting; it’s about aligning team assumptions with technical reality. Learn how Ahmad Wael transformed a failed $50k design system by shifting from enforcement to integration, making the right design choices the easiest path for the dev team.
Stop fighting redundant animations and global scope conflicts. Learn how a senior developer uses CSS Keyframes Tokens and custom properties to build a robust, accessible, and maintainable motion system. This guide covers everything from avoiding the “Global Scope Trap” to implementing automatic reduced-motion support at the system level for enterprise projects.
Stop using JavaScript for problems that CSS has already solved. Senior dev Ahmad Wael breaks down modern CSS features like @scope, field-sizing, and invoker commands that are now baseline. Learn why deleting code is the best way to improve site performance and reduce technical debt in 2025.
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