Guten Morgen!

Friday assorted links:

Effortless animations with CSS view transitions

Designing an appealing web page is always a bit of a challenge for me. But this time around I actually had a really good time, and really enjoyed dipping my toes into CSS View Transitions. Here's how I managed to add nice animations to my static personal website with just a few lines of CSS.

🔗 https://giacomocavalieri.me/writing/effortless-animations-with-css-view-transitions

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React has changed, your Hooks should too - Matt Smith

React Hooks have been around for years, but most codebases still use them the same way: a bit of useState, an overworked useEffect, and a lot of patterns that get copy-pasted without much thought. We’ve all been there.

🔗 https://allthingssmitty.com/2025/12/01/react-has-changed-your-hooks-should-too/