WeAreDevelopers LIVE - CSS is DOOMed

Forget what you know about CSS. One developer used it to render DOOM and even control a real-life flamethrower.

#1about 7 minutes

Exploring AI's impact on design tools and workflows

AI-powered design tools like Claude Design raise concerns about design homogenization and the long-term maintainability of generated code.

#2about 1 minute

Understanding why AI struggles with front-end development

AI models often fail at front-end development because they are trained on outdated code and lack the contextual understanding of user needs and progressive enhancement.

#3about 8 minutes

Creative possibilities with the new HTML in Canvas API

The new ability to render HTML inside a Canvas element unlocks advanced visual effects, accessible charts, and direct-to-image exports from the browser.

#4about 2 minutes

Addressing the aging PHP developer community

The PHP ecosystem faces a challenge as its developer base ages, prompting discussions on how to attract new talent to maintain critical open-source projects.

#5about 4 minutes

A showcase of weird and wonderful web experiments

Discover creative and unusual web projects, including storing data in a mouse's DPI register and installing all 84,000 Firefox extensions on one browser.

#6about 2 minutes

The pros and cons of JavaScript method chaining

Excessive method chaining in JavaScript can lead to unreadable and hard-to-debug code, highlighting the trade-off between conciseness and maintainability.

#7about 2 minutes

Navigating the AI era with new developer tools

Tools like Cloudflare's agent readiness checker and Slop Cop help developers prepare their sites for AI crawlers and avoid AI-generated writing clichés.

#8about 6 minutes

Creative coding with JS Paint and programmatic video

Explore creative tools built on web technologies, such as a full-featured MS Paint clone in JavaScript and a library for generating videos programmatically with HTML.

#9about 4 minutes

Playing a game of Fake or News with tech headlines

A fun quiz challenges participants to distinguish between real and fabricated technology news headlines, from AI scheming to smart glass coaching.

#10about 10 minutes

Building the classic game Doom entirely in CSS

A deep dive into recreating the 3D environment of Doom using only CSS, leveraging modern features like math functions and 3D transforms for rendering.

#11about 5 minutes