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CSS @scope retires BEM, CSS Modules, and CSS-in-JS

CSS @scope retires BEM, CSS Modules, and CSS-in-JS

CSS @scope scopes selectors to DOM subtrees, retiring BEM naming conventions and CSS Modules build tooling with pure native, browser-level style scoping.

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Gitea vs Forgejo, which self-hosted Git server to pick

Gitea vs Forgejo in 2026 compared on governance, license, and features, plus why the drop-in upgrade between the two Git servers no longer works.

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Ask for a flange and CAD Skills hands you a STEP file

Text to CAD agent skills turn a plain sentence into a STEP file, with 11 skills covering CAD, DXF, URDF, slicing, and local Bambu Lab print jobs.

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Qwen3.8-Max matches Claude Opus 4.8 and might go open

Qwen3.8-Max pricing lands at $2/$6 per million tokens, matches Claude Opus 4.8 on intelligence, and promises open weights for a Max-class model.

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Lazy loading cuts your initial JavaScript weight by 60%

Lazy load images with loading=lazy, components with dynamic import(), and routes with code splitting to shed 60% of initial JS weight and fix LCP.

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Grok 4.6 undercuts Claude and GPT and still keeps pace

Grok 4.6 pricing lands at $2/$6 per million tokens and ties GPT-5.6 Sol on intelligence while undercutting Claude Opus 5 by about 2.4x per task.

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