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Yes, but coverage outside the US is surprisingly sparse. Many European countries (Italy, Spain, France, Germany, Greece…) have fewer than 20 points of interest each.
Re:Small, native web tricks worth remembering on Saturday August 22, 2026 @12:00PM (#49401026)
Message received loud and clear.

Just to clarify why there aren’t any demos right now: I originally built the site mostly for myself, as a quick reminder for simple things whose syntax is easy to forget.

The use case was simple: I have my editor open, quickly check the site, copy those 2 or 3 lines, and get back to work, already knowing exactly what they do.

Sharing it publicly came later, so demos/screenshots weren’t really part of the original idea.

That said, I’m happy to take the criticism on board, even if I don’t always agree with the delivery :)

Re:Small, native web tricks worth remembering on Friday August 21, 2026 @12:41PM (#49390652)
It wasn’t, but I’d be curious to know what specifically gave you that impression.
Re:Small, native web tricks worth remembering on Friday August 21, 2026 @12:36PM (#49390586)
You’re right: it doesn’t identify the device type, so the title is misleading.

The intended point is that device type is often the wrong thing to detect: a touchscreen laptop may expose both coarse and fine pointers, while a tablet may be connected to a mouse or trackpad. The snippet detects available input capabilities instead, which is usually what the interface should respond to.

I wasn’t particularly careful with the titles, but this one should be "Detect input capabilities". Thanks for the heads-up!

Re:Small, native web tricks worth remembering on Friday August 21, 2026 @11:17AM (#49389438)
Features built directly into the browser, without requiring a framework or third-party library.

If the term is confusing, I’m open to better wording.

Re:Small, native web tricks worth remembering on Friday August 21, 2026 @11:14AM (#49389403)
Agree to disagree. I don’t think preferring an in-place reveal makes navigation to a dedicated page a cheap UI/UX decision, it was a deliberate choice.

Each note has a stable URL that can be shared or bookmarked and can be indexed independently. A dedicated page also leaves room for longer content or links to related notes.

Flip interactions also behave differently on touch devices and require more care around keyboard accessibility. It’s a valid alternative, but I don’t see navigation to a standalone document as something inherently undesirable on the web.

Re:Small, native web tricks worth remembering on Friday August 21, 2026 @10:57AM (#49389122)
Yeah, it makes perfect sense. It’s definitely on my "I really should do this, but…" list.
Re:Small, native web tricks worth remembering on Friday August 21, 2026 @10:03AM (#49388231)
Not AI, just not a native speaker.
Re:Small, native web tricks worth remembering on Friday August 21, 2026 @10:01AM (#49388214)
I often end up there by accident and have a laugh every time.
Re:Small, native web tricks worth remembering on Friday August 21, 2026 @06:50AM (#49386276)
If you mean the "Hide scrollbars" note, I agree 100% (:

There are a few specific situations where it can be useful, but I added the caveat precisely because it’s generally not a good practice.

Re:Small, native web tricks worth remembering on Friday August 21, 2026 @06:37AM (#49386185)
You’re absolutely right, thanks for the feedback. I initially included live examples (mostly through CodePen), but they were taking too much time to maintain, so I stopped.

The Bash entry was really just a half-finished personal note that I never properly edited. It’s probably out of scope too.

Re:Small, native web tricks worth remembering on Friday August 21, 2026 @06:19AM (#49386070)
That’s fair, "tricks" may be overselling it. The website is meant to be a small, opinionated collection of features I want to remember, not a replacement for an authoritative reference like MDN. I can probably make that positioning clearer.
Re:HTML Can Do That on Friday August 21, 2026 @05:18AM (#49385682)
This article is very close to the idea behind a small website I’ve been maintaining mostly as a reference for myself, but which others might find useful too: https://htmlcat.net

It’s a collection of short "post-it" notes about useful native HTML, CSS, and JavaScript features. It seemed directly relevant to the thread.

Corrections and suggestions are very welcome!

Re:CSS: Unavoidable Bad Parts on Thursday June 11, 2026 @04:12AM (#48487682)
Bad: responsive design

Uhmmm, ok

Re:I Hate Tailwind and Love Bootstrap on Saturday April 11, 2026 @05:30AM (#47729031)
I do not think the comparison really holds up.

Tailwind can produce wildly different and highly customized results; Bootstrap generally cannot. They are different approaches, and preferences are obviously valid, but I do not think they are really comparable in that sense.

Personally, I think vanilla CSS is great, but Tailwind offers a similar level of versatility while also making the way styles are written more uniform, which matters when you are working in a team and do not want everyone reinventing the wheel.

And with components, I do not think the repetition is nearly as bad as people claim.

Re:Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (March 2026) on Tuesday March 03, 2026 @12:52PM (#47236096)
Location: Padova, Italy

Remote: Yes

Willing to relocate: No

Technologies: HTML, CSS, JS, PHP / Tailwind CSS, React / Kirby CMS, Laravel, Astro / Figma, Design System

Résumé/CV: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1SDfANuQWNheaSgmlGeOScBXe... (personal website: https://marcomezzavilla.com)

Email: [email protected]

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Design engineer. I build and improve digital products, from interface design to code. I am neither a designer nor a pure developer; I feel most comfortable in the middle ground.

Show HN: Rate the Aura of Public Figures

https://aura.marcomezzavilla.com/

A small social experiment.You can give a positive or negative “aura” vote to public figures (living only).The idea came from watching people obsess over rankings during a big music festival here in Italy. Since I wasn’t that interested in the show itself, I spent a few evenings building this instead.Curious to see what the internet thinks.(Hope I don’t get sued)

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Show HN: Tearoff – tear-off flyers for the internet

https://tearoff.app

Hey HN,I'm a solo dev and I built this mostly because I thought it would be fun to make.Tearoff brings the classic paper flyer with tear-off tabs to the internet. Create a digital flyer, add tabs with discount codes, hidden messages, access links, or contact info, and share it as a single link. When someone grabs a tab, it's gone for everyone.I built it because I always liked the physicality of...

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Re:Built a bare-bones bookmark manager with boring tech on Friday December 05, 2025 @02:59PM (#46166491)
I've built a minimal bookmark manager (https://pin.garden) that I've been using myself. It’s fast, bare-bones, and distraction-free. No animations, a single font, no images. I intentionally used "boring" tech: PHP and a flat-file CMS. Now I'm curious to see how much traffic it can handle before it breaks.

You can check the live stats here: https://cloud.umami.is/share/XqWkO0u0Jmc0DZuv

Re:Flat-file CMS Kirby launched version 3 on Friday January 18, 2019 @09:31AM (#18939507)
Kirby is by far the most fun CMS I've ever worked with.

I’m really impressed by its unrivalled flexibility when it comes to managing content. Everything about Kirby feels refined, functional and consistent. Congratulations to the whole team for the excellent work!