CSS-Tricks
Hacker ApprovedThe most recommended of 24 online tutorials
Long-running CSS tutorial site that helped many developers learn and keep up with new CSS features. Critics say the writing quality dropped after the acquisition.
Long-running CSS tutorial site that helped many developers learn and keep up with new CSS features. Critics say the writing quality dropped after the acquisition.
26 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 23
- criticize it
- 3
- approval share
- 88%
Recommended in 4 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: recommended
- September 2026: recommended
- October 2026: recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it carries the badge
- 23 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, met.
- 7.7 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 4 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
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What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Fun, approachable tutorials
“He just had a way of writing fun and approachable tutorials for this stuff”
Comment from 16 Sep 2026 in “CSS-Tricks in Limbo” “I remember learning the very basics of webdev from CSS Tricks.”
Comment from 26 Oct 2026 in “CSS-Tricks has a new owner” “CSS-Tricks are great resources for the tinkerer and imagineer”
Comment from 26 Oct 2026 in “CSS-Tricks has a new owner” - Comment from 26 Oct 2026 in “CSS-Tricks has a new owner”
Helped people get unstuck and start careers
“frequently reading for answers to the things I was stuck on getting the layout to work”
Comment from 15 Sep 2026 in “The CSS Zen Garden dream, finally shipped” “I owe Coyier and CSS Tricks a huge debt to getting my career started in the 2000s.”
Comment from 26 Oct 2026 in “CSS-Tricks has a new owner” “I think CSS-Tricks is a great resource and it has helped me over the years”
Comment from 26 Oct 2026 in “CSS-Tricks has a new owner” - Comment from 26 Oct 2026 in “CSS-Tricks has a new owner”
Keeps up with new CSS
“laser focused they are on covering purely CSS and making it fun to keep up with CSS news”
Comment from 26 Oct 2026 in “CSS-Tricks has a new owner” “CSS-Tricks is about learning what modern CSS can do, which is arguably still useful”
Comment from 26 Oct 2026 in “CSS-Tricks has a new owner” “Pretty useful to catch up with webdev related new features”
Comment from 26 Oct 2026 in “CSS-Tricks has a new owner” Good reference for CSS questions
“I really did admire CSS-Tricks when I was starting out and referenced their stuff often.”
Comment from 26 Oct 2026 in “CSS-Tricks has a new owner” “any CSS related question I'd type into Google would ultimately lead to CSS-Tricks.com”
Comment from 26 Oct 2026 in “CSS-Tricks has a new owner” “I love CSS-Tricks and have bookmarked a lot of their articles over the years.”
Comment from 26 Oct 2026 in “CSS-Tricks has a new owner”
Other online tutorials people recommend
The four most recommended other online tutorials, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CSS-TricksThis page | 23 | 3 | 88% | 4 | — | Approved |
| Beej's Guide to Network Programmingby Brian Hall | 16 | 1 | 94% | 7 | 23 yrs3 owners | Approved |
| Learn OpenGL | 15 | 3 | 83% | 3 | — | — |
| Let's Build a Compilerby Jack Crenshaw | 12 | 1 | 92% | 5 | — | Approved |
| Patterns.dev | 12 | 7 | 63% | 1 | — | — |
What people said
26 of the 27 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“I've had a soft spot for CSS-Tricks for over a decade. I grew up on it in my early career.”
“This is like buying the IRC channel #coding a few years after stack overflow has taken over”
“that's what css-tricks was good at, showing you what's possible more than the syntax”
“I really did admire CSS-Tricks when I was starting out and referenced their stuff often.”
“learned and use CSS tricks from this website back in the day”
“CSS-Tricks served me well over the years”
“laser focused they are on covering purely CSS and making it fun to keep up with CSS news”
“how awful it looks on mobile”
“any CSS related question I'd type into Google would ultimately lead to CSS-Tricks.com”
“I love CSS-Tricks and have bookmarked a lot of their articles over the years.”
“CSS-Tricks is about learning what modern CSS can do, which is arguably still useful”
“I'm glad it's back with someone who loves the craft, cares, can dedicate the time to it”
“Hopefully Geoff will give it the attention it deserves”
“Pretty useful to catch up with webdev related new features”
“CSS-Tricks are great resources for the tinkerer and imagineer”
“I owe Coyier and CSS Tricks a huge debt to getting my career started in the 2000s.”
“I think CSS-Tricks is a great resource and it has helped me over the years”
“I remember learning the very basics of webdev from CSS Tricks.”
“It is a great resource for humans.”
“He just had a way of writing fun and approachable tutorials for this stuff”
“without ranting about evil conservatives”
“frequently reading for answers to the things I was stuck on getting the layout to work”
“CSS Tricks was a massively useful resource.”
“The writing quality definitely dropped after the acquisition.”
“in itself it reflects a somewhat dated frontend design process”
“they don't want animations to be too distracting”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.