Journal topic

Tooling

Notes and curated resources tagged tooling.

Syntax FM – September 2026

GSAP: Killer Web Animations With Cassie Evans

Cassie Evans of GreenSock on what GSAP is, why creatives use it, and techniques for smooth, performant web animation. She moved from motion-graphics design into creative development.

tooling
craft
ui

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Cover artwork for “Understanding SVG Coordinate Systems and Transformations”

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Sara Soueidan – September 2026

Understanding SVG Coordinate Systems and Transformations

The canonical reference on viewBox, viewport and preserveAspectRatio. For anyone hand-tracing SVG paths, this is the foundation everything else rests on.

tooling
craft
engineering

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Cover artwork for “CSS Utility Classes and 'Separation of Concerns'”

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Adam Wathan – September 2026

CSS Utility Classes and 'Separation of Concerns'

The essay that started Tailwind CSS – an argument for utility-first styling over semantic class naming. Directly relevant to my own stack choices.

tooling
engineering
web-design

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Cover artwork for “From Figma to Production: The Modern Design-to-Code Pipeline in 2026”

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HorizonX – July 2026

From Figma to Production: The Modern Design-to-Code Pipeline in 2026

Overview of current design-to-code tools and what works in production. It helped me separate promising automation from production-ready practice – useful when choosing a dependable design-to-code workflow.

design-systems
design-to-code
tooling

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