Modern Web Development: Anchor Positioning, MCP Authentication, and CSS Evolution
Published on 05.11.2025
A Developer's Guide to MCP Auth
TLDR: WorkOS explains how to secure Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers using OAuth 2.1 with PKCE, addressing the critical security needs as AI agents gain more system access and capabilities.
A developer's guide to MCP auth
Perfectly Pointed Tooltips with Anchor Positioning
TLDR: Temani Afif demonstrates how CSS Anchor Positioning API eliminates JavaScript complexity in tooltip positioning, automatically handling edge detection and overflow prevention with pure CSS.
Perfectly Pointed Tooltips: A Foundation
Field Sizing: Dynamic Input Width Based on Content
TLDR: Ahmad Shadeed explores the field-sizing: content CSS property, which automatically sizes input fields and select elements based on their content, eliminating the need for JavaScript solutions.
Your URL Is Your State
TLDR: Ahmad Alfy argues that URLs are underutilized as state containers in modern web applications, offering shareability, bookmarkability, and browser history management that many state management solutions overlook.
WebKit Features for Safari 26.1
TLDR: Safari 26.1 introduces relative units support in SVG and numerous improvements to CSS Anchor Positioning, along with accessibility fixes and performance enhancements.
WebKit Features for Safari 26.1
The Inner Workings of JavaScript Source Maps
TLDR: Polar Signals provides a deep dive into source map internals, explaining how VLQ encoding and mapping structures bridge the gap between minified production code and original source files.
The Inner Workings of JavaScript Source Maps
New Web Platform Features in October 2025
TLDR: Rachel Andrew summarizes Chrome 142 and Firefox 144 releases, highlighting same-document view transitions becoming Baseline, new command attributes, and enhanced CSS style queries.
New to the web platform in October
Chrome Removes XSLT for Enhanced Security
TLDR: Google announces XSLT deprecation and removal from Chrome by November 2026, citing security concerns while providing migration guidance and enterprise transition options.
Removing XSLT for a more secure browser
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