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Entry Animations with CSS @starting-style

Entry animations can be tricky—between handling DOM load times and animating from display: none , it's easy to get stuck.

  • @starting-style simplifies entry animations by defining initial CSS values for hidden elements.
  • It cannot be nested within pseudo-elements like ::before or ::after.
  • @starting-style works with transition property for smooth element visibility changes.

I built a chat app solo — rooms, voice/video calls, E2EE, and in-room games

I didn't want to build another messenger. There are plenty. What I wanted was a place where you walk into a room built around a shared interest — movies, music, gaming — and people are just...

  • Developer created PTT Chat in 2021 to enable themed interest-based rooms
  • Features include topic rooms, voice/video calls, E2EE, and in-room games
  • App uses Node.js, Express, Socket.io, SQLite, and WebRTC for calls

London’s Foundational exits stealth with €9.6 million to track satellites and debris with “millimetre-level” precision

Foundational, a London-based SpaceTech startup developing infrastructure for a more precise understanding of Earth and orbit, has emerged from stealth with €9.6 million (£8.2 million) in pre-Seed…

  • Foundational startup exits stealth with €9.6 million funding
  • Investors include Inflection, BACKED, Final Frontier, Adjacent, and Type One Ventures
  • Company automates Satellite Laser Ranging for millimetre-level precision

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