Emoji to Scale

Grant Sanderson's math animations. Beautiful visualizations that build genuine understanding.

Codrops is an actively maintained, independent resource for web creativity and design since 2009. It features human-curated tutorials, design case studies, and a carefully selected gallery (Webzibition) of 2,230+ quality websites. The site embodies the independent web philosophy with genuine focus on creativity and quality over corporate marketing.

Modern embroidery patterns and tutorials. Making embroidery cool again.

A List Apart is a well-maintained, actively published web design and development publication with recent articles (published January 2026). The site maintains high editorial standards, features contributions from recognized industry experts, covers substantive professional topics with depth across design, development, UX, content strategy, and accessibility. It perfectly fits the directory philosophy of human-made, independent web resources with quality content. The publication is backed by Nort

Smashing Magazine is an active, well-maintained independent publication founded in 2006. It's a genuine quality content platform for web professionals covering design, development, and UX—not a corporate marketing site. The site publishes substantive technical articles multiple times per week, maintains an active community with 1,900+ members, and focuses on education and professional development rather than clickbait advertising. It fits the directory philosophy perfectly as human-curated, inde

Plotter art tutorials and experiments. Code, techniques, and beautiful output.