Top picks — 2025 September
Holly molly, September was hectic, mostly good and definitely memorable. Family came over for a visit from Poland, we got married, we travelled to northern Italy, and the most recent meetup I organised was a huge success. It was intense and I’m ready for a chill and quiet October. On the web sphere, September was also pretty productive and a lot of good resources popped up. Here, like on every last day of each month, I have prepared for you a list of the ones I found interesting. I hope you will enjoy them! Also, the music recommendatoin is here as well!
Album of the month
We didn’t listen to a lot of music this past month, but the bits we played were all around the Afro-funk vibe. We got our daughter a djembe drum, and this is a good one to play along with. Here is a pretty rare “Drum Fever” album from 1973 by Candido with an outstanding tune “Soulwanco”.
Top picks
Introduction to Postgres Indexes
Very good read about the database indexes, how they work and what kind of data structure makes them so efficient. This post uses Postgres as an example, but the knowledge here is equally applicable for MySQL users and probably other relational databases.
Python: The Documentary | An origin story
Documentaries by Cult.Repo (formerly Honeypot) are the best, and I have recommended many of them before. This one is a lot longer than their usual stories, but it is incredible to learn about Python as a language, its story, origin, strength of its community, hot dramas about it, and the major language transitions. “Meeting” the language creators and the faces behind the most important parts of the ecosystem gives a good vibe of the language and the culture of the tech. I know nothing about Python, and I’m unable to write a single line of valid Python code, but this was still very well worth watching.
Helium
There is a lot going on in the browsers space. Atlassian bought The Browser Company, Perplexity released Comet, and not a day goes by without coming across some rumours about OpenAI potentially working on one. There is a lot of AI noise around all these, but there is also Helium. Privacy-oriented, Chromium-based, fast, free and open source. Not something I am switching to, but I like the direction!
Hosting a WebSite on a Disposable Vape
What an experiment! Some complain about the lack of resources of incredibly powerful boxes that need to handle the load of modern JS-heavy applications. Some put a website on the disposable vape and still have some RAM to play with. I love everything about it!
What You Need to Know about Modern CSS (2025 Edition)
Looks like Chris Coyier picked up a new tradition to list the most important CSS features and listing them in a one aggregated blog post. Here is the one from 2025, and there is a bunch of incredible stuff here worth knowing about. We have been waiting for animating to the auto value forever, and it has finally landed, CSS @functions and @if statements are here, the linear() easing functions and heaps of other goodies. Check it out.
Navigating the World of Web Accessibility with Sara Soueidan
Sara is one of my favourite people on the internet. I have followed her for the last decade or so, and no matter if she is into SVG, CSS or accessibility, the content she creates is second to none. In this interview with Kevin Powell, she shares a ton of insights related to accessibility, the most common issues people make, some insights on the recently added elements to the CSS specification, and of course, some cooking tips.
WebKit Features in Safari 26.0
The new macOS Tahoe is a little disaster and by far the least polished release in Apple’s history. This is a subject for a dedicated article though. The very good thing about it is the arrival of Safari 26. It comes packed with new features which makes me super happy because Safari is my daily driver. CSS anchor positioning, scroll-driven animations, colour-contrast and progress functions, SVG icons (finally), and tons of other features and bug fixes.
Benjamin Button Reviews macOS
Speaking off the latest macOS release. This one is the most accurate review of the current state of the macOS. I love every single line of this article!
How much do you really know about media queries?
This is a good refresher on the lesser-known media query descriptors. I must admit that some of them are incredibly useful and I have never heard of them before. Good reference.