Mads Stoumann

Mads Stoumann @madsstoumann

About: I'm a tech director, web developer, graphic designer, musician, blogger, comicbook-geek, LEGO-collector, food lover … as well as husband and father!

Location:
Copenhagen, Denmark
Joined:
Nov 16, 2020

Mads Stoumann
articles - 117 total

Charts in CSS

Charts have been done in CSS many times before — there's even a dedicated project. So why this post?...

Learn More 61 12Jun 9

Guitar Chords in CSS

In my previous article, I looked into the new, improved attr() method in CSS. I was over the moon...

Learn More 138 30May 7

Phases of the Moon in CSS

You might have heard that the humble, old attr() method in CSS just got a big update. It's only in...

Learn More 53 12Apr 9

How To Create Gauges in CSS

With modern CSS we can create beautiful gauges with ease. It involves a bunch of techniques, so let's...

Learn More 26 12Apr 5

Digital Clocks in CSS

In my previous post, I looked into clocks and watches, mimicking classic, analog watches. Now, how...

Learn More 10 8Mar 22

Clocks and Watches in CSS

A couple of years ago, when CSS trigonometry functions became baseline, I wrote an article about...

Learn More 102 40Feb 25

The Unofficial Dev.To Embed Web Component

The other day, I re-discovered the dev.to API and found out that it can be used without an API key....

Learn More 57 19Feb 11

Creating a Print Preview Web Component

I’m currently working on a large e-commerce project — an update to an app I coded back in 1994-1996!...

Learn More 11 0Jan 24

Art with CSS Grid and SVG filters

Have you ever explored the power of grid-auto-flow: dense? When combined with randomly generated...

Learn More 47 13Dec 7 '24

Creating a Scroll Grid

The other day I noticed the similarities between Tailscale and MUBI — not the companies, of course,...

Learn More 6 0Dec 2 '24

Can I Drive? Coding an Alcohol Tester

In Denmark, where I live, we unfortunately hold a record within Europe: our kids are the heaviest...

Learn More 4 0Nov 10 '24

Designing Better Tables: Using Popovers for Extra Data

When working with large data tables, displaying all available information at once can often make the...

Learn More 49 10Nov 3 '24

The Golden Ratio in CSS

The golden ratio, also called the golden number, golden proportion, or even the divine proportion, is...

Learn More 243 47Sep 25 '24

CMYK, RGB, and Building a Color Visualizer

When I was a kid, I published a fanzine about comics. This was long before I had a computer—it was...

Learn More 4 2Sep 13 '24

Alien Signals — 2-in-1 Challenge

This is a submission for Frontend Challenge v24.09.04, Glam Up My Markup: Space But it's also a...

Learn More 9 0Sep 12 '24

The Periodic Table in CSS

Like the Solar System, The Periodic Table has been done in CSS a lot of times … but it has never been...

Learn More 125 25Sep 8 '24

And the Oscar Goes to … Coding a Chronology Component

Earlier this year, a friend of mine shared a massive poster he had been working on for the Copenhell...

Learn More 5 4Sep 1 '24

The Solar System in CSS

The Solar System has been done in CSS a lot of times — just search Codepen! So why do it...

Learn More 276 50Aug 25 '24

Line Numbers for <textarea> using SVG

The other day I was working on a JSON Schema Generator, and wanted to display line numbers in a...

Learn More 36 10Aug 19 '24

Build A CSS Word Search Game In ... CSS!

I've heard it so many times: CSS is not a programming language — or — why do it in CSS, when you can...

Learn More 24 0Jun 22 '24

Sunday Fun: Re-creating a Radiohead cover

The other day, I read an article about how Radiohead's graphic designer, Stanley Donwood, got...

Learn More 4 2Jun 2 '24

A Trip To The Beach

This is a submission for [Frontend Challenge...

Learn More 6 1May 30 '24

La Luzerne

This is a submission for Frontend Challenge v24.04.17, CSS Art: June. Inspiration "La...

Learn More 2 0May 29 '24

Getting Creative with CSS Grid

Grids don't have to be boring! You can easily spice up a classic 12x12 grid with very few lines of...

Learn More 44 6May 24 '24

Wheel of Fortune with CSS

A "Wheel of Fortune" component just popped up in my feed. I always spin, but never win! Anyway, this...

Learn More 193 24May 23 '24

Unleashing the Hidden Power of HTML Forms

HTML forms are powerful beasts, but I feel a lot of its übercool features are often...

Learn More 31 2May 12 '24

Eurovision Gradients

So, it's that time of the year, if you live in Europe: Eurovision! It's the world's oldest and...

Learn More 54 8May 8 '24

Animating Numbers

This tutorial will look into creating a small web component for animating numbers — and all the...

Learn More 53 7May 3 '24

Small Tips for Styling Card Components

The other day, I stumbled upon an "About Us"-page for an agency, I used to work for. Not only were...

Learn More 12 2Apr 9 '24

Fetch with AbortController

This is a submission for DEV Challenge v24.03.20, One Byte Explainer: Browser API or Feature. ...

Learn More 5 0Mar 22 '24