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utilitybend is a personal blog at utilitybend.com about web and programming. Since 2024, 3 different Hacker News readers have linked it 4 times. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-10-13, and you can follow it by feed.

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3HN people?
2024–2026first – last linked?
Links on Hacker News per year · peak 2 in 2025

Too few sampled comments (1) to say how often HN recommends it.?

Why HN links it

HN readers link this blog for a multi-part series on the customizable select element and related CSS features. One commenter points to part 1 as the place that explains the feature's new, limited availability.

Summarised by Claude from a sample of 1 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.

Software engineer from Belgium with a passion for HTML, CSS, UI, UX, accessibility and developer happiness

What Hacker News says?

  1. This is part 4 in a series. Part 1 makes it more clear that this is a very new feature with limited availability. https://utilitybend.com/blog/the-customizable-select-part-on...

    Comment linking /blog/the-customizable-select-part-one-history-trickery-and-styling-the-select-with-css

    on “Scroll snapping, state queries, monster hunter, and gamification”
  2. Submitted Scroll snapping, state queries, monster hunter, and gamification as a story · 29 points

    HN discussion
  3. Submitted The Customizable Select as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  4. Submitted Invoker Commands in HTML as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion

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