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Tyler Sticka
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(he/him) Co-owner and Creative Director @cloudfour.com, a small web design and development consultancy that makes a big impact. I also write, draw and make games.

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Tyler Sticka @tylersticka.com · Oct 2
#Colorpeek, my free web app for simply sharing, previewing and converting #CSS colors without muss or fuss, turned 12 years old this year! 🤯

Today I published a long overdue update 🚀

More info: tylersticka.com/journal/colo...
Give it a spin: colorpeek.com

#WebDesign #WebDev
Colorpeek 2 – Tyler Sticka
An overdue update to my web app for simply sharing CSS colors. New design, features and compatibility!
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An illustrated recap of my favorite games of the year: tylersticka.com/journal/favo...

#VideoGames #IndieGames #FanArt
My Favorite Games of 2025 – Tyler Sticka
An illustrated list of the games I enjoyed playing most this year.
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December 23, 2025 at 6:04 PM
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matuzo.at
On day 15 @tylersticka.com shows us how to break the web‽

htmhell.dev/adventcalend...
Them’s the Breaks - HTMHell
A collection of bad practices in HTML, copied from real websites.
htmhell.dev
December 16, 2025 at 7:25 AM
tylersticka.com
Well, this brightened my day: blog.codepen.io/2025/12/15/c...

Thank you for the kind words, @chriscoyier.net 🫶
Chris’ Corner: Cloud Four
This is an appreciation post for the Cloud Four Blog. It’s one of those must-subscribes. I find myself adding almost every post they put out to my archive of posts to dig into. So since I&#82…
blog.codepen.io
December 15, 2025 at 6:39 PM
tylersticka.com
On day 15 of this year’s #HTMHellAdventCalendar, I “break” down (pun intended) an aspect of #HTML we often take for granted: Line breaks!

htmhell.dev/adventcalend...

#WebDesign #WebDev #CSS #Typography
Them’s the Breaks - HTMHell
A collection of bad practices in HTML, copied from real websites.
htmhell.dev
December 15, 2025 at 4:58 PM
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I somehow missed the news of @stevesilberman.bsky.social’s passing last year. I hope he wouldn’t have minded me sharing this story… tylersticka.com/journal/that...
That time Steve Silberman wrote me a nice email… – Tyler Sticka
“I am a contributing editor of Wired magazine, and you are a genius.” 😳
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December 14, 2025 at 10:26 PM
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Drew some fanart for Formless Star (splendidland.itch.io/formless-star) by @splendid.land, one of my favorite games of the year

#FanArt #IndieGame
Artwork of the game’s three field researchers: Turbine (looking a bit downtrodden), Anemo (looking chipper) and Vane (looking confused)
December 8, 2025 at 10:00 PM
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I contributed a clue to today’s #TiledWords puzzle 😊

tiledwords.com/puzzles/2025...
Tiled Words
A daily word puzzle with a twist
tiledwords.com
December 7, 2025 at 4:13 PM
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cssweekly.com
CSS Weekly #629
🏔️ Range Syntax for Style Queries
🎯 New layouts with CSS Subgrid
🧠 Intro to CSS if Statements

Featuring @una.im, @joshwcomeau.com, @sunkanmifafowora.bsky.social, @stefanjudis.com, @tylersticka.com, @amitsheen.bsky.social, @innocenzi.dev, @cbolson.bsky.social. 🙏

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CSS Weekly Issue #629
Learn the new range syntax for CSS style queries and the if() function, the exciting new things you can do with subgrid, and more.
cssw.io
December 3, 2025 at 5:06 PM
tylersticka.com
Over the weekend I played #ElecHead and #Öoo back to back. Öoo in particular was fantastic!

#FanArt #IndieGames
Cartoony illustration: The protagonists of the mentioned games aren’t sure what to make of each other.
December 1, 2025 at 5:54 PM
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a11y-collective.com
A common strategy for one-time-password fields is to use six separate inputs. This makes for a subpar user experience. Read this article by @tylersticka.com for a simpler approach, complete with working code examples.

cloudfour.com/thinks/simpl...
Simple One-Time Passcode Inputs
Fully functional OTP entry may be easier than you think.
cloudfour.com
November 24, 2025 at 8:37 AM
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pawelgrzybek.com
No more `npm i some-heavy-otp-input` because @tylersticka.com comes with a super simple solution.

cloudfour.com/thinks/simpl...

#html
Simple One-Time Passcode Inputs
Fully functional OTP entry may be easier than you think.
cloudfour.com
November 22, 2025 at 1:43 PM
tylersticka.com
I had a lot of fun modifying a Game Boy Advance tylersticka.com/journal/game...

#gba #modding #metroid
My Custom Game Boy Advance – Tyler Sticka
After a couple years of enjoying my customized Neo Geo Pocket Color, I was ready for another handheld project. This time, I decided to…
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November 21, 2025 at 9:57 PM
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This #CSS one-liner came in handy when a client’s updated brand guidelines dictated a global change in `letter-spacing`: cloudfour.com/thinks/respo...

#Typography #WebDev
Responsive Letter Spacing
Minimizing the readability impact of a typographic brand requirement.
cloudfour.com
November 20, 2025 at 4:34 PM
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One of our recent projects at @cloudfour.com involved a bunch of “Light DOM” #WebComponents.

@gerardo.bsky.social shares how we tested them all: cloudfour.com/thinks/testi...

#WebDev #HTML #JavaScript
Testing HTML Light DOM Web Components: Easier Than Expected!
Testing HTML Light DOM web components wasn't so scary after all. Some testing notes and patterns from a recent project.
cloudfour.com
November 18, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Reposted by Tyler Sticka
dev4web.bsky.social
You've seen them, you've used them. Now explore how to enhance user experience with passcode entries. Discover "Simple One-Time Passcode Inputs" by @tylersticka.com. Check it out: cloudfour.com/thinks/simpl... #ux #cx
November 17, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Reposted by Tyler Sticka
stefanjudis.com
This week's Web Weekly is just about to go out and I think it turned out "very alright" this week. 🫣

If you want to keep up with all these new web platform features, you should check it out!

www.stefanjudis.com/blog/web-wee...
Web Weekly 175 command / commandfor attributes TypeScript support goes stable autocomplete="one-time-code" “Toasty” accessibility issues if() functions every() / some() gotchas
November 17, 2025 at 2:19 PM
tylersticka.com
I’ve seen one-time passcode (“OTP”) interfaces cause undue stress in otherwise level-headed #WebDev teams.

Thankfully, it doesn’t have to be complicated: cloudfour.com/thinks/simpl...

#HTML #CSS #JavaScript
Simple One-Time Passcode Inputs
Fully functional OTP entry may be easier than you think.
cloudfour.com
November 11, 2025 at 4:46 PM
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“It’s relatively easy to make a game more difficult. But it’s not as easy to design a game where it’s […] accessible and you want to keep playing…”

Tetsuya Mizuguchi dropping some #GameDev truths: www.designroom.site/rez-infinite...
After almost a decade, Rez Infinite remains gaming’s greatest tease
“If we're using the word ‘prologue,’ obviously something has to come after...”
www.designroom.site
November 4, 2025 at 3:24 PM
tylersticka.com
I make a point of recording praise and positive feedback I receive, to remind me in moments of difficulty or self-doubt.

This post by @cferdinandi.bsky.social about working with @cloudfour.com *absolutely* makes the cut 😭 gomakethings.com/cloud4eva/
Cloud4eva
Last week, I wrapped up a project I got to work on with the amazing team at Cloud Four, converting a very old app to modern HTML, CSS, and Web Components. I don’t normally get sentimental about work, ...
gomakethings.com
November 3, 2025 at 6:44 PM
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shoptalkshow.com
689: Tyler Sticka on Colorpeek 2 and Awesome CSS

In this episode we sit down with Tyler Sticka to discuss upgrading his project, Colorpeek. We explore the practical applications of web components and CSS, and how they are shaping the future of web development. Tyler shares his experiences with…
689: Tyler Sticka on Colorpeek 2 and Awesome CSS
In this episode we sit down with Tyler Sticka to discuss upgrading his project, Colorpeek. We explore the practical applications of web components and CSS, and how they are shaping the future of web development. Tyler shares his experiences with prototyping and the challenges of maintaining simplicity in design.
shoptalkshow.com
November 3, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Reposted by Tyler Sticka
gri.gs
Finally telling the story of what happened when some rando turned me into a meme coin and the Twitter community full of AI-generated art featuring me that sprang up to promote it. cloudfour.com/thinks/that-...
That time some rando turned me into a meme coin
"I think someone made one of my tweets into a meme coin." She said, "I'm not sure I know what those words mean." I replied, "I'm not sure I do either."
cloudfour.com
October 30, 2025 at 10:16 PM
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All these AI web browsers are making me salty tylersticka.com/journal/ai-b...
AI Browsers, ad nauseam – Tyler Sticka
Sprinkling some salt on the latest browser bubble.
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October 22, 2025 at 5:27 PM
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Can confirm the #colorpeek shirts are real 🎉 cottonbureau.com/p/TXTXSF/shi...
Selfie from my office, pointing to the Colorpeek bird art on my dark gray t-shirt
October 13, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Reposted by Tyler Sticka
calvinrosscarl.com
My bud @tylersticka.com made this awesome little tool for sharing colors on the internet, simply by adding the color codes then sending someone a link. Gonna send these to all my clients. Here are the colors for my website as an example
Colorpeek · Simply Share Colors
Quickly preview, share and convert one or more CSS color values. Supports Hex, HSL, Lab, LCH, Oklab, Oklch, P3, sRGB and color keywords.
colorpeek.com
October 2, 2025 at 4:32 PM
tylersticka.com
#Colorpeek, my free web app for simply sharing, previewing and converting #CSS colors without muss or fuss, turned 12 years old this year! 🤯

Today I published a long overdue update 🚀

More info: tylersticka.com/journal/colo...
Give it a spin: colorpeek.com

#WebDesign #WebDev
Colorpeek 2 – Tyler Sticka
An overdue update to my web app for simply sharing CSS colors. New design, features and compatibility!
tylersticka.com
October 2, 2025 at 3:45 PM