Oliver's Blog

Using mix-blend-mode with (partly) transparent images

For using mix-blend-mode some kind of background-color is needed. When working with transparent images, this colour shines through. I found a way to keep the transparent parts invisible.

CSS transition from specific height to "auto"

With CSS grid it's easy to transition from height 0 to "auto". But this method needs to be adapted to transition from a specific height to "auto".

Web maps: creating self-hosted and self-styled vector maps for your website

In this article I want to summarize my findings about how to create and style interactive web maps you can self-host. This means that no external resources need to be loaded and therefore helps to comply with GDPR and makes offline use possible.

Using Google Fonts in a GDPR compliant way

When using Google Fonts the default way you transfer personal data of your visitors to Google. This is problematic. I'll explain why and how to use Google Fonts in an unproblematic way.