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13 articles · #animation
card stack UI component
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Free Stacked Cards Component for React — Cards Stack Animation
Discover the best free cards stack component for React, featuring smooth stacked card animations you can drop into any project in minutes.
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A grid of React UI components — buttons, cards, modals, tabs, carousels — shown on a dark background
15 min read
React UI Components Complete Reference: 60+ Patterns with Code
Every React UI component pattern you'll actually use — buttons, cards, tabs, carousels, modals, and 55+ more. Real code, real decisions, no filler. Built on Tailwind v4.0.2.
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colorful abstract particle animation rendered on a dark digital canvas
8 min read
HTML Canvas Animations in React: Particles, Noise Fields, More
Learn how to wire up HTML Canvas animations in React — particle systems, Perlin noise fields, and requestAnimationFrame loops that don't leak memory.
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Colorful abstract motion graphics representing JSON-driven animation in a React app
8 min read
Lottie Animations in React: Setup, Optimisation and Pitfalls
Learn how to integrate Lottie JSON animations into React apps — from first install to lazy loading, loop control, and avoiding the bundle-size traps most devs hit.
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colorful gradient code editor screen with CSS syntax highlighted
8 min read
CSS Custom Properties: Dynamic Theming and Animation Tricks
CSS custom properties unlock dynamic theming, live animation control, and component-scoped design tokens — here's how to actually use them well in 2026.
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Abstract colorful gradient motion blur representing smooth animated page transitions
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Page Transitions in Next.js App Router: View Transitions API
How to add smooth page transitions in Next.js App Router using the View Transitions API — no libraries, just native browser APIs and a bit of wiring.
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Colorful glowing typography with animated gradient light sweep effect
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CSS Text Animations: Typewriter, Gradient Sweep, Reveal and More
Master CSS text animations in 2026 — typewriter effects, gradient sweeps, and cinematic reveals with clean, copy-paste code examples you'll actually use.
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colorful gradient animation frames displayed on a dark screen
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CSS @keyframes: The Complete Guide (Including the Parts Docs Skip)
Master CSS @keyframes from syntax basics to the timing tricks MDN glosses over. Real examples, gotchas, and patterns that actually hold up in production.
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Abstract animated gradient lines representing smooth CSS scroll animation flow
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CSS Scroll Animations in 2026: @scroll-timeline, animation-timeline and View Transitions
Scroll-driven animations are now native CSS in 2026. Here's how @scroll-timeline, animation-timeline, and View Transitions actually work in production.
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Colorful aurora borealis gradient light effect on dark background
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Aurora Gradient CSS: Three Ways to Build the Effect From Scratch
Learn three distinct CSS techniques to build aurora gradient effects from scratch — animated conic gradients, blur-layered radials, and GPU-accelerated keyframes.
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Rainbow holographic foil light refracting across a shimmering surface
8 min read
Holographic Effect in CSS: Rainbow Foil Cards and Badges
Build rainbow foil holographic cards and badges in pure CSS — conic-gradient, hue-rotate animations, and mouse-tracking tilt that actually looks like trading card foil.
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Abstract colorful accordion-like folded layers representing UI component animation
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Accordion in React: Radix vs Custom — Animated Height Transitions
Radix UI accordion vs rolling your own in React — animated height transitions, keyboard nav, and when each approach actually makes sense in 2026.
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developer coding React animation on a dark monitor screen
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react-spring: Physics-Based Animations Without the Complexity
react-spring gives you spring physics animations in React without the math. Here's how to use useSpring, useTrail, and useTransition to build buttery UI motion.
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React & Tailwind, copy-paste ready. Glassmorphism, neobrutalism, Y2K and more.
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