Show Description We’ve long had Private Pens on CodePen. And we know that it’s a huge reason people go PRO at all, much like GitHub. We also know that internally we use private but still on-the-internet stuff all the time, like Private Gists. Since we already have a feature for writing and it handles syntax […]

I once saw an @CodePen tweet that was like uhhhhh NOT LOVING the UI changes to the editor. Turns out, they were getting the Mobile Editor, which is a completely different UI than our normal Editor. Admittedly, the Mobile Editor doesn’t scale up to large screens with the best UI. It’s not meant to. The […]

It’s pretty cool seeing demos on MDN1 have an “Open in CodePen” button. As in “Mozilla Developer Network”, the massive and most comprehensive documentation for web technology out there. ❤ For example, the page for repeating-radial-gradient() has some neat demos like these: One click and you can hop over to CodePen and play with that […]

We just added a new notification to activity feeds: picked Pens! Now whenever someone adds your Pen to the Picks, you’ll see a notification on your Activity page and on the dropdown from the notification bell in the header. This new feature is a team effort from Alex Vazquez and Rachel Smith 👏 Ever wonder […]

Show Description The web isn’t video games, where it’s well-understood that certain games only work on certain systems. The web is supposed to work everywhere. And not just in a fancy smart people philosophical way. In the sense that regular users expect that the sites they visit work in whatever browser they prefer, are used […]

Have you seen this new thingy? You’ll see it on the upper right of the homepage if you’re logged in. Before this, we had an overlay thingy that laid over the top of content that you could slide away that would tell you about new features. We took that idea from our Wufoo days, where […]

We’re massively excited to be working with Rachel Smith, now the newest member to Team CodePen. We’re lucky to have her. Like everybody on our Team, Rachel is a dream hire. Not only is Rachel a talented designer and developer (you know, one of these), she’s an artist who builds crazy and beautiful things with […]

Show Description We talk about downtime – planned or otherwise. We talk about how we attempt to alert users of upcoming planned downtime. We talk about reasons why downtime might occur and how to minimize it. We also talk about a cool (yet to be attempted) idea to alert users who might be actively doing […]

Usernames on CodePen allow uppercase and lowercase. For example, a combination of upper and lower case, like: http://codepen.io/SaraSoueidan/ You know what was wicked annoying? If you went to, for example: http://codepen.io/sarasoueidan/ It would fail (404). Now, it won’t. Even if you go to: http://codepen.io/SarAsOUeiDaN/ You’ll get redirected to the correct URL. HoT DigGiTY doG!

I’m a big fan of Judith Neumann’s work here on CodePen. Her Pens are whimsical and just so full of life! She is a master of pure-CSS illustration. So naturally I was very excited to see her talent showcased in a new digital children’s book, ABCD Animal Book. Judith collaborated with her fellow CodePen CSS […]