Building an Infinite Loom: Unravelling Images into Threads with Three.js

An experimental Three.js demo transforms images into flowing ribbons, weaving them together and unraveling them as they move across the screen, using separate geometry for each thread.

Codrops

4 min read

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Stories from Saturday, 5 September 2026

UX & Thinking

UX Collective

Thinking

What Minority Report got wrong about AI (so far)

Minority Report's depiction of AI, while influential, has not yet materialized in reality, prompting a reevaluation of its futuristic predictions.

2 days ago

Codrops

Inspo

More Three.js Speakers, More Ideas from Paris

Three.js Conference speakers will present on interactive storytelling, real-time 3D games, and using Three.js scenes and Gaussian splats as training data for generative video models.

2 days ago10 min read

Codrops

Inspo

Breaking the Frame: Building a Real-Time Datamosh Effect with Three.js

A real-time datamosh effect can be built using Three.js by employing shaders and techniques inspired by video codecs, transforming scene transitions into unpredictable visual distortions.

3 days ago9 min read

CSS-Tricks

Tools

Let’s Use the Emergent CSS random() Function in all the Browsers

The emergent CSS `random()` function, currently supported only in Safari, allows for controlled presentational randomness in web designs, reducing the need for JavaScript.

5 days ago16 min read

Lenny's Newsletter

Product

🎙️ How I AI: How this PM uses Claude to handle 70% to 80% of his workday

A product manager at Melio developed a self-improving AI system using Claude and Cowork that manages 70-80% of his workday, handling tasks from Notion board updates to email scanning.

5 days ago4 min read

CSS-Tricks

Tools

What’s !important #18: , Syntax ::highlight()ing, named-feature(), and More

This article compiles recent CSS developments, including delayed-then-instant tooltips, the Custom Highlight API, retrieving CSS grid information into custom properties, and new selectors like named-feature().

5 days ago3 min read

Curator's picks

Must read today

The pieces worth pausing on, hand-selected from today's edition.

UX & Thinking

UX Collective

Thinking

Reading and writing are interfaces. And AI can reduce their friction.

Reading and writing function as interfaces, and artificial intelligence offers the potential to decrease friction within these fundamental human interactions.

21 hours ago

Design Tools

Unwinding the great tech power grab

Movements like Neo-Luddism and Permacomputing are emerging to reclaim power over technology, addressing how it has atrophied civic engagement and democratic accountability.