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🚀I wrote a random() thing 🤭 do check it out. When I first heard about random(), I had no idea what to think of it. So, this blogpost is actually me trying to make sense of it and hopefully, me documenting this can help you make sense of it as well 😊 www.smashingmagazine.com/2026/10/embr...

smashingmagazine.comEmbracing Playful Imperfection With The CSS random() Function — Smashing MagazineDesign systems thrive on consistency, so where does randomness fit in? Through playful demos of organic typography, bouncing letters, and splayed cards, Brecht De Ruyte shows how the new CSS `random()...

20/10/26, 4:53 pm5 reposts23 likes

Kilian Valkhof

@kilianvalkhof.com

Cool! Firefox’ implementation is live behind a feature flag and Polypane shipped it a while ago in version 29: polypane.app/blog/experim...

polypane.appExperimenting with the new pure CSS random() function | PolypaneCSS is getting a random() function that lets you set properties with a random value, opening up a ton of interesting creative possibilities. In this article…

Richard Groß

@richargh.de

When you say Polypane shipped it you mean you included four browsers that support it? It’s a bit of technical confusion on my side. Polypane has no own render code right? Or does it emulate browsers?

Kilian Valkhof

@kilianvalkhof.com

Polypane is a chromium-based browser

Brecht De Ruyte

@utilitybend.com

So... During my talk later. 5 bucks each time I mention polypane? 😂

Richard Groß

@richargh.de

Aaaah. I thought it had that feature were I can see my site in multiple browser side-by-side.

CSS by T. Afif

@css-only.dev

You are referring to the old spec that contains the old syntax. The correct one is here: drafts.csswg.org/css-values-5... You have probably missed the opportunity to play with element-scoped and property-scoped (I did the same mistake as well ...)