Web Standards: front-end without the noise
A Russian-language front-end channel: short summaries of the best new articles on CSS, HTML and browsers, plus a weekly podcast unpacking the latest releases.
What it is
Web Standards (Веб-стандарты) is a Telegram channel about front-end development; the bio sums it up as front-end news plus a weekly podcast. When we checked, it had about 14,000 subscribers, posted most weekdays, and the podcast had reached episode 545. Everything is in Russian, but most posts summarise English-language articles, so the original sources are easy to follow.
Why we picked it
Each post isn't just a link — it's a short, clear summary of a good article. Read one paragraph and you know what it's about and whether to click through.
The topics are things you'll actually use, or simply enjoy if you love the web. Margin notes built with CSS anchor positioning. Aligning an icon with a label when the text wraps to a second line. What the root scroller of a page can do. How Chrome's new frame-sizing property lets an iframe grow to fit its content. What happens when every browser does one thing and the spec says another.
The experiments are a treat. One post shows how to turn a single SVG file into nine different posters using the draft CSS Linked Parameters spec, which so far works only in experimental builds of Firefox and Safari.
Once a week there's a podcast episode where the hosts go through Firefox and Safari releases, the week's articles and the occasional debate — say, about the JPEG XL format. Each episode comes with timestamps.
Where to start
- Scroll through the past week for a quick snapshot of what's happening in CSS and browsers.
- Read the icon-and-label alignment post; it's useful in almost any project.
- Put on the latest podcast and jump to a topic via the timestamps.
- Save posts about new CSS features to come back to once browsers catch up.
Who it's for
Russian-speaking front-end developers, web designers who want to know what CSS can do now, and learners who want to build a habit of reading good sources.
Quick answers
Is it just links? No. Every post is a short summary in Russian with a link to the original article.
How often is the podcast? Weekly; the latest when we checked was episode 545.
