CSS is getting its first major piece of inline conditional logic with the new if() function. Ratified in the 2025 W3C style snapshot, his function allows developers to set a property’s value based on a conditional test — such as a style query or media query — without relying on separate code blocks. TNS Senior Editor Joab Jackson explains how this will provide new architectural opportunities for designers.
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Atlassian is focusing on integrating AI agents into team workflows and that means tackling the problem of siloed data. To do that, Atlassian is expanding its Teamwork Graph to include third-party integrations, which will help provide AI with the organizational context it needs. TNS contributor Jennifer Riggins explains how Atlassian’s plans to achieve this with help from recent acquisitions.
Synthetic tracing is like sending a robot to test your app before people use it, providing a cost-effective alternative to traditional APM.
Synthetic tracing can be an alternative for modern observability teams, helping them avoid the cost of tracing every click. Better data, lower bills — what’s not to like?
In modern observability practices, distributed tracing has become table stakes. Most application performance monitoring (APM) platforms encourage an "instrument everything" approach: Deploy an SDK or agent, hook into every...
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TNS Agents: How Agentgateway Solves Agentic AI’s Connectivity Challenges
Agentgateway is an AI native proxy designed to help users control security and governance of their agents and tools, said Lin Sun of Solo.io in this episode of The New Stack Agents.
