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Lea Verou, PhD

@LeaVerou
Product, web standards, usability • @csswg Invited Expert • @w3ctag alum • CS/HCI PhD @MIT Also: 🐘 @[email protected] • 🦋 @lea.verou.me
Cambridge, MA / Athens, GR
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Joined February 2009
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    Lea Verou, PhD
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    Oct 16, 2025
    Incredibly honored to have been awarded “Pathfinder for Standards” by @openjsf! 💛 Love the blurb too, made me blush! ☺️: “Lea is a rare person who has strong academic credentials, has helped create rigorous industry standards, but always focuses on the needs of real world users
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    Oct 16, 2025
    Introducing 🥁🥁🥁 our JavaScriptLandia award recipients for this year! Beyond building new features, our recipients guide others, maintain essential systems, document the hard parts, and strengthen the community every step of the way. 💙 Congratulations to all! Read more about
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    Lea Verou, PhD
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    Sep 14
    🎨 Ever wondered why oklch() is so odd? Why adjusting L doesn't produce good color ramps? And why TF is L=100% not white?!? I just wrote a thorough explanation of why this happens¹: github.com/web-platform-t… 👍 Upvote the GitHub issue if you want this fixed in browsers! ¹
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    Lea Verou, PhD
    @LeaVerou
    Sep 13
    Okay, that’s it. I’ve seen enough, and I’m officially smitten. 😍 Am I a fool? Probably. I’m fully aware of all the reasons this is a terrible idea. But I still want it anyway 😅
    New calendar event: iPhone Duo Pre-order start
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    Lea Verou, PhD
    @LeaVerou
    Sep 9
    Another one for mesh gradients @nomsternom
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    Hamad Tanveer
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    Blur Experiments
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    Lea Verou, PhD
    @LeaVerou
    Sep 7
    @excalidraw time to add icons? 😀
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    Nicole Tang
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    Sep 7
    150+ hand-drawn icons that never sit still. Going to 1500. I'm giving away 20 Pro seats, free forever, to people who still make things for the joy of it! 😊 #buildinpublic Get oreo doodle icons👇 oreoui.com/doodle-icons
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