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Long-form essays on Webflow architecture, tracking infrastructure, martech wiring, and the occasional rant about cookie banners. Written by the engineers actually shipping the work, not interns rewriting Notion docs.
Your Technical Web Development Team, On Demand
Most agencies hand you a project manager and a timeline. Social Catnip embeds a senior Webflow development team directly into yours — partners who move fast, speak startup, and build like they own it.
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How to Build Webflow Scroll Animations (Without the Jank)
A hands-on guide to scroll-triggered animations in Webflow with the Interactions panel, plus an honest warning about the mobile performance cost most tutorials skip.
Build a CSS Scrolling Text Marquee in Webflow (No Plugin)
Build an infinite scrolling text marquee in Webflow with pure CSS, no plugin and no dead marquee tag. The duplicate-track and translateX trick, explained.
SVG Line Animation in Webflow: The Self-Drawing Line
The self-drawing SVG line, explained: how the stroke-dasharray and dashoffset trick works, real CSS code, clean single-path exports, and draw-on-scroll in Webflow.
How to Add CSS Page Transitions in Webflow (Load + Exit)
Add smooth CSS page transitions in Webflow using native Page Load and link-click exit animations, plus the honest limits of when you actually need Barba.js or Swup.
Hover on Mobile: Why It Breaks and What to Use Instead
Hover effects do not work on touch devices, and tapping them leaves buttons stuck mid-glow. Here is the one media query that fixes it, plus real tap states.
Webflow Client-First Explained: Finsweet's Naming System
Webflow Client-First is Finsweet's free class-naming system. Here's how utility and custom classes work, how to adopt it, and when it's honestly overkill.
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