June 2026 monthly summary: Delivered a key feature for facebook/lexical that enhances real-time collaboration by rendering collaborative editing cursors and selections using the CSS Custom Highlight API. The implementation enables visually distinct, real-time cursors across multiple users, improving editing precision and reducing conflict during live collaboration. The work leveraged Lexical-YJS for CRDT-based presence and Lexical-React for seamless integration with React apps. This feature aligns with initiative #8550 and was co-authored with team member Bob Ippolito. No major bugs fixed this month; focus was on feature delivery, code quality, and integration testing to ensure a robust UX in collaborative scenarios. Technologies/skills demonstrated: CSS Custom Highlight API, Lexical Editor architecture, real-time collaboration (Yjs/CRDT), React integration, performance-conscious UI rendering, code collaboration patterns. Impact and accomplishments: Enabled real-time, visually accurate cursor representation across collaborators, improving editing throughput, reducing miscommunication, and strengthening Lexical’s collaborative capabilities. This lays groundwork for broader presence features and smoother onboarding for multi-user editing scenarios. Note: Commits reference: 0b51be7aa90d4d0c1d279902a45beb3f2527cff6 ("[lexical-yjs][lexical-react] Feature: Render collab cursors via CSS custom Highlight API (#8550)") with co-authorship noted.