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You have ruined JavaScript
In the old days In the old days we had some really awful JS being written on pages in a pretty ad-hoc fashion and it caused us huge problems. Presumably most people still do this but they're the same...
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How we made JSON.stringify more than twice as fast
This post explains our recent effort to improve JSON.stringify performance
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The rise of user-hostile software
On the trend of consumer software designed around developer convenience instead of user needs, from forced accounts to telemetry to privilege creep.
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Maintaining an Independent Browser Is Expensive
Robert O'Callahan. Christian. Kiwi. Software guy. All content human-authored unless otherwise noted.
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HTML5 localStorage allows sites to fill up users' hard disks
Use HTML5 localStorage to completely fill up Chrome, Safari, and IE users hard disks. Trololo...
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Chromium's Impact on Root DNS Traffic
Guest Post: With 70% of market share, Chromium has had a significant impact on the total root DNS traffic.
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Rails 7 Released
This version of Rails has been years in the conceptual making. It’s the fulfillment of a vision to present a truly full-stack approach to web development that tackles both the front- and back-end challenges with equal vigor. An omakase menu that includes everything from the aperitif to the dessert.
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Firefox to Discontinue Sideloaded Extensions
To give users more control over their extensions, support for sideloaded extensions will be phased out starting with Firefox 73.
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Emoji Under the Hood
Detailed look into all the machinery involved in rendering Emoji
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Design for Hackers: Why Monet Never Used Black, & Why You Shouldn't Either
Monet’s paintings evoke a sense of energy and life, they leap off the canvas with color and contrast, but Monet somehow managed to avoid using the color black for nearly his entire painting career. By avoiding black in your own designs, you can replicate some of this dynamism. Monet and Other Impressionists Explored…
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Godot Editor running in a web browser
Bringing the Godot Editor to the web: lowering the barrier for newcomers while enhancing the HTML5 export.
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Google AMP Is Not a Good Thing
You might have used Google’s new AMP project without even knowing. It’s a technology that makes mobile page results load very quickly on Google, it
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Style your RSS feed
How to make your RSS feed look nice and provide useful information at the same time.
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Gmail Launches Add-ons
New Gmail Add-ons to help you speed up your workflows at work.
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The next generation of Instapaper
When I launched Instapaper in 2008, it was a very basic web app. It quickly expanded to define the pillars of the read-later market: a one-click “read later” bookmarklet, a web sync service, an adjustable text view optimized for reading, and an iPhone app with offline saving. I did almost everything myself, which…
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Tor at the Heart: Firefox
During the month of December, we're highlighting other organizations and projects that rely on...
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Bots, so many bots
Is Product Hunt worth it? Dive into the data to find out.
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Retrieving your browsing history through a CAPTCHA
Web developer and cybersecurity researcher
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Tab Unloading in Firefox 93
Firefox will monitor available system memory and, should it become that a crash is imminent, Firefox will respond by unloading memory-heavy.
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LightSpeed: Rewriting Messenger’s codebase for a faster, smaller, simpler app
We are excited to begin rolling out the new version of Messenger on iOS. To make the Messenger iOS app faster, smaller, and simpler, we rebuilt the architecture and rewrote the entire codebase, whi…
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Build Yourself a Redux
Learn how to build a working Redux implementation from scratch. Our implementation won't cover every nuance, but we'll remove most of the mystery.
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How to win at CORS
The 'how' and 'why' of CORS, from start to finish.
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How to build a news app that never goes down and costs you practically nothing
Spoiler: Our app template makes it possible.