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W3C finalizes HTML5 specification
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Why I learned to "make things"
Two years ago this week, I started working at 37signals. I couldn’t make a web app to find my way out of a paper bag. When I started working here, my technical skills were in tools like Excel, R, and Matlab, and I could muddle my way through SQL queries. I had the basic technical skills tha…
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Making Facebook's native mobile app faster using HTML5
When we started what became Sencha, we made a bet on the web: a bet that modern application development didn’t need anything except the browser, a great set of frameworks and a great set of tools. With those three weapons in hand, we knew developers could build applications that would delight users.
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Tor trip report to an FBI conference
In October I attended an FBI conference, as part of my work to try to keep Tor on good relations...
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Dear Open Source Project Leader: Quit Being A Jerk
I do my best to support the people that use my open source projects. I don’t always do things right, I don’t always respond in a timely manner. Sometimes I just have to walk away from an issue or request and let it die from lack of attention. But I do my best, and I take the time to provide meaningful answers whenever…
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Thank HN: You helped the FreeBSD Foundation raise over $43K in three days
Astute readers of our blog know that The FreeBSD Foundation's annual year-end fundraising drive began last week. Every year over 50% ...
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Alfred V2 Sneak Peek: Workflows
Take a sneak peek at some of the new workflows coming to the Alfred v2 Powerpack soon.
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EFF: Stop Congress from Reauthorizing the Warrantless Spying Bill
We could be celebrating the New Year by ripping out the fiber optic cables that are sending copies of all our emails to the National Security Agency. But instead, Congress is planning on ringing in 2013 by re-authorizing parts of the FISA Amendments Act, the controversial 2008 bill that allows...
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CDNJS: The Fastest Javascript Repo on the Web
More than a year ago, Ryan Kirkman and Thomas Davis approached us about a project they were working on. Dubbed CDNJS, the project had a noble goal: make the world's Javascript resources load as fast as possible.
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Your C# App on 66 Million Macs: Announcing Xamarin.Mac
Use an agent skill to prepare your existing .NET MAUI app for Xcode 27, with the scene lifecycle changes and manual migration steps explained.
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Uses For A Message Queue
Overview We've been working with, building, and evangelizing message queues for the last year, and it's no secret that we think they're awesome. We