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Livebook: A collaborative and interactive code notebook for Elixir
Livebook is a web application for writing interactive and collaborative code notebooks
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The most popular blog posts about web & frontend on Hacker News. 3,855 posts.
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Twilio releases open source video conferencing apps for iOS, Android and web
Start your video app development with three new Twilio open sourced video collaboration applications for iOS, Android, and ReactJS for the Web.
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Apple delivers a new redesigned Maps for users in the United States
The newly redesigned Apple Maps was built from the ground up to let users in the US more easily navigate and explore the world.
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Google Removing H.264 Support in Chrome
The web’s open and community-driven development model is a key factor in its rapid evolution and ubiquitous adoption. The WebM Project was ...
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Apple proposes new web 3D graphics API
Apple’s WebKit team today proposed a new Community Group at the W3C to discuss the future of 3D graphics on the Web, and to develop a standard API that exposes modern GPU features including low-level graphics and general purpose computation.
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Don't make me think, or why I switched to Rails from JavaScript SPAs
I picked Ruby on Rails over React-based SPA to build Reviewbunny and it was wonderful. I didn't procrastinate determining the perfect setup …
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Zoom’s Use of Facebook’s SDK in iOS Client
Learn more about how to use each Zoom product to connect with coworkers, customers, businesses, and more with insights and best practices.
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Shipping JPEG XL in Chrome
JPEG XL offers better compression than JPEG, built-in HDR support, lossless JPEG transcoding, and more.
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Moving from React to htmx
David Guillot at Contexte gave what we are calling 'The Mother of All htmx Demos' at DjangoCon 2022. This essay summarizes this real-world case study of replacing React with htmx in a SaaS product, demonstrating significant improvements in code size, performance, and development team efficiency through the adoption of…
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There's a new "Google Jail" for independent wikis
Big week! We just finished moving the Overwatch and Fortnite wikis off of Fandom. It’s still my favorite thing in the world to help wiki editors grab control of their projects and make them awesome (and not covered with a dozen auto-playing video ads!)
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WebAssembly support now shipping in all major browsers
While Mozilla has been preparing to launch Firefox Quantum, its fastest browser yet, some notable developments have happened with WebAssembly, the binary f
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The Invisible JavaScript Backdoor
A few months ago we saw a post on the r/programminghorror subreddit: A developer describes the struggle of identifying a syntax error resulting from an invisible Unicode character hidden in JavaScript source code. This post inspired an idea: What if a backdoor literally cannot be seen and thus evades detection even…
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MLow: Meta's low bitrate audio codec
At Meta, we support real-time communication (RTC) for billions of people through our apps, including WhatsApp, Instagram, and Messenger. We are working to make RTC accessible by providing a high-q…
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MangaDex infrastructure overview
Your browser lacks modern WebAssembly support, so verification is running a slower fallback. Consider updating your browser.
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Web hacking techniques of 2021
Welcome to the Top 10 (new) Web Hacking Techniques of 2021, the latest iteration of our annual community-powered effort to identify the most significant web security research released in the last year
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Firefox 84.0
We'd like to extend a special thank you to all of the new Mozillians who contributed to this release of Firefox.
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Washington Post integrates Talk – Mozilla’s open-source commenting platform
To engage readers, build community, and strengthen journalism, Mozilla’s open-source commenting platform will be integrated across washingtonpost.com
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Firefox 69.0 Released
As of today, Enhanced Tracking Protection will be turned on by default, strengthening the security and privacy for all of our users around the world. We'd like to extend a special thank you to all of the new Mozillians who contributed to this release of Firefox.
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Proposal: Treat FLoC as a security concern
Google is rolling out Federated Learning of Cohorts (FLoC) for the Chrome browser. TL;DR: FLoC places people in groups based on their browsing habits to target advertising. Why is this bad? As the …
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The new Microsoft Edge is out of preview
A little over a year ago, we announced our intention to rebuild Microsoft Edge on the Chromium open source project with the goals of delivering better compatibility for everyone, less fragmentation for web developers, and a partnership with the Chromium community to improve the Chromium engine itself. At Ignite, we…
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Vite 8.0 Is Out
Vite 8 Release Announcement
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Using Cloudflare on your website could be blocking RSS users
Cloudflare's security features could be blocking RSS feed users from accessing your website