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New from Anaconda: Python in the Browser
pyscript.net Supporting open source and creating tools that enable people to do more with less are why I joined Anaconda almost eight years ago. Today,…
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Qt 6.4
Qt 6.4 is now available and comes with a lot of new modules, features, and improvements. And Web Assembly is now a fully supported platform!
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SVG passthrough precision
If an SVG is imported into a design tool, then immediately exported as another SVG, how much precision is kept? What’s added, removed, or altered?
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The Hypermedia-Driven Application (HDA) Architecture
In this essay, Carson Gross explains the Hypermedia-Driven Application (HDA) architecture, which combines the simplicity of traditional Multi-Page Applications with the enhanced user experience of Single-Page Applications by extending HTML infrastructure through declarative syntax and hypermedia-based server…
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Building a Cross-Platform Web and Mobile App from the Ground Up
“Why can’t we just write this code once and have it just work across Web, Android and iOS?” As a mobile engineer who has spent both a significant portion of his career copying the exact same product from iOS to Android, I’ve asked myself this question many times.
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mod_wasm: Run WebAssembly with Apache
mod_wasm is a new module to run WebAssembly (Wasm) modules in Apache httpd
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We’re making Firefox accessible and delightful for everyone
I joined Mozilla in 2017 as an accessibility engineer and soon became the tech lead for accessibility. But for years prior, I was already deeply involved w
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DuckDuckGo for Mac
DuckDuckGo for Mac gives you privacy by default. With one download, you get nearly a dozen protections, including built-in private search.
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Build a simple 2D physics engine for JavaScript games (2012)
Sometimes, the complexity and overhead of a third-party physics library, such as Box2D, is overkill for your JavaScript game. In this article, walk through an implementation of a straightforward 2D physics engine. Learn to create a simple physics world with gravity and collision detection between game objects. This…
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Offline-First Apps: Why Should Apps Be Made to Work in an Offline State?
Learn about what offline-first apps are and how they help users as well as businesses for a better overall user experience.
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EFF about EU: EIDAS 2.0 Sets a Dangerous Precedent for Web Security
The Council of the European Union this week adopted new language for regulations governing internet systems that may put the security of your browser at greater risk.The new language affects the EU’s electronic identification, authentication and trust services (eIDAS) rules, which are supposed to...
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Minimum Viable Declarative GUI in C++
Techniques for defining a declarative GUI in C++
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We switched to cursor-based pagination
Earlier this month, we migrated from offset pagination to cursor-based pagination for our API. In this journal, we walk through the basics of these methods of pagination and why we’re making this switch.
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SmooshGate (2021)
What can SmooshGate teach us about standards development and the Web Platform? This write-up gives an overview.
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The top layer: a solution to z-index:10000
With new built-in components and APIs coming to the platform, what is this "Top layer" that they enable us to use?
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Get started with GPU Compute on the web
This post explores the experimental WebGPU API through examples and helps you get started with performing data-parallel computations using the GPU.
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Infinite Scrolling: When to Use It, When to Avoid It
Infinite scrolling minimizes interaction costs and increases user engagement, but it isn’t a good fit for every website. For some, pagination or a Load More button will be a better solution.
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Interop 2022
Interop 2022 is a cross-browser initiative to find and address the most important interoperability pain points on the web platform.
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News from WWDC22: WebKit Features in Safari 16 Beta
WebKit has had a big year, with over 162 new features and improvements shipping in WebKit browsers — including Safari 15.2, Safari 15.4, and Safari 15.5.
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Vercel Edge Middleware: Dynamic at the speed of static
Execute custom logic at the moment of request, pushing personalization to the edge with exceptional performance.
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Deno 1.26 Release Notes
Deno 1.26 adds Cache Web API; improves permission system, experimental npm support, Node.js compatibility; ships with TypeScript 4.8, and more.
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Anatomy of a JWT
Technical article explains JSON Web Tokens (JWT), their component parts, and how they are used for authentication.
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Mantle – Serverless Maps Using Lambda or Cloudflare Workers
Self-host map APIs on your own cloud account, serverlessly
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Google Chrome U2F API decommission: What the change means
Understand Chrome's deprecation of U2F API and its effects, while exploring how to migrate to the WebAuthn API for continued YubiKey support.
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If you can read this, your browser captions are broken
I’ve seen a lot of captions over the years, and there’s one thing I can tell you with certainty: The way that custom controls and the HTML video element interact right now is inadequate, and I think th...
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Automating cookie consent and GDPR violation detection
The European Union's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) requires websites to inform users about personal data collection and request consent for cookies. Yet the majority of websites do not give users any choices, and others attempt to deceive them into accepting all cookies. We document the severity of this…
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Private profiles are now generally available on GitHub
Private profiles (now generally available) enables users to turn their GitHub profile "private", which gives users control over features that share user data across the GitHub platform. When a profile…
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Supabase Storage v2: Image Resizing and Smart CDN
We're introducing new features for Supabase Storage: Image resizing and a Smart CDN.