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Introducing: ShaderPad
Riley J. Shaw is a programmer and designer. Rooted in repair and craft, he creates transparent, remixable tools for a sustainable and accessible future.
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The most popular blog posts about web & frontend on Hacker News. 4,615 posts.
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Rust and QML: a timely example
A brief recap. The new project Rust Qt Binding Generator can create bindings between Rust code and Qt code. You can use Rust code to power your Qt application. Or in other words, you can use Qt as a cross-platform user interface for your Rust application.
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Understanding "Prototypes" in JavaScript
For the purposes of this post, I will be talking about JavaScript objects using syntax defined in ECMAScript 5.1. The basic semantics existed in Edition 3, but they were not well exposed. A Whole New Object In JavaScript, objects are pairs of keys and values (in Ruby, this structure
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But, aren't you folks web2?
And if you are, then why don't you convert to web3?
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Taming the beast that is the Django ORM – An introduction
The Django ORM, how it compares to raw SQL and gotchas that you should be aware of when using it
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Pixel Perfect
Regarding the 15-inch MacBook Pro With Retina Display.
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The Ant Design Christmas Egg That Went Wrong
Ant Design is a design language comes with a set of React component open sourced by Alibaba’s Ant Finance. One can assume its popularity by looking at its 38837+ stargazers on Github .
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WASM GC isn't ready for realtime graphics
Wasm GC is a wonderful thing that is now available in all major web browsers since slowpoke Safari/WebKit finally shipped it in December. It provides a hierarchy of heap allocated reference types and a set of instructions to operate on them. Wasm GC enables managed memory languages to take advantage of the advanced…
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WebGPU computations performance in comparison to WebGL
WebGPU – the successor of WebGL, a brand new API to utilize GPUs in the browser. It is promised to be available in regular Chrome in Q1 2022. In comparison to WebGL, WebGPU promises better performance and better compatibility with modern hardware, but the most recognizable feature of WebGPU is a special API for…
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Why to normalize Unicode strings
Never heard of Unicode normalization? You’re not alone. But it will save you a lot of trouble.
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A domain move disaster
Changing my valuable domain name was a cock-up of epic proportions.
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Don't Make Visitors Make Accounts
Few things bother me more than when I am forced to make an account to have some basic interaction with a website.
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Magento eCommerce PHP Remote Code Execution
Critical remote code execution vulnerability in Magento (SUPEE-5344). Patch immediately. Affects 200,000 stores. Includes patch download and analysis.
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Too Much Color
I spent too much time looking at too many colo(u)rs to try and optimise them for csskit. Here are some interesting findings.
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Better Box Shadows (CSS)
Hi, my name is Adam Ramirez. I am a UX Designer who focuses on Design Facilitation and Product Analytics with 10 years of experience under my belt. In the past 5 years, I have been working to deliver the best possible user experience to my clients and their users.
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Analyzing the OpenAPI Tooling Ecosystem
Diagram of the OpenAPI Specification tooling ecosystem, focusing on how tasks relate to the specification
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Three Decades of HTML
A few days ago was the 30th anniversary of the first time I wrote an HTML document.
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Deconstructing the "Whimsical Animations" landing page
I spent the past few weeks packing as many easter eggs as I could into my latest project, and in this blog post, I want to dig into some of the more interesting details! If you’re interested in animations/interactions, you’ll want to check this one out; I share a bunch of my favourite secrets and tricks. 😄
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How to draw oscilloscope lines with WebGL
When I saw oscilloscope music demos, they amazed and inspired me. Observing a clever use of interaction between sound and an electron beam is a unique experience. Some awesome oscilloscope music videos: Youscope, Oscillofun and Khrậng. However, I could not find any beautiful oscilloscope emulators. Lines produced by…
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Browsers barely care what HTTP status code your web pages are served with
You're probably reading this page because you've attempted to access some part of my blog (Wandering Thoughts) or CSpace , the wiki thing it's part of. Unfortunately you're using a browser version that my anti-crawler precautions consider suspicious, most often because it's too old (most often this applies to versions…
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Changing its name tanked X's downloads in App Store and Play Store
Link to: https://www.threads.net/@eric_seufert/post/CwAiop2OM8U/
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Why are restaurant web sites so bad?
On Twitter, my friends Shani and Erie are engaged in a bit of time-honored kvetching about the legendary and general awfulness of restaurant Web sites. Who thinks it’s good idea to blast annoying music at people going to your site? Why do they so often rely on Flash, which doesn’t really add anything to the…
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Windows UI evolution: Clicking an unassociated file
(I don't plan on doing lots more of these Windows UI blog posts. I just happened to come across this and found it interesting. Besides, it's super hot where I live and I can't do anything meaningful anyway, so here we go.)
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Electronic Arts Hates Strong Passwords
EA does not allow passwords longer than 16 characters or passwords that contain symbols. However passwords like cool, pass and love are totally acceptable.
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Decentralized Syndication – The Missing Internet Protocol
The Internet is decentralized by design. It came into being not at once, but in parts. New protocols were added on top of previous ones, but one crucial protocol is still missing.