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X Window System Basics (2014)
Since this article contains a lot of interactive demos relying on fairly modern browser technology, let's make sure that everything is OK before continuing.
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You can serve static data over HTTP
This will be short. I need to let some steam off and flush this thing out of my mind because it's already hanging around for too long. The story goes like this: we're prototyping small tool for whatever and we're at the point where there is a visible need to store some (most likely) static data. Oh, the thing is in…
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JPEG-XL vs. AVIF and Others: 27 Images Compared
The current debate surrounding AVIF versus JPEG XL needs some third-party quantitative data to support arguments on either side. I've compiled a dataset of 27 high-resolution photographic images to compare performance across them all at a wide fidelity range.
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Using XPath in 2023
In the latest release of htmx , you can add event listeners to elements with hx-on :
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I Wrote an Activitypub Server in OCaml: Lessons Learnt, Weekends Lost
It was way back in the summer of 2019 when I first became a member ( i.e. a Fedizen!) of the Fediverse, the distributed social network formed by various Free and Libre servers communicating using the Activitypub protocol.
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The case for frameworks
I push back on Alex Russell's "Market for Lemons" post blaming JS frameworks and their advocates for poor mobile web performance. Developers aren't stupid or deceived: React dominates because of rational economics. Frameworks save developer time, enable hiring, and compound via ecosystems. Better frameworks, not fewer…
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Announcing Masonry 0.1, and my vision for Rust UI
When I see the landscape of native GUI in 2022, I feel like something is missing.
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Don't use Tailwind for a design system (2021)
My opinion about why isn't a great idea to use tailwind for your design system
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JSON vs. XML
Today's guest is Douglas Crockford. He's sharing the story of JSON, his discovery of JavaScript's good parts, and his approach to finding a simple way to build software. Also, his battles against XML, against complexity, his battles to say that there's a better way to build software. This is foundational stuff for the…
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HTML Web Components: An Example
In my article on HTML web components , I said: But the unique power of web components (in the browser) is that they can render before JavaScript. React…
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Speeding up the JavaScript ecosystem – The barrel file debacle
Many projects are littered with files that just re-export other files. These so called "barrel files" are one of the key reasons why JavaScript tooling is slow in bigger projects.
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Phoenix LiveView: Async Assign Pattern
UPDATE: LiveView has added a built in, more robust way of using this pattern. Check it out here ! I've been using LiveView for about two ye...
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Problems with AWS Amplify and its use of DynamoDB
Something something Amplify is bad
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Snappy UIs with WebAssembly and Web Workers
Our web app allows users can change the length of a song or find loops present in it for infinite listening, remixing, or for their next next video edit or performance. After uploading a song, there is an initial server-side analysis step after which...
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The Staggering Frontiers of CSS
Friends! Pals! CSS deviants! One thing I’ve always loved about CSS, besides its obvious and immediate effect on a webpage—wow this table is now red!—is that...
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Browser extensions spy on you, even if its developers don't
I've developed a few browser extensions, and every week I receive numerous emails with "revenue offer". Some experienced developers know that offers like these will inject malware into the browsers of your users, but scammers who make these offers will not tell you about it. They offer "integrations" that don't look…
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Being picky about a CSS reset for fun
Just days before Andy revamped his (more) Modern CSS Reset, Dave and I were line-by-lining it on ShopTalk Show. Mouthblogging is fun and all, but so is Writemouthblogging, known colloquially as …
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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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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 do we create modern desktop GUI apps using HTML/CSS/JavaScript? (2022)
This was a post on [Quora](https://qr.ae/pG0hvt) and I thought I have more to say than I can write in a reply, so here goes, a blog article inst...
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CSS System Colors (2021)
In another episode of “I’ve been a web designer for how long and am only now learning about this?” let’s talk about CSS system colors. Background On my blog, I…
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It's weird how design systems are so rote, yet so difficult
Reflecting on investing in design systems
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State of HTML 2023 now open
While the survey will be open for 3 weeks, responses entered within the first 9 days (until October 1st) will have a much higher impact on the Web, as preliminary data will be used to inform Interop 2024 proposals.
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