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Airbnb Is Moving Faster at Scale with GraphQL and Apollo
Demystifying my GraphQL Summit talk
Assembling WebAssembly
WebAssembly in WebKit.
Why don’t podcasts use VBR MP3s? Because iOS and macOS don’t accurately seek them
AVFoundation, the low-level audio/video framework in iOS and macOS, does not accurately seek within VBR MP3s, making VBR impractical to use for long files such as podcasts. Jumping to a timestamp in an hour-long VBR podcast can result in an error of over a minute, without the listener even knowing because the…
Cloudflare acquires PartyKit to allow developers to build real-time multi-user
We're thrilled to announce that PartyKit, a trailblazer in enabling developers to craft ambitious real-time, collaborative, multiplayer applications, is now a part of Cloudflare
Modernizing the DOM Tree in Microsoft Edge
The DOM is the foundation of the web platform programming model, and its design and performance impacts the rest of the browser pipeline. However, its history and evolution is far from a simple story. Over the past three years, we’ve embarked on an in-flight refactoring of the DOM in Microsoft Edge, with our eye on
Introducing Yelp's GraphQL API
Introducing Yelp's Local Graph Tomer Elmalem, Software Engineer May 3, 2017 We’re continuously adding new features to our API to make it easier for developers to integrate with our data...
WebGL + Rust: Basic Water Tutorial
In this tutorial we’ll discuss the ideas and concepts behind rendering water and then talk through some demo code.
XML is almost always misused
In 1996, XML was invented. No sooner than it was created, it was adopted for all manner of misconceived applications for which it was a poor choice.
Firefox Quantum
Next week, Mozilla will release Firefox 57. Also referred to as Firefox Quantum, from the project name we've used for all the work that has been put into making this the most awesome Firefox release ever. This is underscored by the fact that I've gotten mailed release-swag for the first time during my four years ……
Deep cloning objects in JavaScript
It’s been a long time coming, but we finally now have the built-in `structuredClone` function to make deep cloning objects in JavaScript a breeze
Microsoft's Skydrive sends two million NULL characters
The latest news about Opera web browsers, tech trends, internet tips.
A Local-First Case Study
How I built a local-first app for planning trips, and what I learned about the current state of the local-first ecosystem along the way.
How to use Elm at work
A delightful language with friendly error messages, great performance, small assets, and no runtime exceptions.
IOS App Store Submission Checklist - anything else to add?
Complete checklist for submitting an iPhone/iPad app to the App Store. An example of the checklist-style of software testing you can do with Testpad. Originally published in 2012. FULLY UPDATED FOR 2018.
Conrod – A Rust GUI Library
A user friendly game engine written in Rust
CloudFront vs. Cloudflare, and how to reduce response times for both (2021)
Learn how to reduce response times for both CloudFront and Cloudflare.
How to think about HTML responsive images
srcset, sizes, picture, source, and how they all fit.
GBC Boot Animation 88×31 Web Button
My little corner of the internet.
Headless React
Doing React-like things without React.