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Heroku Node.js Support (experimental)
UPDATE: Node.JS is now officially available on Heroku. Today we’re offering experimental support for node.js to a limited set of users. We know there is a.
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Welcoming Timeful to Google
Posted by Alex Gawley, Director of Product Management With the proliferation of mobile phones and greater access to technology, it should...
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What Every Developer Should Know About URLs
Everything a web developer should know about URLs: their nine parts, special characters and encoding, and how relative URLs resolve to absolute ones.
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OpenCensus Web: A tool to trace and monitor user-perceived performance
OpenCensus Web is a tool to trace and monitor the user-perceived performance of your web pages. It can help determine whether or not your web pages are experiencing performance issues that you might otherwise not know how to diagnose.
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Executing non-alphanumeric JavaScript without parentheses
I decided to look into non-alphanumeric JavaScript again and see if it was possible to execute it without parenthesis. A few years ago I did a presentation on non-alpha code if you want some more info
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Web-based cryptography is always snake oil
Nowadays, there is an epidemic of web applications purporting to offer “end-to-end” encryption. Examples might range from a file upload service, which allows you to upload and share files of arbitrary size and promises “end-to-end encryption”; or a web-based password safe service which claims that it can't see your…
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First .dev Domains Go Live
Today we’re introducing .dev, the latest top-level domain (TLD) from Google Registry, offering secure domains for developers and technology.
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Electron 11.0 released with support for Apple Silicon
Electron 11.0.0 has been released! It includes upgrades to Chromium 87, V8 8.7, and Node.js 12.18.3. We've added support for Apple silicon, and general improvements. Read below for more details!
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Supporting IE Is Too Much Work
Bart van Zon, software developer
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Chrome and Edge are removing XSLT: what breaks and what does not
Chrome 158 stops running XSLT on 17 November 2026. What it does to your XML sitemap, your feeds and your crawling, with a before and after capture.
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Why we chose Elm for Humio’s web UI
Uncover security and reliability issues before they impact your business with CrowdStrike Falcon® LogScale™.
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The JavaScript era happened because we were fed a line
The age of frontend JavaScript frameworks eating the web world didn’t happen simply because some well-meaning developers found great DX. It happened because we were fed a line.
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Defaulting on Single Page Applications
If you’re trying to build a single page application (SPA), you should probably use a tool designed primarily for the job. Site generators focused on…
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Google Calendar and Assistant Reminders Will Migrate to Google Tasks Soon
As previously announced , in the coming months, we’ll migrate Reminders from Google Calendar and Google Assistant to Google Tasks to create a single experience for managing to-dos across Google.
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Specifying JSON
I find myself tasked with polishing and publishing a little custom JSON-encoded language. It’s harder than it ought to be.
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Server-generated JavaScript responses
The majority of Ajax operations in Basecamp are handled with Server-generated JavaScript Responses (SJR). It works like this: Form is submitted via a XMLHttpRequest-powered form. Server creates or updates a model object. Server generates a JavaScript response that includes the updated HTML templa…
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GIMP 2.8: Preview
I wrote the other day about me upgrading my system in order to be able to run the Preview Release of GIMP 2.8 , I have it up and working, r...
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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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Poor Man's Web
The Small Web Renaissance, Finger, Gopher and Gemini. How they work and what makes them different from the modern Big Web.
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Htmx Is a Erlang
htmx, a disciple of hypermedia , available only in hardcover do not look for alternatives , has been manifesting itself into existence recently ( recently: after 10 years of work 1 ) and has finally reached critical mass 2 .
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Why I Don't Use React Router
Tech blog of topics that interest me - frontend development, functional programming, user experience, building cool things
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Announcing workers.dev
We are working really hard to allow you to deploy Workers without having a Cloudflare domain. You will soon be able to deploy your Cloudflare Workers to a subdomain-of-your-choice.workers.dev, which you can go claim now on workers.dev!
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