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Vite 8.0 Is Out
Vite 8 Release Announcement
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Parsing JSON is a Minefield
[2016-10-26] First version of the article [2016-10-28] Presentation at Soft-Shake Conference, Geneva ( slides ) [2016-11-01] Article and comments in The Register [2017-11-16] Presentation at Black Alps Security Conference, Yverdon ( slides ) [2018-03-09] Presentation at Toulouse Hacking Conference ( slides )…
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Using Cloudflare on your website could be blocking RSS users
Cloudflare's security features could be blocking RSS feed users from accessing your website
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The .feedback scam
Do you have feedback you'd like to give to Google, Facebook, StackOverflow, Inc., or Gandi? Now there's a website that will collect that feedback. Or... not.
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Sneak Peek at WebAssembly Studio
WebAssembly.Studio is an online IDE (integrated development environment) that helps you learn and teach others. It’s also a Swiss Army knife that comes in handy whenever working with WebAssembly (WASM). ...
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LastPass Disclosure Shows Why We Can't Have Nice Things
Response to the media's hysteria surrounding LastPass' responsible security warning.
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The Age of PageRank Is Over
When Sergey Brin and Larry Page came up with the concept of PageRank in their seminal paper The Anatomy of a Large-Scale Hypertextual Web Search Engine (Sergey Brin and Lawrence Page, Stanford University, 1998) they profoundly...
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Sign in with Google in Chrome
Many websites such as Yelp show an annoying “Sign in with Google” banner when you visit.
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Netflix’s AV1 Journey: From Android to TVs and Beyond
Liwei Guo, Zhi Li, Sheldon Radford, Jeff Watts
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History of the browser user-agent string (2008)
In the beginning there was NCSA Mosaic , and Mosaic called itself NCSA_Mosaic/2.0 (Windows 3.1) , and Mosaic displayed pictures along with text, and there was much rejoicing.
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Remix web framework aquired by Shopify
Remix is joining Shopify
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AI is making it easier to create more noise, when all I want is good search
We use Notion for the bulk of our knowledge management at CodePen. I have no use for an AI that can write for me.
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The Small Website Discoverability Crisis (2021)
There are a lot of small websites on the Internet: Interesting websites, beautiful websites, unique websites. Unfortunately they are incredibly hard to find. You cannot find them on Google or Reddit, and while you can stumble onto them with my search engine, it is not in a very directed fashion. It is an unfortunate…
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<3 Deno
Deno is a relatively new JavaScript runtime. I find it quite interesting and aesthetically appealing, in-line with the recent trend to rein in the worse-is-better law of software evolution. This post explains why.
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How to Draw a Space Invader
This interactive post will show you how to build your own fleet of space invaders by mixing geometry with randomness and a splash of color.
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Google results for PHP tutorials contain SQL injection vulnerabilities
Today, out of curiosity, I googled for php mysql email register . This returns tutorials, how-tos, code snippets. Most results include flawed DB statements. This usually means something like
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CSS Tips
26 CSS tips and tricks with live demos: text-overflow ellipsis, line-clamp, position: sticky, scroll snap, gradient text, CSS-only modals and tooltips.
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Canistilluse.com
There’s something beautiful about the website caniuse.com which I never fully appreciated until last week when news spread that alert , prompt , and confirm…
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Winds 2.0: It’s Time to Revive RSS
Learn about an open source RSS and podcast app that is no longer supported, Winds.
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GitHub blocks FLoC across all of GitHub Pages
All GitHub Pages sites served from the github.io domain will now have a Permissions-Policy: interest-cohort=() header set. Pages sites using a custom domain will not be impacted. Learn more about…
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Contextual Identities on the Web
The Containers Feature in Firefox Nightly enables users to login to multiple accounts on the same site simultaneously and gives users the ability to segregate site data for improved privacy and security. We all portray different characteristics of ourselves in different situations. The way I speak with my son is much…
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Burying the URL
Chrome considers hiding the location field.
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"Begin disabling installed extensions still using Manifest V2 in Chrome stable"
Details of the Manifest V2 phase-out and end of life.
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I failed to recreate the 1996 Space Jam website with Claude
Can Claude Recreate the 1996 Space Jam Website? No. Or at least not with my prompting skills.
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DuckDuckGo Extension to Block FLoC, Google’s New Tracking Method in Chrome
Google has created a new tracking mechanism called FLoC, put it in Chrome, and automatically turned it on for millions of users. It's bad for privacy, which is why we're now blocking it in the DuckDuckGo extension.
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WebP: The WebPage Compression Format
I want to provide a smooth experience to my site visitors, so I work on accessibility and ensure it works without JavaScript enabled. I care about page load time because some pages contain large illustrations, so I minify my HTML. But one thing makes turning my blog light as a feather a pain in the ass.
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Mozilla expands extension support for Firefox for Android
Today, Mozilla announced more than 450 new extensions (software that adds new features or functionality to the browser) to users on Firefox for Android at