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A Report from the AMP Advisory Committee Meeting

I don't like AMP. I think that Google's Accelerated Mobile Pages are a bad idea, poorly executed, and almost-certainly anti-competitive. So, I decided to join the AC (Advisory Committee) for AMP. I don't want them surrounded with sycophants and yes-men. A few weeks ago, a bunch of the AC met in London for our first…

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Why did infinite scroll fail at Etsy?

My point is not that infinite scroll is stupid. It may be great on your website. But we should have done a better job of understanding the people using our website” – Dan McKinley, Principal Engineer at Etsy A few weeks ago, Etsy engineer Dan McKinley gave a talk on “Design for Continuous Experimentation.” It’s …

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Use your browser as Notepad

We all uses notepad or sticky note or some editor to take immediate notes on something like code snippet, ideas, blog content, todo. Recently I came to know that we can use our browser just like notepad. The trick hacks around Data URI scheme and html contenteditable attribute.

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SVG Images from Postgres

We are excited to announce a new set of functions to generate svgs from Postgres and PostGIS! This gives you really easy maps, images, or charts directly from your database. Once you start reading through these samples, you'll want to start playing with images from your database.