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Svelte 5: Runes
Rethinking ‘rethinking reactivity’
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Coming to Chrome: a new way to use tabs
Tab grouping feature coming to Google Chrome
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How to build a website without frameworks and tons of libraries
A simple toolchain that Koding Kitty uses for building its web.
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A lighter V8
The V8 Lite project dramatically reduced the memory overhead of V8 on typical websites, this is how we did it.
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Twitter to Client Developers: Drop Dead
Link to: https://dev.twitter.com/blog/changes-coming-to-twitter-api
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Forking Chrome to turn HTML into SVG
I've been working on a program called html2svg , it converts web pages to SVG. It's based on a fork of Chromium to support modern web standards. This post explains most patches.
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Is Google Search Deteriorating? Measuring Google's Search Quality in 2022
Has Google's Search Quality deteriorated in recent years? This post measures Google Search using human evaluation.
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Offline is just online with extreme latency
I just finished watching “Local-first Software” by Peter Van Hardenberg and loved it! He talks about changing the paradigm we’re currently in where a program…
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Bypassing GitHub's OAuth Flow with a Head Request
For the past few years, security research has been something I’ve done in my spare time. I know there are people that make a living off of bug bounty programs, but I’ve personally just spent a few hours here and there whenever I feel like it.
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Minimal CSS-only blurry image placeholders
Here’s a CSS technique that produces blurry image placeholders (LQIPs) without cluttering up your markup — Only a single custom property needed!
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Windows native app development is a mess
I tried to build a Windows native app using Microsoft's latest technologies. Now I understand why everyone builds Electron apps.
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Vivaldi 4.0
Translate websites on desktop or Android privately with Vivaldi 4.0! Our latest update also adds beta versions of Mail, Calendar, and Feed Reader.
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Bootstrap 3 released
Today, on the two year anniversary of releasing Bootstrap to the world, we're shipping Bootstrap 3.0. It's been a crazy long ride to say the least and we're…
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Tailwind CSS v4.0
We just released Tailwind CSS v4.0 — an all-new version of the framework optimized for performance and flexibility, with a reimagined configuration and customization experience, and taking full advantage of the latest advancements the web platform has to offer.
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Thunderbird for iOS
The team has been working hard behind the scenes laying a strong foundation for the Thunderbird iOS app, building natively from scratch.
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The Elements of UI Engineering
What makes UI engineering difficult?
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Technical Details on the Recent Firefox Add-On Outage
Recently, Firefox had an incident in which most add-ons stopped working. This was due to an error on our end: we let one of the certificates used to sign add-ons ...
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Superhuman embeds tracking pixels in user emails
Over the past 25 years, email has weaved itself into the daily fabric of life. Our inboxes contain everything from very personal letters, to work correspondence, to unsolicited inbound sales pitches. In many ways, they are an extension of our …
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Malicious Subtitles Threaten Kodi, VLC and Popcorn Time Users
Check Point researchers revealed a new attack vector which threatens millions of users worldwide – attack by subtitles. By crafting malicious subtitle %
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HTTP is obsolete. It's time for the Distributed Web (2015)
Early this year, the Internet Archive put out a call for a distributed web . We heard them loud and clear.
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Vulnerability allows cross-browser tracking in Chrome, Firefox, Safari, and Tor
Unveiling a scheme flooding vulnerability across major browsers. Learn how it threatens anonymous browsing.
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Chrome Won
Disclaimer: I worked for 7 years at Mozilla and was Mozilla’s Chief Technology Officer before leaving 2 years ago to found an embedded AI startup. Mozilla published a blog post two days ago h…
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Nobody designs for small iPhone devices anymore
Nobody designs for small iPhone devices anymore. Why do I say this? Well, if you've been rocking the iPhone SE 2020 you would know. What I'm saying is there a lot of UI glitches from apps running on iPhone SE. Clubhouse Forgot to measure the screen's width? Spotify I can't see the Refresh button. I…
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What came first: the CNAME or the A record?
A recent change to 1.1.1.1 accidentally altered the order of CNAME records in DNS responses, breaking resolution for some clients. This post explores the technical root cause, examines the source code of affected resolvers, and dives into the inherent ambiguities of the DNS RFCs.
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Apple Maps on the web launches in beta
Apple Maps on the web is available in public beta, allowing users around the world to access Maps directly from their browser.
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Firefox 148 Launches with AI Kill Switch Feature and More Enhancements
The latest update of Firefox, version 148, introduces a much-anticipated "AI kill switch" feature, allowing users to disable AI functionalities such as chatbot prompts…
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