It’s a bit funny to me how the XML ecosystem, so loathed by web devs at the time, offered a lot of what they say they want today. Namespacing, CSS scoping, and even JSX https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ECMAScript_for_XML
“WebGPU — All of the cores, none of the canvas — surma.dev”
Interesting in a “read again in a couple of years when it’s more broadly supported” kinda way.
Typos typos typos everywhere. Ugh. Need more coffee.
“Michael Tsai - Blog - Mac Software Stagnation”
This gathers some of the recent discussion on Mac software quality.
As a primarily Windows+Linux user these days, the Mac app ecosystem is still generally superior, tho
“A sysadmin’s rant about feed readers and crawlers”
Unfortunately tyhis, isn’t new. I remember reading near-identical blog posts over 15 years ago. Programmers think a library absolves them from learning HTTP.
“JavaScript naming conflicts: How existing code can force proposed features to be renamed”
JS’s evolution has been…let’s call it ‘interesting’
“Adactio: Journal—A bug with progressive web apps on iOS”
This is exactly the sort of bug that makes progressive web apps on iOS completely unusable to normal users.
“Towards a Unified Theory of Web Performance - Infrequently Noted”
“Support open source that you use by paying the maintainers to talk to your team”
I mean, it’s worth trying, right?
“Solutions That Create Problems”
“I am sick and tired of so many people giving Web3 the benefit of the doubt”
“Bypassing Apple’s AirTag Security - Schneier on Security”
A stalker’s delight.
“The web is overrun and pop-up blockers haven’t worked in years”
“SPAs were a mistake - Go Make Things”
This. Except I’d go further and say that Youtube’s SPA PiP implementation was also a mistake. The PiP concept both compromises the experience and the ad business model.
“Understanding CSRF Attacks - Zell Liew”
TIL about login CSRF attacks.
Apropos of nothing, I wonder if there is a correlation between having an evangelical style of writing about tech and having been raised in an evangelical Christian household?
Know of a few cases and am wondering if it’s a pattern
“The first week for Amazon’s new Comixology storefront and app wasn’t pretty”
Between comics fleeing Kickstarter and Amazon all but nuking its digital comics division, the industry seems to be having a pretty bad year
“Why I removed my articles from Medium - by Stéphanie Walter - Feb, 2022 - Medium”
TIL that Google doesn’t actually respect canonical links in search results.