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Rather than allow other browser engines to install-to-homescreen on iOS, Apple is removing the feature entirely in the EU. Some features are tied to install-to-homescreen, such as push messages. Apple is unshipping those for EU users. We need to act now: open-web-advocacy.org/apple-…
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Theo - t3.gg
@theo9 May 2023
Describe "serverless" in 3 sentences or less
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Incredibly happy that after months of delay, Microsoft Edge now has dark/light/high contrast, blurred vision and colour deficiencies emulation as part of the Device Emulation toolbar! Test the accessibility of your product whilst emulating mobiles and testing responsive designs
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Introducing "Learning Patterns": patterns.dev - a free 435+ page book on JavaScript + React design & performance patterns from @lydiahallie and I. On the web, ePub & PDF.
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someone on my team went zoom camera-off 6 months ago because they were eating a late lunch and I've never seen their face again. respect.
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Who remembers updating websites via FTP? 🤚😭
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How users use software – at Denver, CO
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#CSS Positions got the 'inset' property, a shorthand to describe all the directions combined. Now has full support in all the updatable browsers.
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HTML sanitizers are critical to web applications, mitigating the risk of XSS when working with untrusted strings. The HTML Sanitizer API is a work-in-progress (behind a flag in Chrome and Firefox) that shifts responsibility for this task to the browser: wicg.github.io/sanitizer-api…
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How Spotify makes text on images more readable: a CSS linear-gradient overlay. More common these days, but still an effective technique for better color contrast.
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Tip: In @ChromeDevTools you can now copy CSS properties faster. Right-click on a CSS class to copy the current selector name, the full rule or all declarations under the rule.
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Webpack 5 just landed on tooling.report! Huge thanks to @wSokra for putting in the time on this one, and @jaffathecake for the reviews.
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Nice overview from @addyosmani on React Server Components! addyosmani.com/blog/react-se…
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🦔 Browserslist has added feature queries! For example, the query “supports es6-module” matches browsers that support JavaScript modules. A list of all available features can be found at github.com/ben-eb/caniuse-li….
Browserslist 4.13 was released. @el_piranna from Veedeo.me added `supports es6-module` query to select browsers supported specific features. For instance, you can select browsers with ESM support. github.com/browserslist/brow…
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Elon Musk
@elonmusk25 Apr 2020
So often true 🤣🤣
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Here's a Coronavirus dashboard I’ve been messing with on the side. Ugly, scary numbers, but it's hard not to pay attention to them. #coronavirus germanysbestkeptsecret.com/c…
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I feel like Coronavirus related API endpoints should only be made available using SOAP
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Motherfuckers be like let App = useApp();
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