Every engineer worthy of the title adopts one unshakeable article of faith: POPULARITY IS NOT A QUALITY METRIC
Things I would like every young web engineer to learn: - anything you can do in CSS + HTML, you *should* do in CSS - *framework du jour* is not a platform, it's a high-interest loan against your future capacity. The platform is the platform - understanding the memory hierarchy *always* matters - client-side isn't easier than the server, and "generalists" usually suck at client-side. Mind the (packet) gap - managers who are not technical are not useful - put users first, always
Safari at WWDC '25: The Ghost of Christmas Past
Infrequently Noted
Safari at WWDC '25: The Ghost of Christmas Past - Infrequently Noted
Alex Russell on browsers, standards, and the process of progress.
React: cheap, fast, good; choose none.
Lots of folks fell for the "DOM is slow" marketing of certain frameworks, but DOM isn't slow. *Uncontrolled style read-back* is. But what if that wasn't a thing? Looking for feedback on a new proposal to control layout thrashing here: 📃.md
Jeffery Goldberg had the most secure device in the chat...do I have that right?
Some good signs from the No Kings protest in SF.
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Hey Econ profession, is fiddling with the econometric data a *good* sign for a nation's future prosperity?
AP News
The Trump administration may exclude government spending from GDP, obscuring the impact of DOGE cuts
Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick says he could take government spending out of his agency's reports on gross domestic product.
Go get 'em, @npub1wpvz...rz2s
Most of the damage Musk can do now is premised on his wealth, which comes back to Tesla. This is gonna be a bumpy ride, but to all my EV-loving peeps who aren't down with the fash, I salute you:
InsideEVs
Tesla Sales Are Tanking Across The World
Blame the Musk Effect, declining EV subsidies or all of the above. But Tesla