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Entry (Sources) and TopicsDate#
I Studied 50+ Engineers Who Got Promoted Fast: They All Did One Thing I’d Been Ignoring76
career, collaboration
In 1995, a Netscape Employee Wrote a Hack in 10 Days That Now Runs the Internet (ben/ars)75
netscape, javascript, history
Why You Need Design Maturity in a Product Organisation, and How to Get It74
design, product-management
No More Tokens—Locking Down npm Publish Workflows (zac)73
npm, dependencies, security, processes
Referencing HTML Elements Inside Shadow DOM (meh/mat)72
html, shadow-dom, web-components
Getting Creative With “the Measure” (mal/css)71
css, typography, readability
Testing Methods: Motion Actuation (dec)70
accessibility, testing, wcag, mobile
The Web Runs on Tolerance (ede)69
web-platform, standards, principles
Standards Queues (bka)68
standards, web-platform, collaboration
Fast by Default (den/per)67
performance, processes
Control the Viewport Resize Behavior on Mobile With interactive-widget (bra/mat)66
css, units, viewport, resizing, mobile, metadata, html
A Leap in the Evolution of Airtable’s Codebase: Scaling TypeScript to Thousands of Projects65
typescript, scalability, case-studies
The World Doesn’t Need More Managers—It Needs People Who Care Enough to Lead64
design, leadership
React vs. Angular: Which Framework Should We Choose in 2024 and 2025? (bhu)63
frameworks, react, angular, comparisons
How to Include Web Accessibility in Your Web Development Process (pop)62
how-tos, accessibility, processes, tooling, webaim
How to Include Web Accessibility in Your Content Writing Process (pop)61
how-tos, accessibility, content, writing, processes
Googling Is for Old People: What This Means for Web Designers (web)60
design, mobile, search, google
How Does the React Compiler Perform on Real Code (ade/per)59
react, compiling, rendering, memoization, performance
Release Notes for Safari Technology Preview 209 (jon/web)58
release-notes, safari, browsers
It’s Not AI, It’s State-of-the-Art Exploitation (laq)57
ai, myths
How React Compiler Performs on Real Code (ade)56
react, compiling, rendering, memoization
How to Fix Storybook Screenshot Testing (not)55
how-tos, testing, screenshots, images, storybook, vitest
24 Best AI Tools for Developers in 2025 (moz)54
tooling, ai, link-lists
Angular 19: Standalone Updates53
angular
Just Say “No” to JavaScript (nic/inf)52
javascript, typescript, programming
Back to Basics: 5 HTML Attributes for Improved Accessibility and User Experience (dni/mat)51
fundamentals, html, attributes, accessibility, user-experience
Color Psychology in Visual Design: A Practical Guide to Impacting User Behavior (uxm)50
guides, design, colors, tips-and-tricks
Pen, Paper, IDE: A DevTool Founder’s Early-Stage Product Design Guide (rom+/evi)49
guides, design, product-management, processes
The Importance of User Feedback and Data in UX Design (uxm)48
user-experience, metrics
An Informed Pre-Caching Strategy for Large Sites (eth/per)47
strategies, performance, caching
Testing the Performance of Social Media Embeds (mic)46
performance, testing, embed-code, social-media
12 Important User-Interface Design Guidelines (uxm)45
guidelines, design, usability
10 Tips for Implementing Webflow On-Page SEO44
webflow, seo, tips-and-tricks
The State of UX in 2024: Enter Late-Stage UX43
user-experience, design, outlooks
How Marketing Changed OOP in JavaScript (mon/sma)42
marketing, javascript, oop, software-design-patterns
The Pros and Cons of Using React Today41
react, frameworks
CSS Media Query for Scripting Support (sea)40
css, media-queries, browsers, support
100 Bucket List Ideas for Programmers39
career, learning
Why Carousels Don’t Work (ant)38
carousels, design, user-experience
Of Time and the Web (btc)37
videos, web, processes, history
PHP Type Declarations—A Guide for Beginners (ami)36
php, guides
Landmarks and Where to Put Them (kil/mat)35
html, semantics, aria, accessibility
Fast Is Good, Instant Is Better (tun/per)34
performance, caching
Plugging Memory Leaks in Your App (sto/per)33
performance, memory
How to Display the Last Build Date in Eleventy (ste)32
how-tos, eleventy
Command Line Interface Guidelines31
websites, guidelines, command-line
Server-Side Includes (SSI) Injection (owa)30
ssi, security
On Visions for Performance, or: Performance Optimization Is a Process (j9t)29
performance, optimization, outlooks, processes
Tips to Help You Write Faster MySQL Queries28
mysql, databases, performance, tips-and-tricks
5 Common Misconceptions About Web Accessibility (24a)27
accessibility
The State of UX in 201826
user-experience, design, outlooks
On MDN Keeping Around Outdated Information25
mdn, documentation
Analyzing a PHP Project With Jenkins24
php, tooling, debugging, automation, jenkins
CSS Sprites With Sass and Compass23
css, images, sprites, sass, compass
What’s New in Firefox 34 (cra)22
firefox, browsers
What Is the Web? (mno)21
web, web-platform, standards, concepts
Fast and Flashy: famo.us JavaScript Framework Revealed20
frameworks, javascript, famous
Real World HTML5 Hybrid Apps19
html, mobile, polyfills, apis, canvas
Translation Is UX (ali)18
localization, user-experience, accessibility
jQuery Output Array in Random Order17
jquery, arrays, randomness
More Shell, Less Egg (drd)16
shells, command-line, programming
20 Signs You Don’t Want That Web Design Project (zel)15
business-relations, collaboration
Testing WAI–ARIA Role Support (ste)14
aria, accessibility, testing
Best Practices for Subversion (SVN)13
videos, svn, best-practices
Upcoming Changes to the JavaScript Language (dal/aja)12
ecmascript, javascript, standards
HTML5 and CSS3 Are Doomed for Disaster11
html, css, standards, browsers
HTML Declarations Screwing Up CSS (chr/css)10
html, css, doctypes
Reset All Margins and Padding (chr/css)9
css, resets, margins
Cross Site Scripting Joy (tri)8
xss, security
Standards, Semantics, Accessibility, and HTML Email (jch)7
html, standards, semantics, accessibility, email
Use Sitemap Standards to Help Search Engines6
sitemaps, search
CSS Layout Starting Points (24w)5
css, layout, templates
Extending HTML4 Forms4
html, forms, xforms
Using XSLT to Assist Regression Testing3
xsl, testing, regressions
SVG’s Past and Promising Future2
svg, standards, outlooks
Netscape and Sun Announce JavaScript, the Open, Cross-Platform Object Scripting Language for Enterprise Networks and the Internet1
javascript, netscape