A single news page shouldn't be 49MB. That’s larger than the original Doom. The NYT is being roasted for extreme bloat, but it's the entire web. We’ve traded performance for a mountain of tracking scripts and autoplaying video. #webdev 1/5

CanvasRenderingContext2D: direction prop… The CanvasRenderingContext2D.direction property of the Canvas 2D API specifies the current text direction used to draw text.

🦖 Random MDN: CanvasRenderingContext2D: direction prop… 🦖

developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Canva...

The CanvasRenderingContext2D.direction property of the Canvas 2D API specifies the current text direction used to draw text.

#webdev

Week 7 of my DSA + Web Dev Journey

Explored Redux & Next.js this week. SSR + routing = mind blown

Slow week on DSA due to personal stuff — but slow progress > no progress.

Not every week is a win. What matters is not quitting.

#WebDev #Redux #NextJS #DSA #LearningInPublic

Why this over Playwright? It’s about the feedback loop. While Playwright is for scripts, MCP focuses on high-signal data for the LLM. It's the difference between a bot following a path and an agent solving a problem in real-time. 🚀 #webdev 4/4

Why are we still doing this? Devs in the thread are split. Some say standardized port mapping protocols are the answer, others argue IPv6 should've killed NAT years ago. Instead, we're stuck building complex 'hacks' to simulate a transparent end-to-end internet. #webdev 3/4

htmxRazor v1.3.0: server-driven data table, Command Palette, focus management after swaps, container queries, skip nav, APG keyboard audit. No Bootstrap. No client-side JS library. .NET Tag Helpers for htmx. htmxRazor.com

#aspnetcore #htmx #webdev #aspnet

Building a Serverless Command Bus / Workflow Backbone for Microservices When I design microservice platforms on AWS, one of the recurring problems I see is not “how do I...

✍️ New blog post by Renaldi

Building a Serverless Command Bus / Workflow Backbone for Microservices

#webdev #programming #microservices #aws

Web designers of all flavors: What is your favorite font family to use? #webdev #webdesign #graphicdesign

Mine is Oswald. Guilty as charged.

If you say Comic Sans, you're banned from web design.

2/2:
🚗 June 25th: Ian Dunning - TBA, but #AI-orientated & <YOU? - new speakers welcome, get in touch>

At Charles St. SHU, all on last Thursday of every month
#Sheffield #Meetup #TechMeetups #WebDev #WebDesign #UX #FrontEndSheff @sheffield.digital

Can We Use A collection of websites focused on browsers usage and features.

#Development #Collections
Can We · Websites focused on browser usage and features ilo.im/16aegg by Mehdi Merah

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#Browsers #DevTools #Accessibility #Privacy #Emails #WebStandards #WebPlatform #WebDev #Frontend

Section 3: React State ✅
Completed the "Chef Claude" and Sound Pads course projects.

Covered:
- Props vs. State & Data flow
- Complex `useState` (Arrays/Objects)
- React Forms (`Object.fromEntries`)
- Conditional Rendering & API Basics

scrimba.com/learn-react-...
#ReactJS #WebDev

Screenshot of the comments section of my website (post linked in body), from Drega and Monz. Drega says: "loving that oat cake & need to try making it sometime 👀 i've been doing batch cooking on weekends for easy weeknight dinners (curries, stir fries, stews) but that looks like a nice way to have an easy & healthy breakfast ready for multiple days. currently all i have in that niche is smoothies which get old & lack chew" Monz says: "Awesome post dude!! I’d love to visit a buff, snake-themed coffee shop when I go to Chicago."

Ridiculously proud of how good my custom little comment section looks on my website >:3

And also omg I didn't have email notifs setup right and I only just NOW added these...I appreciate my cool friends, thank you for nice comments UwU

#webdev

cobra.monster/blog/2026-01...

🦖 OES_vertex_array_object: isVertexArrayOES() method
✅ Widely available (from Apr 2018)

developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/OES_v...

The OES_vertex_array_object.isVertexArrayOES() method of the WebGL API returns true if the passed object is a […]

✨ Mini Spotify on Firefox is also released, it's always so much fun to keep your extension compatible on different browsers, isn't it? 😂

👉 addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefo...

#BuildInPublic #FirefoxAddOn #WebDev #DevLog #MusicLovers

Animation Retargeting can be really annoying and complicated. Babylon.js 9.0 makes it a snap with a new Animation Retargeting Tool!

#Babylon9Release #3D #WebDev #gamedev #indiedev #WebDevelopment #webgl #gamedevelopment #IndieDevs

In a world of infinite, perfect AI text, high-signal writing will be defined by its flaws. Personal voice is the only thing that won't be commoditized. Write like a human, even if it's messy. That's where the actual connection happens. #webdev 5/5

Another week, another desk setup 🙃

WTF is wrong with me? 😅

#DevLife #WorkspaceSetup #BuildInPublic #GameDev #IndieDev #SoloDev #WebDev #DevCommunity #SideProject

Having a complete bloody nightmare with my computer! Firstly, my @microsoft.com Windows o/s just decided that it didn't want to work anymore, granted it was a #windows10 installation.... Then, as I primarily use my computer for #webdev, I decided to install a @linuxkernel.bsky.social distro.

FontFace: family property The FontFace.family property allows the author to get or set the font family of a FontFace object.

🦖 Random MDN: FontFace: family property 🦖

developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/FontF...

The FontFace.family property allows the author to get or set the font family of a FontFace object.

#webdev

ColorFlow - Advanced Mesh Gradient Generator & Editor Create stunning mesh gradients with ColorFlow. Professional gradient editor with real-time preview, customizable control points, and export options.

#Design #Tools
ColorFlow · A powerful mesh gradient generator and editor ilo.im/16ayao by ls graphics

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#Images #Gradients #Effects #Animations #Colors #WebDesign #Development #WebDev #Frontend

Every image should be: compressed, properly sized, WebP format, descriptively named, and have alt text. Images tank performance. #WebDev #PageSpeed,

From Lerna to Changesets If you've been following the saga of my Pedalboard monorepo, you'll know that Lerna and I have a......

It’s time to bid farewell to Lerna -
"From Lerna to Changesets" by Matti Bar-Zeev #DEVCommunity
dev.to/mbarzeev/fro...

#monorepo #js #npm #lerna #webdev

Reacquainting myself with CSS while tinkering with my own site.

Modern CSS seems to have solved so many old issues from the past & added so many possibilities. Impressive & overwhelming at the same time 😄

If you have tips for modern references / books, let me know.

#Web #WebDev #CSS #Development

Profile Page Update: Little Updates Hello again. Its been another million eon since I’ve done any updates to my profile page, or any updates to any of my projects at all. Last month, itch app received quite a big update , where the El.....

Just updated my #itchio profile page!

itch.io/blog/1459365...
#css #webdev #devlog

I've also just created the public task board for Bluebird Documentation (BBD). Link is below!

tasks.bluebird-documentation.com/board/1

#coding #documentation #writing #webdev #buildinpublic

When handling premium asset delivery, ACID compliance isn't optional—it's the foundation. Postgres seems to be the industry standard here, but is there a compelling reason to stick with the MariaDB roots? Seeking opinions.

#Database #SQL #WebDev #BuildInPublic

TypeDefinition({ node, document }) { const { to: from } = document.fromCoords(node.content[1]); const { from: to } = document.fromCoords(node.content[2]); node.content = [ ...node.content.slice(0, 2), ...readTokens(...), ...node.content.slice(2), ]; return node; },

☝️ Renaming destructured elements can make code much more readable. Or more confusing. It's really up to you.

#javascript #webdev

Image post

✨Bend node now has a new "spherize" mode!

#animgraphlab #figma #adobe #illustrator #canva #inkscape #vector #graphicsdesign #warp #distort #webdev

Playing around with an idea - an editor to sharpen my writing. Super early version. #buildinpublic #indiedev #webdev

🦖 URLPattern: hostname property
☑️ Newly available (from Sept 2025)

developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/URLPa...

The hostname read-only property of the URLPattern interface is a string containing the pattern used to match the hostname part of a URL.

#webdev