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hi_mayank, 12 days ago to random

firefox will now track your searches by default and you'd have no way of knowing they're doing that unless you look for this random blog post on their website: https://blog.mozilla.org/en/products/firefox/firefox-search-update/

it does look like you can turn it off at least.

hi_mayank, 5 months ago to random

tech is dominated by cis white dudes, and tech blogs more so. in more specialized domains (like accessibility), it's even worse.

when writing my last blog post, 90% of the resources i linked to were written by white dudes.

if you're part of a group that's underrepresented in tech, i would love to see your blog. if you don't have one, consider starting one (i can help!)

hi_mayank, 3 months ago to random

proton halved the price of their password manager because they made too much money

https://proton.me/blog/proton-pass-price-change

hi_mayank, 3 months ago to random

there's a new crypto spam wave targeting open-source projects.

if you're a maintainer, watch out for PRs adding tea.yaml https://connortumbleson.com/2024/02/26/the-disappointing-tea-xyz/

if you're a user, watch out for project maintainers themselves adding tea.yaml to their repos. it's indicative of their values

hi_mayank, 3 months ago to random

today is the day! shadow dom is here. now.

to celebrate the release of firefox 123, i've published a new blog post:

📝 "a practical guide to using shadow dom" https://www.mayank.co/blog/declarative-shadow-dom-guide

(if shadow dom has yet to click with you, i really hope this post changes that)

hi_mayank, 5 months ago to random

i was invited by @matuzo to write about bad html patterns that hurt accessibility and usability, contrary to the claim that "html is accessible by default".

now published! https://www.htmhell.dev/adventcalendar/2023/13/

hi_mayank, 4 months ago to random

came across this cool weird concept called "forever hosting"

> "If we can't charge your card, your site goes into read only mode. Even if something catastrophic happens, your content will remain online."

https://posthaven.com/help#archive-mode

jensimmons, 15 days ago (edited 15 days ago) to random

Safari 17.5 is out today! With
• text-wrap: balance and text-wrap: stable
• light-dark()
• @​starting-style
• @​import <url> supports(<feature>);
• AV1 for WebCodecs
• WebGL EXT_conservative_depth and NV_shader_noperspective_interpolation
and more!

https://webkit.org/blog/15383/webkit-features-in-safari-17-5/

hi_mayank, 4 months ago to random

if you're gonna use AI to generate alt text, at least verify it before posting

i've found two instances in the last 24 hours, where someone used AI-generated alt text that completely misses the point of the image

worse even, both of these individuals bragged about it, as if they deserve some kind of award for generating shitty alt text

hi_mayank, 4 months ago to random

three articles from last year that i poured countless hours into:

• HTML: The Bad Parts https://www.htmhell.dev/adventcalendar/2023/13/
• Web components primer https://12daysofweb.dev/2023/web-components/
• React Server Components: the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly https://www.mayank.co/blog/react-server-components

all published in the same month too 😄

hi_mayank, 3 months ago to CSS

📝 new post, covering some use cases of the #css revert-layer keyword https://mayank.co/blog/revert-layer

had a lot of fun writing this one. cascade layers are so damn cool!

zachleat, 3 months ago (edited 3 months ago) to random

(hat tip to @knowler https://sunny.garden/@knowler/111999357409515094)

hi_mayank, 29 days ago to random

popover is really here, huh? https://web.dev/blog/popover-api

almost hard to believe, after the hundreds of thousands of hours we've all collectively spent building hacky javascript-based popovers

hi_mayank, 11 months ago to random

<style scoped> is back! life-changing shit

https://groups.google.com/a/chromium.org/g/blink-dev/c/OEfGbd74QnQ

hi_mayank, 8 months ago to random

closing 50 tabs

did you know about hover triangles?

📝 https://www.mayank.co/blog/hover-triangles

hi_mayank, 1 year ago to random

HTML is the future

hi_mayank, 5 months ago to random

📝 new post: "A custom element base class"

it's a bit niche and i kept it quick, to be improved later in true "digital garden" fashion

https://www.mayank.co/blog/custom-element-base

hi_mayank, 5 months ago to random

for day 4 of @5t3ph's 12 days of web, i've written about something that rhymes with uh… schleb opponents.

i spent a lot of time writing and rewriting the whole thing until it made sense, so i hope you'll like it. even if you're a seasoned user of this technology, you might learn a thing or two!

and it has snow! ❄️

https://12daysofweb.dev/2023/web-components/

hi_mayank, 6 months ago to random

lh/rlh now in all three browsers 👀

https://caniuse.com/mdn-css_types_length_lh

hi_mayank, 4 months ago to random

every once in a while, the idea of global generic components comes up

web developers want to "npm install component" and "import component"

except, this does not work because html imports are not a thing.

there are no generic components. any idea of such components at minimum requires some kind of server framework or a client runtime (or both)

this is the failed promise of "web components" (super misleading term btw)

hi_mayank, 19 days ago to random

my #11tyconf talk "Don't fear the cascade" starts in ~15 mins!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iLxJ6PtuF9M
https://conf.11ty.dev/

hi_mayank, 5 months ago to random

working on a new blog post 😄