Reading List 331
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- If Not React, Then What? – “nobody should start a new project in the 2020s based on React. Full stop. … Client-side web development is perhaps best conceived of as influence-oriented programming. Once code has left the datacenter, all a web developer can do is send thoughts and prayers” writes Alex Russell.
- The Myth of “Accessible Components and Done” – “Think you’ve solved all your accessibility problems by using an accessible component library? Think again.”
- A Fast Follower Ex-Ante Regime: Australia’s Proposed New Digital Competition Regime – “This post aims to outline the main features of the (proposed) Australian regulatory regime, as opposed to the EU’s DMA, the UK’s DMCC -to enter into force on 1 January 2025- and the Japanese Smartphone Act.”
- Solving the Chrome Conundrum – Movement for an Open Web (a group of advertisers and ad-adjacent businesses) on divesting Chromium to “a not-for-profit business run for the good of society in the model of the Linux foundation”. The linked white paper says “Based on Mozilla’s overall budget of ~$500m, and considering core functionality only, and less frequent releases, $200m per year for Chromium Foundation seems reasonable”, which seems extremely low to me.
- You can pay for that: How web browser features get built by Stephanie Stimac
- Change WordPress Fragment Links in RSS Feeds to be Permalinks by Tezza Eden
- Browser Choice Alliance Goes To War With Microsoft Edge – 18 min video by YouTuber Brodie Robertson
- Dataviz accessibility principles, demonstrated by the 2024 presidential election dashboards by Sarah L. Fossheim
- Inside ‘Project Black Walnut’ that sheds light on how Google thinks about Apple’s ad business
- Everyone says Chrome devastates Mac battery life, but does it? I tested for 36 hours to find out – TL;DR: Chrome uses less battery than Safari.
- Non-Euclidean Doom: what happens to a game when pi is not 3.14159
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