Servo Report for Week 39 2025 Highlights from last week: - stylo: Add support for -webkit-fill-available sizing keyword - html: Add the reflected 'sizes' IDL attribute for <image> - script: implement ClipboardItem getType and supports - layout: Correctly handle margins in sticky positioning

I give people 5 minutes before I log off for a meeting that no one showed up to. I feel like giving an NHS doctor 15 minutes to show up before logging off of what was supposed to be a 30 minute online appointment is ample time. 😐

New blog post: Under-investment A few weeks ago I made a comment on the socials about how surprising it is that there's so much stuff in the web platform that needs more attention than it gets. @davatron5000.bsky.social asked if I could expand on that, here's something bkardell.com/blog/underin...

I hope our neighbors can see Jhey and I having dance parties to Lady Gaga at our desks today when they're looking out their windows lol.

Save the date! The Web Engines Hackfest 2026 will be held from June 15 to 17 in A Coruña (Galicia, Spain) www.igalia.com/2025/10/01/A...

Lady Gaga timeline cleanse

Seeing Lady Gaga and all of the art surrounding her tour performance did something wonderful to my brain last night. 🖤

I did not throw up or pass out during the pregnancy glucose test. 🫡

This was originally in response to seeing the Ladybird founder go hard on supporting DHH, and then the Vercel CEO thought posting a selfie with a war criminal would make him look cool.

My tailbone hurts and I've been so stressed over unimportant dumb things that I've cried twice today and I have a pregnancy glucose test in the morning that I'm having anxiety about.

The Mummy Returns Web Browser in 2001 #InternetHistory

My curated weekly newsletter is out: - How Blind People Navigate The World - AI Helping Neurodivergent Users - Video Game Marquees - Swiss Cheese Font - PokéMatch Card Game - Designing Focus Indicators - Responsive Typography In Figma Sites 👉🏻 stephaniewalter.design/blog/pixels-...

I'm so excited to tell you all about the speakers for @londonwebstandards.org #SotB2026. I'm just not allowed to say anything yet. Early-bird tickets available until 31 October 2026.stateofthebrowser.com/tickets/ Please share

Trying to not crash out over the state of so many things in tech right now.

On a call about a web platform API today. "This is a 2-10 year problem." My brain, once again:

Biometric Residence Permits went fully digital at the end of last year. The thing you need to show airline staff to prove you can travel to the UK. Now you need to pull up a website with a share code and show it to airline staff. People have been denied boarding because of this.

Resurrect the Old Web stevedylandev.bearblog.dev/resurrect-th...

When your new customer onboarding experience is so bad that I feel compelled to write a blog post about it... I know the banking sector is antiquated but I have never encountered such a confusing onboarding experience / first card use experience online...

I have never encountered a credit card that refuses to let me use it as much as this UK Barclayscard.

It's been a hot second since I share a book deal but all eBooks are currently half off today only on Manning.com and that includes my book, Design for Developers. It's full of evergreen content to help you understand visual design fundamentals & UX basics! www.manning.com/books/design...

The pregnancy brain fog is really doing a number on me.

Everyday I wake up hoping for *that* headline.

It's only Tuesday and I need the rest of the week off.

I like Jimmy Kimmel. I really do. I have no issues with him. I'm talking about something very different. Kimmel was only suspended. But he's back now. Karen Attiah and all the other Black journalists are still fired. Y'all do know how to fight, when you want to. But you don't really want to. 🤷🏿‍♂️

To Log On These Days Is A Dangerous Game

Just a reminder that tech is political and putting your money into projects run by problematic people says quite a lot.

Detailed description slide by slide of my @servo.org talk at GOSIM Hangzhou 2025 blogs.igalia.com/mrego/servo-...

I'm not upset I have to pay an NHS surcharge. Or for any of what my taxes cover. But the narrative Reform is pushing is so wildly full of misinformation and lies, it's like I'm re-watching what happened/is continuing to happen in America.

As a legal immigrant to the UK, I would just like to say that Farage is spewing lies. He wants to revoke benefits/welfare so that only UK born nationals can use access benefits. I already can't access public funds or benefits, and I pay an NHS surcharge on top of national insurance for the NHS.

Good morning to those who are dealing with an aging dog and an especially good morning to those who are pregnant and dealing with an aging dog. 🫠 The last two mornings have not been good in the dog department.

Can anyone tell if these are Red Kites? Spotted in Woburn, England. The tail looks like a kite but when I first saw them their markings seemed too dark for a red kite and I wasn’t sure. #ukbirds #birding

I'm at a weird point in creating tech content. I don't know if its because I'm pregnant or I am just burned out on writing about tech (I think I'm still recovering from writing Design for Developers). For the moment, my focus is elsewhere & I hope folks decide to stick around until it returns.

Nottingham Forest was the team I was rooting for behind Arsenal but now that they've sacked Nuno and replaced him with Ange, I don't want to support. I hope the owners get what they deserve and they fall deep down the table.

If you're spiraling, please take a breath. Try not to fall into despair & lose hope. Fascists want that. A disengaged, silent populace is easier to bulldoze. What's one thing you can do right now? Write ABC a letter? Call your Reps? Donate to PBS? Cancel Disney? *Every* small act matters.

On days I spend more time engaging on social media, particularly text based sites, I sleep noticeably worse and wake up the next day groggy.

Diversify Tech is still going despite all the chaos around us! Here is what we shared this week: 💼 CalMatters, The Calyx Institute and EdReports are hiring 📆 Techqueria Summit is coming up ⭐️ The Recurse Center is accepting applications for fall & winter newsletter.diversifytech.com/p/diversify-...

The best part of this is that our offices are now in the same room and we face each other.

We have a bunch of things that need to be put together downstairs and it will transform our kitchen and dining room space and I just want to work on that. Nesting mode. 🪺

In 2025 we already have more PRs merged than in the whole of 2024! 2024 PRs: 1,771 2025 PRs: 1,983* *At the last count of the data this month.

"LoNdoN is ToO dIvErse NoW" Oh my god, shut up.

Nice of DHH to stop with the walk-back-able dog whistles and just come out and say the quiet stuff out loud. At least now there's an easy link to prove he's a fucking melt. This trend of early days tech folks just outing themselves as massive pieces of shit is a fun timeline.

It's September and I already smashed my reading goal of 40 books. (And have like 5 in progress 😅) A few years ago I would try to read 1 book a month and it felt like a lot. I've completely redefined my relationship with reading and it makes me so happy.

"Igalia — the mentioned cooperative socialist paradise" Reddit giving me a good chuckle this morning.

Another southern resident orca lost her calf and has been carrying his body through the water 😔 Lack of access to food (salmon) and environmental conditions will cause the resident orcas in the puget sound to go extinct if things don’t change. Start with un-dam the snake river.

The vibes are off today.

Kudos to events who work on having a diverse lineup.

Just a reminder: it is okay to log off and not engage as a way to protect your mental health.

How to Leave Substack You should probably leave Substack. Here's why and how. Short version: they allow bad actors to monetize, hate speech and misinformation. leavesubstack.com/

Some books I recommend: ‘Freedom is a Constant Struggle’ - Angela Davis ‘How Europe Underdeveloped Africa’ - Walter Rodney (this one is a tad dense) ‘How We Get Free’ - Keeanga-Yamahatta Taylor

I think the problem is people are looking at the world today, how everything is playing out, & still thinking that far-right talking points are theoretical & don’t have a material impact on people’s lives. Stop watching the jubilee debate bro videos & pick up a book!