just cruising `view-source:` (as one does) and found a very big web site doing some very scammy SEO things

Every time my Mac is like, "Are you sure you want to open that... it was downloaded.... FROM THE INTERNET!" - I imagine pearl clutching

webawesome.com/docs/compone... is a neat little component that has an option re-use your top-level Web Awesome theme!

The CloseWatcher API landed in Firefox 149, making it easy to listen for platform-specific 'dismiss' signals. Here's how it works:

Huge result here - the idea that social platforms can be defective products that cause harm is going to send shockwaves through an industry that has claimed essentially blanket protection from liability by saying everything is speech

Elon tried to kill Blockparty, and it came back even stronger. Or at least strong in a new way. Also: Hell yes we cited them in that brief!

To get slightly more context, read also my article on Progressive Web Components (just published!): arielsalminen.com/2026/progres...

I’m excited to announce the 1̶s̶t̶ 7th release candidate of Elena today! 🫶 Elena is a simple, tiny library for building Progressive Web Components. Unlike most web component libraries, Elena doesn’t force JavaScript for everything. Crafted with love and care using HTML, CSS & plain JS: elenajs.com

✍️ New post: The Shape of Friction I wrote a short blog post reply to @davatron5000.bsky.social’s recent post (👏) about generative AI, friction, and people. matthiasott.com/notes/the-sh...

is there a browser extension to make the dimensions of any rendered element immutable

A few thoughts on the "old" Internet tylergaw.com/blog/the-old...

Everyone in the uk screaming font-family: maths;

font-family: math; developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/M...

it’s much worse but at least it’s faster to get a lot more of it

matthiasott.com/notes/the-sh... from @matthiasott.com

When I was at Microsoft, we were trying to find ways around some of the pain points of #WebComponents, so I did an exploration on what Declarative Custom Elements could potentially provide us. #html #css #javascript dev.to/stuffbreaker...

a personal uptime status page but the green represents the time I’m out of office

♛ Brilliant. Kyle Van Deusen’s two-layer approach to managing color on your project solves problems you might not even know you have yet. theadminbar.com/semantics-an...  #ProductDesign #ProductDevelopment #webdevelopment #designsystems #color #palettes #primitives

Spec proposal merged. HTML video and audio lazy loading is now a web standard. github.com/whatwg/html/... html.spec.whatwg.org#the-video-el... html.spec.whatwg.org#the-audio-el...

Try the latest <color-input> concept: ⚓️ anchor() progressive enhancement 🤖 workers for color compute 🙈 new animations & interactions 🎨 gamut boundaries, mapping, stretching ☯️ contrast scores & much more nerdy.dev/rfc-latest-c...

If you (like me) were attempting to npm publish via GitHub Actions using `npm@latest` (currently v11.12.0) and saw an error message involving `--prefer-online` and `--prefer-offline`, reverting to [email protected] fixes the issue. Related: github.com/npm/cli/issu...

Google is now screwing with the 10 blue links in traditional search and rewriting headlines - including ours - to be the worst kind of slop. This sucks so bad www.theverge.com/tech/896490/...

Carcassonne.

Over the last few months, we've had multiple clients ask us for help with the technical bits of CCPA and GPDR compliance. In this new series, I share a bit of what we've learned in the process. cloudfour.com/thinks/cooki...

I always learn something when @gri.gs writes a post, but my jaw hit the ground when he said that you shouldn't use incognito mode for cookie testing, because it blocks third-party cookies! #TIL cloudfour.com/thinks/cooki...

every single person born in september has repeated the phrase “correlation isn’t causation” and I think we all know why

Look mom! Another reason to stop using Vercel. vercel.com/legal/terms#... (Is this even legal?)

For the 142 that are following me... First, thank you! Second, I was laid off last week. I'd appreciate if you can share with your followers that I'm now open to opportunities and help increase my follower count. More information about me: gerardkcohen.me/hire-me.html Thanks, all 142 of you!

The recording of @jason-williams.co.uk talk ‘Temporal: It’s about time!’ is now available to watch online! 2026.stateofthebrowser.com/speaker/jaso... And Temporal has reached Stage 4: www.igalia.com/2026/03/13/T...

This is great news, and outstanding work by @open-web-advocacy.org. Without their tenacity, the web wouldn't have a chance at a comeback on mobile.

Out now: Eleventy (core) v3.1.5, solely an update to our downstream dependencies. github.com/11ty/elevent...

Nice result in @zeroheight.com's 2026 Design Systems Report: report.zeroheight.com#your-tools Web components are the second-most used "framework" among the respondents. This makes sense: if you build web components you support all the frameworks. Otherwise, you'd probably only support React.

css masonry deprivation tank

Democratic consultants: To replicate Mamdani’s success with the young people we must appeal to their short attention spans with memes and TikTok Mamdani (actual quote): In the fifth century in what we now know as Ireland, a British warlord named Coroticus had laid waste to the countryside

I’m winding down with two clients I’ve been working with since January, which means I’ve got some availability for new work opening up soon. If you need a designer who thinks deeply about systems, teams, and users, AND who will ooh+ahh over an especially pretty serif, I’d love to chat with you!

You can just pluck one-off Web Awesome components to use as you please. See how easy:

You might have noticed me sharing a lot of posts from ex-Deno folks. I'd unhesitatingly go to bat for, work with, or hire each and every one of my now-former colleagues in a heartbeat. To a person, these are brilliant, kind, thoughtful humans who are each exceptionally excellent at what they do.

minor mind-mapping this morning about javascript runtimes the biggest dynamic imho (from my outside perspective) is that bun/deno/workerd have prioritized nodejs compatibility (for market reasons) instead of a common wintercg platform

Huh. If you had "require alt-text" enabled under Settings > Accessibility, check it. Because it may have been disabled. Mine was. If you didn't have "require alt-text" enabled before, consider it. It's a useful reminder to keep Bluesky accessible.

Yesterday was my last day at Deno. I'm sad to leave but I'm proud of everything the team and I were able to build. I'm glad I had the opportunity to work with some of the most talented people I've met. I wish them all the best! I'm actively looking for my next challenge, my DMs are open!

Personal update: I resigned from Deno two weeks ago. Yesterday was my last day at Deno. Working on Deno, Deno Deploy, JSR, and Fresh with my world class colleagues has been an absolute honor. I wish everyone who I have worked with at Deno the absolute best - continue building groundbreaking things!

Finished my blog post about a couple of wonderful events this last month - then mashed the shit out of the titles to make it "work" for a blog post title. Thank you #StateOfTheBrowser and #WebDayOut remysharp.com/2026/03/18/w...

Today is my last day with the Deno team 🦕💖💔 I know they're gonna keep making awesome things. But now *I* need to make awesome things for someone else! If you're looking for a DevRel with a JS focus and extra sparkle, get in touch!

is… is this good? is this software good? is this an example of good software?

Good blog post from Carlos (a colleague) about a new proposed addition to Compression Dictionaries allowing short-lived HTML pages to continue to be used as compression dictionaries for longer: dev.to/carlosmateom... #webperf

Yesterday I updated my bio as I'm no longer with the #1 🦕-themed javascript company. I'm sad to go but excited to see what's next. I've spent the last few years designing exclusively in code, building agent skills, working on command-line tools, and crafting dev docs experiences. Hit me up.

Yesterday was my last day at Deno. It's rare you get to work with so many highly skilled peers in one place, but I'll be now cheering from the sidelines. Not sure yet what comes yet. I'm officially looking for a job now!

moving forward I will only accept corporate transparency reports in GIF89a format

Couple of reasons to put a width (and height!) on images.

You probably don't need me to tell you this, but one of the all-time greats just became a free agent and you're mismanaging your team if you're not seriously looking at how to sign him. 👇