markjgsmith

2020/02/23 #

Today’s links:

  • Should you self-host Google Fonts? - Interesting deep dive in font loading, feels like there might be a need for an open source version of the Google Fonts server since the speed improvements are considerable but Google is doing a lot of clever stuff behind the scenes, also highlights that there is a lot of complexity when it comes to fontswww.tunetheweb.com #

  • Ryan Christoffel's Proposed Fix for iPad Multitasking - Kind of makes me wish I had an iPad again to get a better idea about how multi-tasking functions, one issue I think his proposal would face is that users are already quite used to long press activating “app jiggly mode”, which is one of the most absurd yet accurate ways ever of describing a modedaringfireball.net #

  • The command line options we deserve - Such a timely piece considering the previous iPad multi tasking link, this article discusses the curl command line utility that has nearly 300 options, and the importance of a user base being used to a particular way of doing thingsdaniel.haxx.se #

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