Tuesday, August 22, 2023
Tailwind, and the death of web craftsmanship - Tailwind is the strangest thing, I keep reading articles saying how bad it is, yet it just seems to be getting more popular. What does that say about CSS? pdx.su #
Meta may launch a Threads web version early this week - Much needed though I wonder if the ActivityPub features would be more of a draw. My threads usage is way down. I'm mostly posting on Twitter but just because I have more reach there. I find that I quite like posting to Mastodon even though I don't have many followers there yet. It feels safer to invest time in open platforms. theverge.com #
Bringing Sharp to WebAssembly and WebContainers - Honestly I didn't understand much of this, my knowkedge of C / C++ isn't sufficient. However the notion that you can run Nodejs in the browser using WASM is very cool. I'd like to learn more about web containers, but I think I need to read something written for a Nodejs dev. Would I for instance be able to run my static site generator in the browser using web containers? blog.stackblitz.com #
🚀 New Post: I ran out of build minutes - Writeup of the latest github build minutes situation, and some thoughts and observations about static sites being reliant on build systems being operational markjgsmith.com #
If I’m already using React, why should I rewrite my app with Web Components? - Dave Rupert piece about when you should use web components and when you probably shouldn't. daverupert.com #
🚀 New Post: The real Vision Pro opportunity - What if the Vision Pro isn't destined for mainstream user adoption? Would that be so bad? Could there be even cooler use cases? markjgsmith.com #
Enshitternet: The old, good internet deserves a new, good internet - "The disenshittification of the internet isn’t a nostalgic bid to restore the old, good internet. It’s a plan to build a new, good internet, and to make the enshitternet a bad memory, a mere transitional stage between the old, good internet we had and the new, good internet we deserve." doctorow.medium.com #