JavaScript overindulgence remains an affirmative choice, no matter how hard industry 'thought leaders' gaslight us. Better is possible, but we must want it enough to put users ahead of our own interests.| Infrequently Noted
I have worked with dozens of teams surprised to have found themselves in the JavaScript ditch. They all feel ashamed because they've been led to believe they're the first; that the technology is working fine for other folks. It isn't.| Infrequently Noted
SNAP benefits sites for more than 20% of Americans are unusably slow. All of them would be significantly faster if states abandoned client-side-rendering, and along with it, the legacy JavaScript frameworks (React, Angular, etc.) built to enable the SPA model.| Infrequently Noted
It would be tragic if public sector services adopted the JavaScript-heavy stacks that frontend influencers have popularised. Right?| Infrequently Noted
A lot of frontend teams are very convinced that rewriting their frontend will lead to the promised land. And I am the bearer of bad tidings. If you are building a product that you hope has longevity, your frontend framework is the least interesting technical decision for you to make. And all of the time you spend arguing about it is wasted energy. I will die on this hill.| polotek.net
Alex Russell on browsers, standards, and the process of progress.| Infrequently Noted
Deciphering Glyph, the blog of Glyph Lefkowitz.| blog.glyph.im
How much HTML, CSS, and JavaScript can we afford? More than in years past, but much less than frontend developers are burdening users with.| Infrequently Noted
For Developers >| www.chromium.org
Progressive Web Apps are aren't packaged and deployed through stores, they're just websites that took all the right vitamins.| Infrequently Noted
This graph shows the market share of desktop vs mobile in United States Of America based on over 5 billion monthly page views.| StatCounter Global Stats
JavaScript powers the modern web, enabling rich and interactive web applications. In this report we dive into how JavaScript is used on the web, and its adoption and trends both for mobile and desktop experiences.| httparchive.org
This graph shows the market share of desktop vs mobile worldwide based on over 5 billion monthly page views.| StatCounter Global Stats
Despite advances in browser tooling, automated evaluation, lab tools, guidance, and runtimes, modern teams struggle to deliver even decent performance with today's popular frameworks. This is not a technical problem per se. It's a management issue, and one that teams can conquer with the right frame of mind and support.| Infrequently Noted
