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Changing

It always annoys me when a politician is accused of “flip-flopping” when they change their mind on something. Instead of admiring someone for being willing to re-examine previously-held beliefs, we lambast them. We admire conviction, even though that’s a trait that has been ...

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Conference line-ups

When I was looking back at 2024, I mentioned that I didn’t give a single conference talk (though I did host three conferences—Patterns Day, CSS Day, and UX London). I almost spoke at a conference though. I was all set to speak at an event in the Netherlands. But then the li...

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Daring Fireball: One Bit of Anecdata That the Web Is Languishing Vis-à-Vis Native Mobile Apps

daringfireball.net/2025/01/one_bit_of_anecdata_that_the_web_is_languishing

I have to agree with John here:

There’s absolutely no reason the mobile web experience shouldn’t be fast, reliable, well-designed, and keep you logged in. If one of the two should suck, it should be the app that sucks and the website that works well. You shouldn’t be expected to carry around a bundle of software from your utility company in your pocket. But it’s the other way around.

There’s absolutely no technical reason why it should be this way around. This is a cultural problem with “modern front-end web development”.

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A long-awaited talk

Back in 2019 I had the amazing experience of going to CERN and being part of a team building an emulator of the first ever browser. Remy was on the team too. He did the heavy lifting of actually making the thing work—quite an achievement in just five days! Coming into t...

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25, 20, 15, 10, 5

I have a feeling that 2025 is going to be a year of reflection for me. It’s such a nice round number, 25. One quarter of a century. That’s also how long myself and Jessica have been married. Our wedding anniversary was last week. Top tip: if you get married in year ending ...

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Your App Should Have Been A Website (And Probably Your Game Too) - Rogue Engine

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Remember when every company rushed to make an app? Airlines, restaurants, even your local coffee shop. Back then, it made some sense. Browsers weren’t as powerful, and apps had unique features like notifications and offline access. But fast-forward to today, and browsers can do all that. Yet businesses still push native apps as if it’s 2010, and we’re left downloading apps for things that should just work on the web.

This is all factually correct, but alas as Cory Doctorow points out, you can’t install an ad-blocker in a native app. To you and me, that’s a bug. To short-sighted businesses, it’s a feature.

(When I say “ad-blocker”, I mean “tracking-blocker”.)

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2024

There goes 2024. It was a year dominated by Ukraine and Gaza. Utterly horrific and unnecessary death courtesy of Putin and Netanyahu. For me personally, 2024 was just fine. I was relatively healthy all year. The people I love were relatively healthy too. I don’t take that ...