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Your ‘App’ Could Have Been a Webpage (so I fixed it for you…) – Dan Q
I can’t understand how we got to this place with “app culture”! Software companies are happy to make their lives harder (and more expensive: deploying to the big app stores isn’t free!), in order to deliver HTML content to fewer people and with fewer features than if they just published directly to the Web in the first place!
HTMX and Web Components Instead of React
kore-nordmann.de/blog/htmx-and-web-components-instead-of-react.html
So instead of asking “why not React?” we asked: Which of our actual problems would React solve? We went through the list. There were none.
Also, this is good advice when you’re about to make a web component:
Every component starts with the question “does a semantic element already exist for this?”, and remarkably often the answer is yes.
We’re well into the hype cycle and so far the only clearly-measurable changes we’ve seen are that laptops and gaming consoles now cost considerably more. Truly a transformative technology!
We’re well into the hype cycle and so far the only clearly-measurable changes we’ve seen are that laptops and gaming consoles now cost considerably more.
Truly a transformative technology!
The Descent — What Happened to the Frontend While You Weren’t Watching
A history of front-end development that culminates here:
The frontier of 2026, the stuff the sharpest people are most excited about, is render the HTML on the server, ship almost no JavaScript, and use the web platform instead of fighting it.
Memories Can’t Wait—or, How I Learned to Keep Worrying About the Web - Jeffrey Zeldman Presents
zeldman.com/2026/07/06/memories-cant-wait-or-how-i-learned-to-keep-worrying-about-the-web/
Digital memory is fragile not because bits decay (though they do), but because someone else owns the shelf.
From the erratic behaviour of the seagulls on my street, I was able to deduce that it was Flying Ant Day.
From the erratic behaviour of the seagulls on my street, I was able to deduce that it was Flying Ant Day.
Medea by Rosie Hewlett
In preparation for my jaunt to a Greek island, I figured it would be good to have some Greek-adjacent reading material with me to peruse on the beach. So I scoured the shelves of my local library to find a modern retelling of a Greek myth that I hadn’t already read. That’s where I found Medea by Rosie Hewlett.
The book attempts to rehabilitate—or at least give context to—one of the women of Greek legends who has been cast as a villain. See also Clytemnestra, Elektra, and more.
On the face of it, the book succeeds. We get to see how Medea’s actions were driven by her circumstances. But while it’s entirely believable that that Medea was manipulated by a conniving Jason, this framing takes away her agency somewhat.
The writing is perfectly fine if a little bodice-rippy at times. It was a perfectly good beach read.
Abject Praise - Infrequently Noted
Alex takes issue with my post giving kudos to Apple for concentrating on bugfixes in the latest version of Safari, and he brings receipts. He makes a very compelling case, backed up with data.
But when it comes to Chrome’s shipping of the half-baked prompt API, I’m not sure he gets just how badly it has soured the developer community’s feelings towards Google. This isn’t something to be countered with data; it’s much more visceral than that. Alex says:
So if Jeremy has a problem with specific features, I hope he’ll come to us with a critique of their qualities, rather than their optics.
In this case though, the optics are really, really, really bad.
Speak at UX London 2027
Exactly one year from now, UX London 2027 will be wrapping up.
Mark your calendar: July 6th, 7th, and 8th, 2027. If you really want to be ahead of the curve, you can grab a very limited super early-bird ticket now before the price goes up.
I’m about to start putting the 20...
Talk: Let’s fix the web’s text size - Josh Tumath
I saw Josh give this talk at CSS Day. It’s a very useful explanation of the forthcoming text-scale addition to the meta element, and what you can do to prepare your site now.
Gaeilge sa Ghréig
“Radharc álainn” I said. Beautiful view.
“Nach ea!” he replied. Isn’t it?
He sounded surprised to be addressed in Irish. We were, after all, very far from Erin’s shores. The beautiful view in question was of the bay of Loggos on the Greek island of Paxos. But I knew that t...
Tuesday session
Tuesday session
Reading Radiant Star by Ann Leckie.
Reading Radiant Star by Ann Leckie.
Bidding farewell to Paxos!
Bidding farewell to Paxos!
My tuna brings all the cats to the yard 🐟🐈
My tuna brings all the cats to the yard 🐟🐈
On Paxos
On Paxos
Going to Corfu. brb
Going to Corfu. brb
Thursday session
Thursday session
The AI Resist List
Nothing about the current trajectory of AI development is inevitable. It was shaped by the thousands of subjective decisions of a tiny elite, and continues its march based on the active participation and tacit consent of people globally.
The Vaster Wilds by Lauren Groff
The Vaster Wilds is a remarkable book. It somehow manages to be both harrowing and uplifting at the same time.
I had read one of Lauren Groff’s previous books, Matrix, and liked it well enough. But The Vaster Wilds is in a different league. It starts with urgency, suffering...
Show your hands honor for the strange power they bring you – Aresluna
Put the kettle on. Marcin has another magnum opus on interaction design for you to read …and interact with.
A week in Ireland
It started in Dublin. Myself and Jessica got there in the afternoon and I went straight to The Cobblestone in Smithfield for some tunes.
Then I went up the street to the headquarters of Na Píobairí Uilleann, a beautiful Georgian building on Henrietta Street.
I was there to...
Reading Medea by Rosie Hewlett.
Reading Medea by Rosie Hewlett.
Mandolinists assemble!
Mandolinists assemble!
Maestros of Irish mandolin: Macdara, Marla, and Sean.
Maestros of Irish mandolin: Macdara, Marla, and Sean.
Wednesday session in Cork
Wednesday session in Cork
It’s a beautiful day in Cobh.
It’s a beautiful day in Cobh.
Bain taitneamh as an grianstad inniu!
Bain taitneamh as an grianstad inniu!
Notes and Narratives on Vimeo
Here’s the talk I gave yesterday at Na Píobairí Uilleann in Dublin all about The Session. True to the title, I played some notes on my mandolin to accompany the narrative.