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Alex Russell @infrequently.org · 1h

Lest you be taken in, @kentonvarda.com confirms down thread that they had to make the vanilla JS version output 3x as much, otherwise it was "too fast to measure"

Brian LeRoux @brianleroux.bsky.social · 19h

I guess I'm happy they have engineered themselves into a place where they can now render html sub second. The levels of unserious aside.

Kenton Varda @kentonvarda.com · 21h

Those benchmarks from @t3.gg revealed some interesting issues in Workers. Happy to say it's all fixed now, save for some lingering next.js-specific stuff we're continuing to work on. Thanks for the reproducible test cases, @t3.gg.

Excessive details in blog post: blog.cloudflare.com/unpacking-cl...

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Zach Leatherman @zachleat.com · 3h

liquid dirty glass

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whet moser @whetmoser.com · 20h

i only use openai for the articles

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Tom MacWright @macwright.com · 1d

i think the 2005-2015 era open source boom was built on a nice job environment where people had a little free time and employers believed in creativity

the free time dried up, everyone burned out, 2015-2025 open source has been explicitly targeted toward getting funding & making money. what's next?

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Zach Leatherman @zachleat.com · 1d

it’s hard to know what’s true any more

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Lit @lit.dev · 1d

Lit is joining @openjsf.org! 🎉

Today at JSConf, The OpenJS Foundation announced Lit is officially joining as an Impact Project!

We're beyond excited for this move and look forward to continuing our work to build the open web with OpenJS!

Read more on our blog: lit.dev/blog/2025-10...

Lit is Joining the OpenJS Foundation!

Lit is officially joining the OpenJS Foundation as an Impact Project!

lit.dev

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Zach Leatherman @zachleat.com · 1d

I prefer mild cheddar for this exact reason

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Zach Leatherman @zachleat.com · 1d

almost everyone that has read this blog post 😅

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Zach Leatherman @zachleat.com · 1d

new funding model unlocked as the local power grid is paying me for all of the excess supply

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henry ✷ @strange.website · 1d

some of you got no idea what it truly means to join one’s professional network on linkedin. the sheer weight of such an undertaking, such a solemn vow. linkedin taught me the true meaning of honor, taught fearlessness, taught me deep, blood-bound loyalty. here’s what it taught me about b2b saas

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Zach Leatherman @zachleat.com · 1d

I hope that my like of your post is not contractually binding

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Justin Fagnani @justinfagnani.com · 1d

inherit() is going to be absolutely huge for working with CSS custom properties. Two big things it'll enable:

Nested indentation:

--indent: calc(inherit(--indent, 0) + 1);

Overridable design token defaults:

--primary-color: inherit(--primary-color, blue);

IntentToShip @intenttoship.dev · 1d

Blink: Intent to Prototype: The inherit() CSS function

groups.google.com

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Zach Leatherman @zachleat.com · 1d

as a dad I am recharged by the kinetic energy of eyerolls

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Zach Leatherman @zachleat.com · 1d

this is Big `data:`

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Zach Leatherman @zachleat.com · 1d

@svenning.io loving the little pill design for links on your personal web site!

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Passle @passle.dev · 1d

Pretty huge, Lit is no longer tied to Google #freelit

lit.dev/blog/2025-10...

Lit is Joining the OpenJS Foundation!

Lit is officially joining the OpenJS Foundation as an Impact Project!

lit.dev

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Zach Leatherman @zachleat.com · 1d

I want to intercept Boolean coercion for objects in JavaScript: www.zachleat.com/web/boolean-...

I want to intercept Boolean Coercion for Objects in JavaScript—zachleat.com

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www.zachleat.com

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Robb Owen @robbowen.digital · 1d

Getting ready to redesign my website - Where are we looking for web-license typefaces these days? who's doing good indie work that isn't on one of the massive type services?

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Dave Rupert @davatron5000.bsky.social · 2d

📝 New Post: The Killer Feature of #webcomponents

A quick dive into the Custom Elements Manifest and why this community standard is a 10x effort multiplier.

daverupert.com/2025/10/cust...

The killer feature of Web Components

The personal blog of Dave Rupert, web developer and podcaster from Austin, TX.

daverupert.com

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Matthias Ott @matthiasott.com · 2d

✍️ New post: The Lifeblood of the Web

Because conferences are just 🔥🎉💙

#blogtober #web #conferences #community
matthiasott.com/notes/the-li...

The Lifeblood of the Web · Matthias Ott

Matthias Ott is an independent user experience designer and web design engineer from Stuttgart, Germany. He also teaches Interface Prototyping at the Muthesius Academy of Fine Arts and Design.

matthiasott.com

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Piccalilli @piccalil.li · 1d

86,791 words later, countless rounds of thorough technical edits and a humongous team effort building custom infrastructure, JavaScript for Everyone is now ready and available to purchase.

piccalil.li/links/javasc...

JavaScript for Everyone is now available

86,791 words later, countless rounds of thorough technical edits and a humongous team effort building custom infrastructure, JavaScript for Everyone is now ready and available to purchase.

piccalil.li

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Mat “Wilto” Marquis @wil.to · 2d

This is it. 86,791 words. 836 emdashes. 625 `const`, 141 `let`, 16 `var`. One (1) reference to the pause music from Battletoads for the NES.

Spread the word: JavaScript for Everyone launches tomorrow.

A Majora's-Mask-style "Dawn of The Final Day. 24 Hours Remain" title card, but using the JavaScript for Everyone Atari-style type and branding. The background is made up of two low-angle perspective views of rectangles on grids that meet at a sharp line, resembling a horizon.

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Álvaro Montoro @alvaromontoro.com · 4d

Practical visualization of how using robots.txt works to prevent AI bots from going through your site.

A cheeto/potato chip used to lock a door

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Zach Leatherman @zachleat.com · 4d

Oh hell yeah—what a crew

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Zach Leatherman @zachleat.com · 8d

(fwiw) I believe the original was a pun joke 😅 needed brackets around <picture>

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