Michael Hogan
mchogan.bsky.social
Michael Hogan
@mchogan.bsky.social
artist | engineer, love travel & maps
Are web components or polyfills relevant to “part of the web”?

My understanding of the history is web components emerged from the polyfill approach Angular & React used to add end-user features to older browsers.

developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/W...

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polyfil...
August 29, 2025 at 8:55 AM
Mediawiki also has RSS and syndication features that might interop, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikiped.... The article lists neat examples of interop with Mastadon, Bluesky, Podcast, etc. Hadn’t thought to try it before, but NetNewsWire easily found the mediawiki.org feed.
August 29, 2025 at 8:29 AM
Hyperlinks. It’s surprising to me how many people are still learning about hyperlinks between pages or to references. People still tend to use a physical book / card catalog mindset to organizing information. Reference lists instead of hyperlinks. Document numbers instead of URLs.
August 25, 2025 at 4:56 AM