Just released Ordinality — a framework-agnostic migration tool for Browser, Node, and Deno.

We use it in production on both backend and frontend.

Ordinality works with any database — IndexedDB, SQL, state files, or anything else.

github.com/vitonsky/ord...

#opensource #javascript

I just read email from NPM "New TOTP 2FA configurations disabled (existing TOTP still works)".

It looks NPM will disable TOTP and force package authors to use WebAuthn/passkeys.

Business as usual. Spot an opportunity to hype it up and cash in.

#opensource #programming #javascript

Just found a fun article where author uses cluster of 3 candles as a clock source.

cpldcpu.com/2025/08/13/c...

Linguist made it to the Top 3 extensions in the Chrome Web Store.

Try it: linguister.io

It is the only in-browser translation solution that respects your privacy.

#opensource #browser #extension #FOSS

Roasting post about Matrix - probably the most disappointing project claiming to be a "privacy-focused messenger," but actually a scam targeting naive people.

xn--gckvb8fzb.com/giving-up-on...

#security #privacy

Just publish NPM package `langstats` that provides stats with speakers count and countries list where language is used.

Basically, that's a small dataset i maintain for our products purposes.

Will be useful for those who work on internationalization, to prioritize work.

github.com/translate-to...

New post on blog, with insights around why it's nice to have open source project, why you can't rely on donations, and how you can actually make money on your pet project.

Good to read for open source maintainers with existential questions.

#opensource #programming

vitonsky.net/blog/2025/06...

The HTTP QUERY Method draft, that defines a new HTTP method, QUERY, as a safe, idempotent request method that supports body payload and may be safely cached.

httpwg.org/http-extensi...

Reality is porcelain.

NPM is down, and all projects who had not set NPM proxy with cache is blocked for development. CI is in stuck, deployments is delayed, etc.

#programming #frontend #javascript

Every time I hear something about "AI will replace us", I always remember how CGI and 3D games is looked impressive and "photo realistic" in 2004 and how ridiculous they looks today.

Some donation forms look like the project doesn't really want to be paid.

#ux #privacy

New post on blog.

IP tells you where the request comes from, that’s it. It doesn’t tell you what language the user speaks. It looks like Google thinks otherwise, and many programmers are blindly repeating it for Google with no idea how do it properly.

#programming #ux

vitonsky.net/blog/2025/05...

Just published a blog post about how a product can talk with clients not in computer language for a better user experience.

Many programmers and designers just copy/paste solutions they have seen somewhere with no thought about who their users are and why they are here

vitonsky.net/blog/2025/05...

Found a "Magnitude" on this week, it looks interesting.

That is a Playwright where you write a declarative AI prompts in test files instead of selectors and expected states assertions.

There are some problems, but that approach could replace manual QA on small projects.

#programming #frontend

Clever 0-click attack against CDN to figure out user location by cache-hit status on physically closest server.

Especially interesting section with companies positions about the problem. No surprises there.

gist.github.com/hackermondev...

#security #privacy #vulnerability #hacking

New post on blog

It is a common problem in software projects to rely on individuals rather than on system approach.

Everyone makes this mistake, programmers, management and C-level people. As result, they as efficient as 20% with apply 80% effort&costs.

vitonsky.net/blog/2024/10...

#programming

First step to makes stronger is admit your weakness and find workarounds

Most of programmers is not ready to admit the fact that humans quite weak as physically as intellectually

However i never seen builders who prefer manually move a stone blocks rather use machines

#coding #programming