Analysis of adoption rates for robots.txt, humans.txt, and security.txt files across the top 25,000 websites, including methodology and results.
Explores the CSS Houdini spec and Paint API, giving developers low-level control over the CSSOM for custom styling and performance.
A web developer critiques Google's dominant influence on the web, discussing the pros and cons of its initiatives like performance ranking and AMP.
Key takeaways from Chrome Dev Summit 2018, including new web proposals like Portals for navigation and the Squoosh image compression app.
Overview of key new features and changes in the official HTML 5.2 specification, including the native <dialog> element and Payment Request API for iframes.
A critical analysis of Google AMP, focusing on its SEO incentives and impact on web performance and publisher adoption.
A developer explains how they built a web app using the Canvas API to add a blue beanie to user photos for Blue Beanie Day.
A guide to reading the ECMAScript specification, focusing on understanding Symbols in JavaScript and how to navigate the official spec draft.
The article critiques Google's AMP framework, arguing it restricts web development freedom, and proposes a standardized alternative for performance verification.
An introduction to Houdini, a set of upcoming web standards that allows developers to extend CSS and hook into the browser's rendering engine.
A review of the author's top five most-read blog posts from 2015, covering web standards, client-side frameworks, performance, HTTPS, and Google's AMP.
A web developer creates a charity music album featuring tracks from web professionals to raise funds for web accessibility organizations.
A developer announces joining Akamai's developer relations team to focus on web performance research, experiments, and standards.
Explores the persistent UI issue of unwanted focus styles on buttons after mouse clicks, detailing the problem's history and proposed CSS solutions.
Explains the purpose and importance of the HTML <!doctype> declaration, covering its history, browser compatibility, and validation.
Monthly roundup of web browser updates, new features, bug fixes, and developer tools for testing and debugging.
Analysis of Apple's influence on web standards, focusing on the adoption hurdles of the Pointer Events specification due to Apple's lack of support.
A guide to using the HTML <small> element for legal disclaimers and fine print, not for presentation.
A developer's critical analysis of the stalled standards process for implementing responsive images on the web, focusing on the src-N proposal.
A critique of modern web development practices that undermine the web's core strength of universal accessibility across devices and networks.
