The Road Not Taken is Guaranteed Minimum Income
The dream is incomplete until we share it with our fellow Americans.
Quick Hit #41
Ooo, look at that: Safari Technology Preview 215 adds support for scroll-driven animations, anchor positioning, and text-wrap: pretty. That's a good sign that
Video: How to create checklists in Markdown for easier task tracking
Ever wondered how to create checklists in your GitHub repositories, Issues, and PRs? Make task lists more manageable in your GitHub repositories, issues, and pull requests.
Unleashing improved context for threat actor activity with our Cloudforce One threat events platform
Gain real-time insights into the ever-evolving landscape of cyber threats with our new threat events platform. This tool empowers your cybersecurity defense with actionable intelligence, allowing you to stay ahead of attacks and protect your critical assets.
Karri Saarinen’s 10 rules for crafting products that stand out
Linear’s CEO shares his approach to quality and craft—catch him at Config 2025 alongside a lineup of makers redefining tech’s future.
Web Components Demystified
Scott Jehl released a course called Web Components Demystified. This is my full set of notes from Scott's course. You'll still want to take the course on your own, and I encourage you to because Scott is an excellent teacher who makes all of this stuff extremely accessible, even to noobs like me.
Quick Hit #39
The CSSWG has voted to add a size keyword that's shorthand for the width and height properties.
Highlights from Git 2.49
The open source Git project just released Git 2.49. Here is GitHub’s look at some of the most interesting features and changes introduced since last time.
Why Java endures: The foundation of modern enterprise development
For 30 years, Java has been a cornerstone of enterprise software development. Here’s why—and how to learn Java.
Bugs, bugs, bugs!
Dynamically optimize, clip, and resize video from any origin with Media Transformations
With Cloudflare Stream’s new Media Transformations, content owners can resize, crop, clip, and optimize short-form video, all without migrating storage.
Standards for ANSI escape codes
Let's Talk About The American Dream
A few months ago I wrote about what it means to stay gold — to hold on to the best parts of ourselves, our communities, and the American Dream itself. But staying gold isn’t passive. It takes work. It takes action. It takes hard conversations that ask us to confront where we’ve been, where we are, and who we want to be. That’s why I’m incredibly honored to be joining Alexander Vindman in giving a
PGDay Austria Returns
We are delighted to announce that PGDay Austria will be returning to Vienna in 2025. Find all updates on the event here.
More thoughts on the 1670 modem's weird noises
Why everyone can (and should) be a great storyteller
Here’s why writing matters—and how to be a storyteller that brings ideas to life.
Atlas startups can now accept payments prior to receiving their EIN
Founders can now accept payments immediately after incorporation, while Atlas handles the IRS filings in the background.
Summarizing the last 45 days of feed reader behaviors
Cloudflare’s 2024 Transparency Reports - now live with new data and a new format
Cloudflare’s 2024 Transparency Reports are now live — with new topics, new data points, and a new format, consistent with the EU’s Digital Services Act. Read on to learn more about Cloudflare’s longstanding commitment to transparency reporting and the key updates we made in this year’s reports.
Two modems, a length of line cord, and no battery
Sunshine And March Vibes (2025 Wallpapers Edition) — Smashing Magazine
Do you need a little inspiration boost? Well, then our new batch of desktop wallpapers is for you. Designed by the community for the community, the wallpapers in this collection are the perfect opportunity to get your desktop ready for spring — and, who knows, maybe they’ll spark some new ideas, too. Enjoy!
A Million Little Secrets
I spent the past few weeks packing as many easter eggs as I could into my latest project, and in this blog post, I want to dig into some of the more interesting details! If you’re interested in animations/interactions, you’ll want to check this one out; I share a bunch of my favourite secrets and tricks. 😄
Answering reader feedback: war rooms vs. deep investigations
Double click: When coding becomes conversation
Developers are embracing a new way of building software that’s more conversation than code. But is it more mayhem than magic?
Engaging with the developer community on our approach to content moderation
We share the full year 2024 data update on our Transparency Center and highlight how developers can engage with us on our site policies and content moderation.
My books have moved to Gumroad
Mangled names get me to open my eyes a little
Support the open source projects you love this Valentine’s Day
Show your appreciation to the open source projects you love. You can help provide much-needed support to the critical but often underfunded projects that keep your infrastructure running smoothly. And remember—every day is a perfect day to support open source! 💖
How to add a directory to your PATH
Offline celebrations: how Christmas, NYE, and Lunar New Year festivities shape online behavior
This blog examines how diverse cultural celebrations — from Western Christmas to Orthodox and Lunar New Year festivities — shape global Internet traffic, revealing consistent offline patterns, and compares these trends with those observed in 2023.
Introducing credits for usage-based billing
The strategic importance of billing credits is only growing. That’s why we recently incorporated a new credits feature into Stripe Billing, enabling businesses to offer their customers both promotional and paid credits with flexibility and control.
Make Any File a Template Using This Hidden macOS Tool
Stationery Pad is a handy way to nix a step in your workflow if you regularly use document templates on your Mac. The long-standing Finder feature essentially tells a file’s parent application to open a copy of it by default, ensuring that the original file remains unedited.
Bank CEO: Retract your debanking piece? Me: No.
One day after testifying before the Senate Banking Committee on debanking, a bank CEO asked me to retract my essay on that topic. I declined.
Integrations: From Simple Data Transfer To Modern Composable Architectures — Smashing Magazine
In today’s web development landscape, the concept of a monolithic application has become increasingly rare. Modern applications are composed of multiple specialized services, each of which handles specific aspects of functionality. This shift didn’t happen overnight - it’s the result of decades of evolution in how we think about and implement data transfer between systems. Let’s explore this journ
Preserving content provenance by integrating Content Credentials into Cloudflare Images
Media and journalism companies can now build end-to-end workflows that support Content Credentials by using Cloudflare Images.
Keeping the page interactive while a View Transition is running
When using View Transitions you’ll notice the page becomes unresponsive to clicks while a View Transition is running. This happens because of
Look Closer, Inspiration Lies Everywhere (February 2025 Wallpapers Edition) — Smashing Magazine
Let’s make the most of the shortest of all months, with a new collection of desktop wallpapers celebrating new opportunities, sweet memories, happy little moments, and everything in between. All of them created with love by the community for the community. Enjoy!
Forest And Desert
4 steps to building a natural language search tool
Empowering humanitarian action with open source: A natural language search tool for UN Resolutions.
What on Earth is the `types` Descriptor in View Transitions?
The @view-transition at-rule has two descriptions. One is the commonly used navigation descriptor. The second is types, the lesser-known of the two, and one that probably envies how much attention navigation gets. But read on to learn why we need types and how it opens up new possibilities for custom view transitions when navigating between pages.
A diversity of downtime: the Q4 2024 Internet disruption summary
After a rather busy third quarter, the fourth quarter of 2024 saw significantly fewer Internet disruptions. This quarter, notable outages were caused by cable cuts, power outages, natural disasters, military action, maintenance, and government direction. Read on for the details.
Cloudflare meets new Global Cross Border Privacy standards
Cloudflare is the first organisation globally to announce we have been successfully audited against the brand-new international ‘Global Cross-Border Privacy Rules’ system and the brand new ‘Global Privacy Rules for Processors’. Cloudflare will be certified from day one when the certifications launch later in 2025.
Cloudflare thwarts over 47 million cyberthreats against Jewish and Holocaust educational websites
January 27 marks the International Holocaust Remembrance Day — a solemn occasion to honor the memory of the six million Jews who perished in the Holocaust, along with countless others who fell victim
New to open source? Here’s everything you need to get started
Explore our simple guide to finding projects, understanding guidelines, and making an impact.
Some Things You Might Not Know About Custom Counter Styles
I was reading through Juan's recent Almanac entry for the @counter-style at-rule and I'll be darned if he didn't uncover and unpack some extremely interesting
That’s a wrap: GitHub Innovation Graph in 2024
Discover the latest trends and insights on public software development activity on GitHub with the release of Q2 & Q3 2024 data for the Innovation Graph.
Feedback on lessons, leap seconds, and LLMs
The fall and rise of TikTok (traffic)
On January 19, 2025, ByteDance suspended TikTok and related apps for US users. We examine the 14-hour traffic plunge, recovery near Donald Trump’s inauguration, and how alternatives like RedNote surged.
A first look at Config 2025: Two cities, one global community
This year, we’re bringing Config to San Francisco and London. Here’s a first look at what we’re building for our community on both sides of the Atlantic.
Seven years of open source: A more secure and diverse ecosystem
Explore insights into open source community growth, innovation, and inclusivity with an updated survey dataset.
Navigating The Challenges Of Modern Open-Source Authoring: Lessons Learned — Smashing Magazine
Alvaro Saburido delves into the current state and challenges of Open-Source authoring, sharing lessons learned from both community- and company-driven initiatives.
TikTok ban takes hold: data reveals sharp traffic decline and rapid shift to alternatives
On January 19, 2025, ByteDance shut down access to TikTok and other owned/operated apps for US users, causing an 85% traffic plunge and a rapid shift to alternatives like RedNote.
Fancy Menu Navigation Using Anchor Positioning
Anchor positioning can be great for little interactive effects — as Temani Afif shows off with this clever idea for a menu hover.
Supporting the next generation of developers
Here’s your opportunity to empower the teen in your life to get a start in open source development.
Feed score update: new hostname in effect today
An Ode To Side Project Time — Smashing Magazine
A once-revered perk of some tech workplaces, the status of ‘side project time’ seems to have slipped in recent years. Frederick O’Brien believes it deserves a comeback.
The Role Of Illustration Style In Visual Storytelling — Smashing Magazine
How do we determine the most suitable illustration style? How should illustrations complement and reflect your corporate identity? What will resonate most with your target audience? And regarding the content, what type of illustration would best enhance it, and how would it work for the age range it is primarily for? Thomas Bohm shares insightful examples and discusses the key qualities of effecti
Game Off 2024 winners
Secrets spilled, discovered, and hidden again—Game Off 2024 brought over 500 jaw-dropping submissions that redefined creativity in gaming. From cult quests for free furniture to spellbinding mysteries, these games will have you hooked. Ready to uncover the winners?!?
Highlights from Git 2.48
The open source Git project just released Git 2.48. Here is GitHub’s look at some of the most interesting features and changes introduced since last time.
Transforming how you work with v0
v0 lets all creators—not just developers—bring their ideas to life. Explore v0 use cases and prompt inspiration for designers, marketers, project managers, customer support, data analysis, and more.