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Networking — Examining HTTP/3 usage one year on

Examining HTTP/3 usage one year on

With the HTTP/3 RFC celebrating its 1st birthday, we examined HTTP version usage trends between May 2022 - May 2023. We found that HTTP/3 usage by browsers continued to grow, but that search engine and social media bots continued to effectively ignore the latest version of the web’s core protocol

DBDavid Belson, LucasDavid Belson, Lucas·June 6, 2023Networking
Frontend — Animated Pride Flags

Animated Pride Flags

Happy Pride month! In this tutorial, I'll share a handful of my favourite animation tricks. You'll learn how to build an animated wavy pride flag using CSS keyframes and linear gradients. We'll also see how to make it dynamic using React. 🏳️‍🌈

JWJosh W. Comeau·June 6, 2023Frontend
Performance — Reduce latency and increase cache hits with Regional Tiered Cache

Reduce latency and increase cache hits with Regional Tiered Cache

Regional Tiered Cache provides an additional layer of caching for Enterprise customers who have a global traffic footprint and want to serve content faster by avoiding network latency when there is a cache miss in a lower-tier, resulting in an upper-tier fetch in a data center located far away

AAAlex, Andrew HauckAlex, Andrew Hauck·June 1, 2023Performance
Frontend — Advanced Form Control Styling With Selectmenu And Anchoring API — Smashing Magazine

Advanced Form Control Styling With Selectmenu And Anchoring API — Smashing Magazine

Thanks to the Open UI working community group, there’s a new element on the horizon, , that will make styling this type of form control a whole lot better. You’re going to walk through an early implementation of this new experimental element by creating a pattern that you would never have thought possible with CSS alone — a radial selection menu.

BDBrecht De RuyteBrecht De Ruyte·June 1, 2023Frontend
Performance — Experimenting at Scale, the Spotify Home Way

Experimenting at Scale, the Spotify Home Way

In the fast-paced world of streaming, personalization plays a vital role in enhancing user experiences. At Spotify, our Home serves as a personalized surface where users retrieve familiar content and discover new content tailored to their preferences. We are constantly trying to optimize the Home experience to provide more value to our users; however, doing so can be tricky.

NGNik Goyle, Product Manager·June 1, 2023Performance