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Networking — Cloudflare outage on February 20, 2026

Cloudflare outage on February 20, 2026

Cloudflare suffered a service outage on February 20, 2026. A subset of customers who use Cloudflare’s Bring Your Own IP (BYOIP) service saw their routes to the Internet withdrawn via Border Gateway Protocol (BGP).

TDTubes, Dzevad TrumicTubes, Dzevad Trumic·February 21, 2026Networking
Engineering — Redefining impact as a data scientist

Redefining impact as a data scientist

Not all impactful data science work involves experiments or optimization. Sometimes it’s about making complex systems legible, correct, and safe to operate.

MKMadison Kohls·February 18, 2026Engineering
Engineering — Quick Hit #99

Quick Hit #99

Chrome 145 enables % units for letter-spacing and word-spacing as well as overscroll-behavior for all scroll containers, now baseline.

DSDaniel SchwarzDaniel Schwarz·February 16, 2026Engineering
Frontend — What’s !important #5: Lazy-loading iframes, Repeating corner-shape Backgrounds, and More

What’s !important #5: Lazy-loading iframes, Repeating corner-shape Backgrounds, and More

This issue of What’s !important is dedicated to our friends in the UK, who are currently experiencing a very miserable 43-day rain streak. Presenting: the five most interesting things to read about CSS from the last couple of weeks. Plus, the latest features from Chrome 145, and anything else you might’ve missed. TL;DR: lots of content, but also lots of rain.

DSDaniel SchwarzDaniel Schwarz·February 13, 2026Frontend
Engineering — Quick Hit #98

Quick Hit #98

Chrome 145 finally ships text-justify, which is almost baseline now.

DSDaniel SchwarzDaniel Schwarz·February 13, 2026Engineering
Frontend — Making a Responsive Pyramidal Grid With Modern CSS

Making a Responsive Pyramidal Grid With Modern CSS

This is the second part of a small two-part series. In this article, we will explore another type of grid: a pyramidal one. We are still working with hexagon shapes, but a different organization of the elements., while exploring other different shapes.

TATemani AfifTemani Afif·February 12, 2026Frontend
Engineering — Quick Hit #97

Quick Hit #97

Chrome 145 becomes the first to ship customizable <select>, as well as column-wrap and column-height for better multicol layouts.

DSDaniel SchwarzDaniel Schwarz·February 11, 2026Engineering
AI & ML — Why demand for designers is on the rise

Why demand for designers is on the rise

Our latest study suggests that AI is driving renewed momentum in design hiring. We unpack why that is, what hiring managers prioritize, and which skills designers need to get ahead.

AHAndrew Hogan·February 10, 2026AI & ML
Engineering — Quick Hit #96

Quick Hit #96

Una Kravets announces border-shape with a couple of cool demos.

DSDaniel SchwarzDaniel Schwarz·February 9, 2026Engineering
SRE & Ops — Building Prometheus: How Backend Aggregation Enables Gigawatt-Scale AI Clusters

Building Prometheus: How Backend Aggregation Enables Gigawatt-Scale AI Clusters

We’re sharing details of the role backend aggregation (BAG) plays in building Meta’s gigawatt-scale AI clusters like Prometheus. BAG allows us to seamlessly connect thousands of GPUs across multiple data centers and regions. Our BAG implementation is connecting two different network fabrics – Disaggregated Schedule Fabric (DSF) and Non-Scheduled Fabric (NSF). Once it’s complete our AI […] Read Mor

CWChris Wiltz·February 9, 2026SRE & Ops
Engineering — Quick Hit #95

Quick Hit #95

Adam Argyle quickly outlines the upcoming customizable <select>.

DSDaniel SchwarzDaniel Schwarz·February 6, 2026Engineering
Engineering — Launching The Rural Guaranteed Minimum Income Initiative

Launching The Rural Guaranteed Minimum Income Initiative

It's been a year since I invited Americans to join us in a pledge to Share the American Dream: 1. Support organizations you feel are effectively helping those most in need across America right now. 2. Within the next five years, also contribute public dedications of time or funds towards longer term efforts to keep the American Dream fair and attainable for all our children. Stay gold, America. 💛

JAJeff AtwoodJeff Atwood·February 4, 2026Engineering
AI & ML — Pick your agent: Use Claude and Codex on Agent HQ

Pick your agent: Use Claude and Codex on Agent HQ

Claude by Anthropic and OpenAI Codex are now available in public preview on GitHub and VS Code with a Copilot Pro+ or Copilot Enterprise subscription. Here’s what you need to know and how to get started today.

MRMario RodriguezMario Rodriguez·February 4, 2026AI & ML
Security — No Display? No Problem: Cross-Device Passkey Authentication for XR Devices

No Display? No Problem: Cross-Device Passkey Authentication for XR Devices

We’re sharing a novel approach to enabling cross-device passkey authentication for devices with inaccessible displays (like XR devices). Our approach bypasses the use of QR codes and enables cross-device authentication without the need for an on-device display, while still complying with all trust and proximity requirements. This approach builds on work done by the FIDO […]

CWChris Wiltz·February 4, 2026Security
AI & ML — Practical Use Of AI Coding Tools For The Responsible Developer — Smashing Magazine

Practical Use Of AI Coding Tools For The Responsible Developer — Smashing Magazine

AI coding tools like agents can be valuable allies in everyday development work. They help handle time-consuming grunt work, guide you through large legacy codebases, and offer low-risk ways to implement features in previously unfamiliar programming languages. Here are practical, easy-to-apply techniques to help you use these tools to improve your workflow.

SKStefan KalteneggerStefan Kaltenegger·January 30, 2026AI & ML
Frontend — ReliCSS

ReliCSS

Stu Robson's ReliCSS (clever name!) tool can excavate outdated CSS in your codebase that have modern CSS solutions.

GGGeoff GrahamGeoff Graham·January 28, 2026Frontend