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I'm a little late to the game, but happy 20 year anniversary to @developer.mozilla.org! I would be nothing without this website and frequently let anyone who will listen know that it is my favorite resource on the Web. 👏💗

Jen Simmons @jensimmons.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

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Did you see the news about Safari 27.0, out this week? Safari MCP 844 resolved issues Customizable select (w/ new UA default styles) <model> on iOS, iPadOS, and macOS immersive environments on visionOS sizes="auto" for easier responsive lazy-loaded images width: stretch webkit.org/blog/18325/w...

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WebKit Features for Safari 27.0

Our Safari release notes have never been as long as they are for this version.

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2017 · Book covers, made out of class names

I dug up a bunch of old book covers I re-created using HTML and Tachyons (CSS utility library that pre-dates Tailwind by 3 years) and converted them to run on my site today. Lot of fun seeing these almost 10 year-old creations running in my own framework. dakroub.co/log/book-cov...

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Fifty-four days of a post a morning, and a shelf of 1960s paperbacks rebuilt from nothing but Tachyons utility classes.

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I was just thinking about Dan Cedarholm the other day; so many good web books from back-in-the-day. I learned so much from his work. Glad to see he's doing well!

Four Attributes and a script tag transclude.dev/blog/four-at... Covers the design and thought process on making transclude's template syntax small and keeping server code and template code together. #WebDevelopment #WebStandards #HTML

Four attributes and a script tag

A template language grows filters and helpers to cover the distance between the markup and the code. Put the loader in the same file and the distance is gone.

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Joe Dakroub @dakroub.co · 17/09/2026

I created it for myself but thought others might like the HTML-first approach. Definitely will support anyone using it. I use it myself for various projects now and put a lot into the documentation, recipes and examples.

Joe Dakroub @dakroub.co · 17/09/2026

This was my favorite show as a child. I was so disappointed when it got cancelled; I cried so hard lol.

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Joe Dakroub @dakroub.co · 17/09/2026

Amazing how amber makes it look like a gummy bear.

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I also don't use models for everything, so having a shared approach for human and machine that is close to vanilla is ideal for me.

Yeah, I'm sort of in the middle. I value vanilla approaches, but they can fail on basic things like how do I shared the <head> between documents or how do I create layouts? The framework takes a vanilla approach and enhances it to solve some of these questions without adding much more.

Definitely would be honored to have you take a look at the framework! I just released it recently and have been hardening it to get to a 1.0. I modeled it after your article and wanted something that is just stable, HTML and standards-focused and easy to come back to when away for a time.

I did end up creating my own framework, transclude, that creates a nice HTML-based baseline for building simple and complex things pretty easily. Focus is on Web Standards and make creating Custom Elements pretty easy too. transclude.dev

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Cheating Entropy with Native Web Technologies

Been asking myself this the entire year. The app/sites I have created with models and vanilla code are something I can back to 6 months or 6 years later and still understand, so that is a plus of no framework. @jim-nielsen.com article is the gold standard: blog.jim-nielsen.com/2020/cheatin...

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90% of my computer usage is updating computers. – Paul Ford, Postlight Podcast I have a number of old side projects which I occasionally have to revisit. The…

Web Awesome @webawesome.com · 16/09/2026

The `wa-tag-input` is terrific and much-needed. Thank you all for your hard work on the best component library there is!

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Tag, you're it! 🏷️ Web Awesome 3.13 is out. The new experimental <wa-tag-input> turns keywords, emails, and labels into tidy, removable tags. We also fixed up the data grid and promoted 11 components to stable. webawesome.com/docs/resourc...

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Changelog | Web Awesome

Changes to each version of the project are documented here.

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Danny Moerkerke @dannymoerkerke.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

The killer feature of PWAs is not that they update automatically or they’re cross-platform. The absolute killer feature of PWAs is that they can be freely distributed without any app store dependency No risk that one party can kill your distribution and end your business. That’s a killer feature.

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Schalk Neethling @schalkneethling.com · 14/09/2026

Today, I’m proud to announce Homebrew 7.0.0. The most significant changes since 6.0.0 are faster installations and upgrades, stronger sandboxing, a native macOS app, built-in vulnerability checks and an advisory database, the end of macOS 10.15... | brew.sh/2026/09/13/h...

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Joe Dakroub @dakroub.co · 14/09/2026

The template system in transclude has four things in it: ${} interpolation, an if attribute, an each attribute, and <slot>. else-if, else and key round out the first two. That is deliberate. Load data in <script server> instead. transclude.dev/docs/routing #WebDevelopment #WebStandards #HTML

Code example of loading data in the script server block and reading it in the template.

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Joe Dakroub @dakroub.co · 11/09/2026

It's funny because it seemed liked Apple just got iOS and macOS looking decent and mature and then they dropped Liquid Glass. Such a time-waste in terms of design and engineering for, frankly, a less accessible experience.

Joe Dakroub @dakroub.co · 11/09/2026

Pitfall was the best executed. Donkey Kong was a terrible port but my favorite game period. E.T. was so bad it was good. Miner 2049er was a lot of fun. Congo Bongo was my favorite Atari game.

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Joe Dakroub @dakroub.co · 10/09/2026

Great writeup and even better thought-process on how we need to be thinking about web development for all.

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Joe Dakroub @dakroub.co · 10/09/2026

In 2024, the W3C published 12 principles for what the web should be. In my framework, transclude, I show where we are at in terms of support and where we still fall short: transclude.dev/docs/princip... #W3C #WebDevelopment #WebStandards #EthicalWeb

The W3C Ethical Web Principles, and what this framework does about each of the twelve.

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Ronalds Vilciņš @ronaldsvilcins.com · 31/08/2026

Native HTML and CSS Features That Replaced JavaScript ronaldsvilcins.com/2026/08/30/n... #css #html #programming #webdev #javascript #code #blog #article

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Justin Fagnani @justinfagnani.com · 09/09/2026

I wrote about what I've been up to with my new programming language! Zena targets WebAssembly GC, with a TypeScript-like syntax, sound type system, and lots of cool features like pattern matching, async cancellation, borrow checking, WASI integration, and more! justinfagnani.com/2026/09/09/z...

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Zena: A new Wasm-first programming language

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Joe Dakroub @dakroub.co · 09/09/2026

This was my 2nd paint program after ColorPaint for the IBM PCjr. Deluxe Paint II and Deluxe Paint Animation are what got me into UI design.

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Joe Dakroub @dakroub.co · 09/09/2026

Can vouch for Scott's courses. I bought one of his web performance courses years ago and every lesson was a treasure. Will definitely look into the custom elements course, thank you!

Joe Dakroub @dakroub.co · 09/09/2026

100% correct and thanks for sharing this bit of "unknown" trivia ;)

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Joe Dakroub @dakroub.co · 07/09/2026

I say this is all the more reason you should create a mobile game. Since you don't play mobile games you can bring a fresh perspective.

Joe Dakroub @dakroub.co · 06/09/2026

I have admiration for anyone that can do any kind of work by hand. This takes real patience and care. A real labor of love.

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Joe Dakroub @dakroub.co · 04/09/2026

Precious. Two of the most powerful beings on Earth.

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Joe Dakroub @dakroub.co · 04/09/2026

Looks sharp, I especially like the typeface; very approachable and friendly.

Joe Dakroub @dakroub.co · 03/09/2026

I had a Model 30 as well. It was my first computer that had a hard-drive (20 MB!). Always bothered me that the model 25 and 30 had MCGA graphics and all of the other models has VGA. So few games supported MCGA compared to VGA back then. When they did though, the games looked terrific this like.

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Joe Dakroub @dakroub.co · 31/08/2026

My web framework, transclude, makes building web components a bit simpler because the entire framework is HTML-first. While I bill it as a server-side framework, if you opt-in to Custom Elements in your app, it can also become a client-side framework. transclude.dev/docs/elements

One .html file becomes a custom element. Light DOM by default, shadow root opt-in.

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Joe Dakroub @dakroub.co · 28/08/2026

These hues are on point; really lovely!

Joe Dakroub @dakroub.co · 28/08/2026

Custom Elements are a building block of the web. Some find their JavaScript-centric approach off-putting. transclude enables you to build custom elements as .html files and add JavaScript where needed. Light DOM by default, shadow root opt-in. transclude.dev/docs/elements #HTML #WebStandards

One .html file becomes a custom element. Light DOM by default, shadow root opt-in.

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Joe Dakroub @dakroub.co · 26/08/2026

Beautifully done! Nice to see alternative approaches to CMS for site editing. This is the nicest one I've seen.