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We talk a lot about Flexbox and CSS Grid Layout, but these layout methods are essentially values of the CSS display property, a workhorse of a property that doesn’t get a lot of attention. Rachel Andrew takes a better look in a short series.
How We Used WebAssembly To Speed Up Our Web App By 20X (Case Study)
In this article, we explore how we can speed up web applications by replacing slow JavaScript calculations with compiled WebAssembly.
Privacy UX: Common Concerns And Privacy In Web Forms
Web interfaces have become quite a character. In this series of articles, we’re looking into privacy UX patterns to help make our interfaces better.
Going Serverless With Cloudflare Workers
Cloudflare Workers lets devs build and extend the capabilities of serverless sites. In this article, we will learn how Cloudflare Workers works and when it makes sense to add it to our technology stack.
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Open-Source Analytics Framework
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Input Type Sandbox
To help you get form patterns right, Aaron Ladage created Input Type Sandbox, a little tool that lets you test input types, patterns, onscreen keyboards, and more.
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