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HTML doesn't have a native include feature similar to CSS' `@import` or JavaScript's `import`. There are numerous existing solutions for including HTML snippets, such as JavaScript, server-side directives, and static site generators, but none are pure HTML. This article explores the potential reasons for this, which include performance, security, and complexity concerns like circular dependencies.
The ScummVM project's server infrastructure faced a DDoS attack that saturated resources and brought down their website. The attack originated from numerous IP addresses, making traditional blocking methods ineffective, and the URLs targeted were resource-intensive. Anubis is a program that filters connections and uses a proof-of-work challenge to distinguish legitimate users from bots, which ended up mitigating the attack.
Shopify's MobileBridge framework transforms WebViews to feel more native by addressing three core issues: performance (reducing load times by 75% through preloading), appearance (removing web elements like zooming), and integration (having seamless web-mobile communication). This hybrid approach allows Shopify to maintain development speed while still delivering a near-native experience for non-critical screens in their app (which is one of the largest complaints of cross-platform frameworks like React Native).
Tech workers are losing their privileged status and facing increased exploitation. Tech companies are using AI as a narrative to justify layoffs, increase workloads, and reduce benefits for tech employees. New strategies may be needed for tech workers to protect their rights and working conditions.
Forcing Google to sell Chrome, despite its ad-market abuses, is a bad idea. Chrome won the browser war fairly through genuine innovation and its continued development is necessary for the web's advancement. Google's investment in the web is driven by self-interest and benefits the entire web in general.
Hardcover, a book tracking app, migrated from Next.js to Ruby on Rails with Inertia.js due to issues like unclear caching, unpredictable costs, and slow development speeds in Next.js. The move to Rails and Inertia.js allowed for server-side rendering, direct database connections, and continued use of React, resulting in improved Google Pagespeed scores and faster load times. Hardcover uses Rails for backend logic and routing, while Inertia.js connects the Rails backend with the React frontend for dynamic content.
Seyfert is a new type-safe Discord framework designed for fast bot development with low RAM usage, modern features, and a focus on the developer experience. It makes it easy to interact with the Discord API, has cache control, and supports Deno, Bun, and Node.
Cloudflare MCP servers allow users to connect to Cloudflare's services from an MCP client and manage their Cloudflare account using natural language commands.
Desktop Commander MCP is a tool that integrates with Claude Desktop to provide AI-powered terminal control, file system management, code editing, and task automation.
Riot Games is aggressively combating video game cheaters using its kernel-level anti-cheat system, Vanguard, which grants deep access to users' computers to detect and ban thousands of cheaters daily in games like Valorant. Riot uses strategies such as using Windows' security features, fingerprinting cheaters' hardware, infiltrating cheat communities, and even publicly discrediting cheat developers. It categorizes cheaters by the types of tools they use. The company strategically slows bans to keep cheat development from advancing too quickly.
GitHub is committed to making its CLI accessible to all devs, addressing the current gap in accessibility standards for terminal apps. The recent Public Preview focuses on improving the experience for users relying on screen readers, high contrast, and customizable color options. The company is rethinking prompts and progress indicators for screen readers and aligning color palettes with 4-bit colors for better user customization.
DuckDB's spatial extension has greatly lowered the barrier to entry for geospatial data analysis, which has contributed to a recent surge in interest and usage of geospatial tools.
An xAI employee inadvertently leaked an API key on GitHub, granting unauthorized access to private xAI large language models fine-tuned with data from SpaceX and Tesla for two months.
Breeze PDF is a free browser-based PDF editor that operates offline by processing documents locally without any uploads.
Using large language models for creative writing ruins the purpose of creative writing.
This developer created a simple, static blog generator using Python and Markdown without the complexity of other platforms to publish content easily on their own domain with modern web standards.