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Astro @astro.build · 22h

Happy "View Transitions Level 1 support in all major browsers" Day! 🎉

With Firefox 144 now stable, everyone gets beautiful transitions with Astro ClientRouter

Learn how: docs.astro.build/en/guides/vi...

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Alex Russell @infrequently.org · 23h

Frontenders, I am *begging* you to earn whatever pride you take in your work. How? By testing what you make on the devices and networks most people have. It's not hard, doesn't take long, and there are great automations like webpagetest.org that can make it even simpler.

webpagetest.org

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Lit @lit.dev · 1d

Lit is joining @openjsf.org! 🎉

Today at JSConf, The OpenJS Foundation announced Lit is officially joining as an Impact Project!

We're beyond excited for this move and look forward to continuing our work to build the open web with OpenJS!

Read more on our blog: lit.dev/blog/2025-10...

Lit is Joining the OpenJS Foundation!

Lit is officially joining the OpenJS Foundation as an Impact Project!

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Dave Rupert @davatron5000.bsky.social · 2d

📝 New Post: The Killer Feature of #webcomponents

A quick dive into the Custom Elements Manifest and why this community standard is a 10x effort multiplier.

daverupert.com/2025/10/cust...

The killer feature of Web Components

The personal blog of Dave Rupert, web developer and podcaster from Austin, TX.

daverupert.com

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Loren Stewart @cheddybop.bsky.social · 2d

Spicy! Please explain 🙏

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Alex Russell @infrequently.org · 2d

If you haven't already, figure out where your local No Kings event is next weekend and make a plan. Inflatable frog costume totally optional:

nokings.org

No Kings

As the president escalates his authoritarian power grab, the NO KINGS non-violent movement continues to rise stronger. We are united once again to remind the world: America has No Kings and the power ...

nokings.org

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Loren Stewart @cheddybop.bsky.social · 2d

All good! I should have paid closer attention to context

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Loren Stewart @cheddybop.bsky.social · 3d

Sorry about that

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Loren Stewart @cheddybop.bsky.social · 3d

I'm not dunking on all the hard work, and quite frankly engineering genius, that has gone into react. But I do think the fundamental architecture (e.g. vdom) is starting to put react at a disadvantage.

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Loren Stewart @cheddybop.bsky.social · 3d

I think the notion that react is complex to use is being highlighted more and more by next-gen frameworks (svelte and solid, imo) that have a simpler mental model, smaller API surface, and smaller bundles.

To say using react is "extremely easy" means you suffer from the curse of knowledge.

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Álvaro Montoro @alvaromontoro.com · 4d

Practical visualization of how using robots.txt works to prevent AI bots from going through your site.

A cheeto/potato chip used to lock a door

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Loren Stewart @cheddybop.bsky.social · 7d

Astro is a great framework for keeping complexity and bloat at bay. It’s also the only HTML-first framework with a lot of backing and popularity.

It’s an enabling technology for what I call Progressive Complexity

C.f. www.lorenstew.art/blog/progres...

A Progressive Complexity Manifesto | Loren Stewart

A manifesto for progressive web complexity. Reject the false binary between static sites and SPAs. Embrace the powerful middle ground with server-rendered HTML, HTMX, and intentional complexity escala...

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Loren Stewart @cheddybop.bsky.social · 8d

Thank you! I’m working on a framework comparison post that acts as a Part Two of this post. I’ve created the same app with 6 or 7 different frameworks so we have something empirical to examine. One version of the app is built with Vue/Nuxt. I think I’ll be done with the blog post in 2 or 3 weeks

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Loren Stewart @cheddybop.bsky.social · 17d

I lived there during the pandemic when Portland was advertised as being over run by antifa militants. If you ever visited the city there were protests around like two square blocks. The exaggeration is insane.

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Loren Stewart @cheddybop.bsky.social · 17d

Sorry I think you’re referring to Portland. Yeah! So damn war torn 😂

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Loren Stewart @cheddybop.bsky.social · 17d

What are you referring to?

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Justin Fagnani @justinfagnani.com · 18d

I'm going to have to write a blog post on this trampoline pattern.

It's very fast, as I found out, but also it lets you have code that runs sync or async depending on the data and consumer, like generators do.

The DX isn't as nice as generators, but for a small perf-critical core, it's not bad.

Justin Fagnani @justinfagnani.com · 18d

Here's the PR: github.com/lit/lit/pull...

And a huge thanks to Reddit's web team for pushing on this and making new benchmarks to measure perf.

[labs/ssr] Convert generators to a trampoline pattern by justinfagnani · Pull Request #5106 · lit/lit

This gets rid of generators completely from the SSR code in favor of a thunk/trampoline approach where render functions can return thunks that are called to continue rendering. This keeps our abili...

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Alex Russell @infrequently.org · 20d

ICYMI, @open-web-advocacy.org keeps receipts:

open-web-advocacy.org/blog/apples-brow…

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Loren Stewart @cheddybop.bsky.social · 20d

are these web components!?!?

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Loren Stewart @cheddybop.bsky.social · 21d

I like this take

Loren Stewart @cheddybop.bsky.social · 22d

By harping on this one point, have have missed the entire point of the article.

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Cassidy @cassidoo.co · 23d

I have a fun coding question for ya this week, a joke that made me chuckle, some interesting web links, and also I fangirl about Lea Salonga. What more could you want?

Next issue is heading to your inbox now:
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rendezvous with cassidoo

A weekly newsletter with web development content for everyone, from beginners to pros.

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Frontend Dogma @frontenddogma.com · 23d

React Won by Default—and It’s Killing Frontend Innovation, by @cheddybop.bsky.social:

https://www.lorenstew.art/blog/react-won-by-default

#react #svelte #solidjs #qwik #frameworks

React Won by Default – And It's Killing Frontend Innovation | Loren Stewart

Exploring how React's dominance by default stifles frontend innovation, and why deliberate framework choices lead to better tools for performance, developer experience, and ecosystem diversity.

www.lorenstew.art

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Frontend Dogma @frontenddogma.com · 25d

A Progressive Complexity Manifesto, by @cheddybop.bsky.social:

https://www.lorenstew.art/blog/progressive-complexity-manifesto

#manifestos #complexity #webapps #html #htmx

A Progressive Complexity Manifesto | Loren Stewart

A manifesto for progressive web complexity. Reject the false binary between static sites and SPAs. Embrace the powerful middle ground with server-rendered HTML, HTMX, and intentional complexity escalation.

www.lorenstew.art

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Loren Stewart @cheddybop.bsky.social · 26d

I must confess my bias here. I like to choose tools with the least amount cognitive overhead. React is more complex, and has a larger API surface, than the other frameworks mentioned. Less complexity leads to increased velocity, fewer bugs, and shorter onboarding periods.

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