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Sarah Drasner @sarahedo.bsky.social · 3d

💥 did a small drawing explaining the JS execution model including the event loop. I hope it’s helpful to folks. Debugging is always easier when the underlying implementations are understood.

Drawing explaining the JS execution model and event loop

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Rick Viscomi @rviscomi.dev · 4d

Great minds
rviscomi.github.io/timebase/

Baseline timeline

Timeline of web features and browser support

rviscomi.github.io

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Rick Viscomi @rviscomi.dev · 6d

If you've been thinking about entering the Baseline Tooling Hackathon, the clock is ticking!

3 days left
2800 developers
$10,000 in prizes

baseline.devpost.com

Baseline Tooling Hackathon

Accelerate availability of modern web features

baseline.devpost.com

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Chrome for Developers @developer.chrome.com · 7d

Simplify your build toolchains with native Baseline support → goo.gle/46cTnCR

Thanks to a collaboration between the Browserslist team and the WebDX Community Group, a new set of Baseline queries has been included directly in Browserslist itself.

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Lea Verou, PhD @lea.verou.me · 9d

🔥 New blog post!

Covering, among other things:

- Why making simple things easy and complex things possible is not enough
- How to maximize your UI’s signal-to-noise ratio
- Why you can’t uncover friction through user feedback
- How to prioritize user needs

lea.verou.me/blog/2025/us...

In the economy of user effort, be a bargain, not a scam • Lea Verou

User effort is a currency. To create a product users love, design the tradeoffs of use case complexity to user effort with the same care you design your pricing scheme.

lea.verou.me

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Patrick Brosset @patrickbrosset.com · 9d

Did you know that AVIF (the AV1 Image File Format) was supported in all the major browsers (Firefox, Safari, Chrome/Edge)?
This has been the case for almost 2 years at this point.

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Google for Developers @developers.google.com · 13d

✅ Baseline now has full feature coverage, making it easier to know which web platform features are ready to use.

Build the next wave of Baseline-powered tools and compete for $10,000 in prizes → goo.gle/424SBWc

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CSS-Tricks* @css-tricks.bsky.social · 21d

There's a nice series from @sturobson.com getting into *why* and *how* to "un-Sass" CSS.

www.alwaystwisted.com/articles/UnS...

@jeffbridgforth.com is making a similar leap and shares how he's approaching it:

css-tricks.com/is-it-time-t...

Is it Time to Un-Sass? | CSS-Tricks

Many of the Sass features we've grown to love have made their way into native CSS in some shape or form. So, should we still use Sass? This is how developer Jeff Bridgworth is thinking about it.

css-tricks.com

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Rick Viscomi @rviscomi.dev · 16d

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Rick Viscomi @rviscomi.dev · 23d

You can thank @tonypconway.com for doing most of the work!

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Rick Viscomi @rviscomi.dev · 18d

Exciting! Congrats Jeff

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Rachel Andrew @rachelandrew.bsky.social · 21d

The WebDX Community Group is hosting an AMA on the r/webdev subreddit tomorrow. This is the group behind the "State of ..." surveys and Baseline, so if you have questions about those initiatives—or anything else around developer experience, join us!

web.dev/blog/baselin...

Join the WebDX CG for an AMA on Reddit | Blog | web.dev

Join the AMA on r/webdev on September 18 and ask us anything!

web.dev

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Rick Viscomi @rviscomi.dev · 22d

Here's a simple postcss-preset-env demo showing how to switch from Browserslist's `defaults` query to Baseline, and seeing how that affects the results

github.com/GoogleChrome...

baseline-demos/tooling/postcss at main · GoogleChromeLabs/baseline-demos

Contribute to GoogleChromeLabs/baseline-demos development by creating an account on GitHub.

github.com

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Rick Viscomi @rviscomi.dev · 22d

Before, you needed a plugin to use Baseline semantics in your Browserslist queries. Now you don't!

Just give it a target like `baseline widely available` and it'll work out of the box

Available in [email protected] and later

web.dev/blog/browser...

Browserslist now supports Baseline | Blog | web.dev

Browserslist has added support for Baseline queries. Find out what that could mean for your developer workflow.

web.dev

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Rick Viscomi @rviscomi.dev · 22d

Neat! 📸

Andrey Sitnik @en.sitnik.ru · 22d

In recent Browserslist 4.26 we added Baseline queries support.

browsersl.ist#q=baseline+n...

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Patrick Brosset @patrickbrosset.com · 23d

Curious about what we do on the WebDX community group (i.e Baseline and web-features)?

We're organizing a Reddit AMA on Thursday.
Ask your questions here:

www.reddit.com/r/webdev/com...

From the webdev community on Reddit: We are the W3C WebDX Community Group, working to improve developer experience with projects like Baseline. Ask Us Anything!

Explore this post and more from the webdev community

www.reddit.com

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Rick Viscomi @rviscomi.dev · 23d

You can thank @tonypconway.com for doing most of the work!

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Rick Viscomi @rviscomi.dev · 23d

There is now!

browsersl.ist#q=baseline+2...

bsky.app/profile/seba...

Seb ⚛️ ThisWeekInReact.com @sebastienlorber.com · 26d

👀 Browserslist 4.26 - Now supports Baseline Queries

Thanks @en.sitnik.ru @tonypconway.com , this will be way more convenient in many cases!

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Rick Viscomi @rviscomi.dev · 28d

Here's the direct link to the AMA thread

www.reddit.com/r/webdev/com...

From the webdev community on Reddit: We are the W3C WebDX Community Group, working to improve developer experience with projects like Baseline. Ask Us Anything!

Explore this post and more from the webdev community

www.reddit.com

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Rick Viscomi @rviscomi.dev · 28d

The WebDX CG's mission is to improve YOUR experience developing on the web platform. We're behind familiar research and interop efforts like the State of... surveys and Baseline.

Let's chat!

We're hosting an AMA on r/webdev September 18, but you can post your Qs now

web.dev/blog/baselin...

Join the WebDX CG for an AMA on Reddit | Blog | web.dev

Join the AMA on r/webdev on September 18 and ask us anything!

web.dev

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Chrome for Developers @developer.chrome.com · 28d

From idea to impact, that’s the journey 💡 The Baseline Tooling Hackathon is on! Create a project that solves real-world developer needs using Baseline data for your shot at a $10,000 prize pool.

Don’t delay! Submissions close Oct 6 → baseline.devpost.com

#WhatsMyBaseline