When working with artificial intelligence, early academic discourse focused almost exclusively on conversational, turn-based prompting, jumping into platforms like ChatGPT or Claude to generate text or code through direct question-and-answer exchanges. However, AI workflows have rapidly expanded into multi-step agentic systems capable of autonomous planning, dynamic tool use, iterative self-correction, and direct environment execution. This document establishes an operational, cross-campus governance framework calibrated for this new technological reality. Rather than relying on blanket prohibitions or unenforceable algorithmic detection tools, this guide outlines an intentional model of operational asymmetry. It equips department chairs, curriculum committees, and instructional teams with modular Acceptable...
It is tempting to look at AI and its related technologies and disciplines as purely technical endeavors, focusing solely on algorithms, data and computational power. However, this perspective overlooks the broader implications and the interdisciplinary nature of AI research, which encompasses ethical, social, and philosophical considerations as well. My own biases as an anthropologist and educator shape the way I approach AI research, prompting me to consider not only the technical aspects but also the cultural, social, and ethical dimensions of these technologies. This essay is a research-informed expression of my perspective, not a comprehensive or neutral account of third-party...
The ongoing debate over modern web capabilities often hides behind high-minded security and privacy rhetoric. At its core, however, it is a conflict over platform trust, developer empowerment, and mobile ecosystem control. On one side stands the Chromium/Blink philosophy Project Fugu: trust developers, build robust runtime sandboxes, and empower the open web to run desktop-grade, native-class applications. On the other side stand Mozilla Gecko and, most aggressively, Apple WebKit: adopt an adversarial posture toward web developers, treat low-level capabilities as inherent security liabilities, and block system primitives under the banner of protecting users from themselves. The restrictive posture championed by...
In 2019, Lee Sedol, the only human to ever win a professional game against DeepMind's AlphaGo, announced his retirement from competitive Gohttps://www.bbc.com/news/technology-50573071. His reason was both simple and chilling: "Even if I become the number one, there is an entity that cannot be defeated." For a game that has been played for over 2,500 years, a game often described as an art form rather than a sport, this felt like an extinction event. But as it turns out, the game of Go was just the first domino. The story of the last decade isn't just about a machine mastering a...
In modern web development, managing asynchronous tasks and cleaning up resources is critical to application performance and stability. Historically, removing DOM event listeners required storing exact function references and calling removeEventListener individually. Before AbortController support was added to fetch, applications had no standard way to cancel an in-flight fetch request. This post covers the AbortController API, a unified, standard mechanism that uses a single signal to cancel one or more asynchronous operations, including DOM events, fetch requests, and custom asynchronous tasks. Core concepts: controller and signal The API consists of two primary interfaces: AbortController: The controller object represents the control...
One of my favorite quotes about software development comes from Larry Wall, the creator of Perl: > We will encourage you to develop the three great virtues of a programmer: laziness, impatience, and hubris. > > Larry Wall, Programming Perl 1st Edition The book defines laziness as "the quality that makes you go to great effort to reduce overall energy expenditure. It makes you write labor-saving programs that other people will find useful and document what you wrote so you don't have to answer so many questions about it." I agree entirely. Productive laziness the drive to build a tool...
Rollup is a JavaScript module bundler. It follows imports from an entry module, combines the code into one or more output files, and can remove unused exports from statically analyzable ES modules. Rollup can generate browser-ready bundles and packages in multiple module formats. Build time and bundle size depend on the project, plugins, and output options. A 2026 bundler comparisonhttps://strapi.io/blog/modern-javascript-bundlers-comparison-2025 reports workload-specific results and recommends testing tools against your own codebase. This tutorial will cover: Project setup and basic configuration Using plugins for common tasks Creating separate development and production builds Handling CSS and image assets Using Rollup with TypeScript...
The Web Developers Congress North America was a mixed experience, showcasing the latest trends in AI but, in my opinion, leaving other areas of development underrepresented and, at times, not included at all. I get it that most developers are focused on AI but I believe a balanced approach that also highlights other critical aspects of the development experience is essential for the community's growth. This post presents my reflections and takeaways from the event. Everyone is pivoting to AI The overwhelming focus on AI was evident in almost every session and discussion. While this reflects the current industry trend,...
Astro components, props, slots, and islands are core concepts for building maintainable, performant sites. This post consolidates component patterns, server-side slot mechanics, client-side hydration directives, and an appendix on islands architecture. Component Props and Type Safety Props are the primary mechanism for passing dynamic data from parent templates or pages down into child .astro components. Because Astro components execute strictly in a server environment, props are resolved and rendered before any markup reaches the client. Core Mechanics of Astro.props Every .astro component has access to a global Astro.props object inside its frontmatter script. By convention and design, Astro binds any...
One of the hardest parts of building AI-powered web applications is finding ideas that work well in a client-side environment. This post demonstrates how to implement a client-side translation system that leverages the built-in Chrome Translation API for better performance and falls back to a Web Worker running transformers.jshttps://huggingface.co/docs/transformers.js/en/index when the native APIs are not supported. Overview This solution integrates and runs a hybrid, client-side translation system. Chrome 138 is the first Chrome version with public AI translation support through the built-in Translation API. The translation system supports all listed target languages, but the processing path differs. Languages supported by...
