Double-Keyed Caching And Performance
For nearly a decade, one of the most persistent best practices in web development was the use of shared public Content Delivery Networks (CDNs). If developers used a popular library like jQuery,...
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The Complete Guide to is-land in Eleventy
While islands architecture offers significant performance benefits, finding a clear use case for partial hydration can initially seem challenging. However, as Eleventy sites require increasingly...
Date vs. Temporal: A Comparison
For decades, JavaScript developers have found the Date object challenging to use. It is mutable by default and lacks native support for non-Gregorian calendars or time zones without external libraries...
Chromium Security Architecture - Rule of Two & Mojo
In researching Chromium's security architecture and how it mitigates risks associated with unsafe languages and untrustworthy input, two key concepts stand out: the Rule of Two and Mojo, Chromium's...
What is the islands architecture?
Islands architecture is a modern web development paradigm that emphasizes delivering static HTML content while selectively hydrating interactive components. This approach mixes interactive...
Memory Safety In C, Rust And Go
Memory safety has become a critical concern in modern software development. The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has published two advisories underlining the urgency of...
Using Iterator Helpers
Modern JavaScript development often defaults to chaining array methods like .filter(), .map(), and .reduce(). While these methods offer great readability and a declarative style, they suffer from a...
Understanding Content Security Policy (CSP)
Content Security Policy (CSP) is an added layer of security that helps detect and mitigate certain types of attacks, including Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) and data injection attacks. Attackers use...
load .env file in Node.js natively
Node.js 20.12.0 introduced a native way to load environment variables from a .env file using the loadEnvFile() function from the node:process module. This is a great addition because it eliminates the...
New Features in CSS Multi-Column Layout
A significant limitation of CSS multi-column layouts has been the restricted control over content flow between columns. While developers can set the number of columns, their width, and the gaps...