DevelopmentTrends
2021 state of APIs
Current API trends: ubiquitous, diverse, occasionally open.
DevelopmentOpinions
Apple’s browser engine ban is holding back web app innovation
It’s not a web problem that web apps can’t fully compete with iOS apps.
DevelopmentOpinions
Why outdated jQuery is still the dominant JavaScript library
Despite it’s age, “jQuery may even outlast React.”
BusinessTrends
It’s a Web3 world now
How the hype compares to Web 2.0.
DevelopmentOpinions
PHP has survived for 26 years because it keeps evolving
It was always meant to be a convenient, easy-to-use framework.
DevelopmentTrends
Top 5 internet technologies of 2021
Non-vaporware technologies that are moving the internet forward.
BusinessOpinions
5 internet technology predictions for 2022
Outlook from a developer perspective.
DesignTools
Penpot woos developers, takes on Figma with open source tool
Tools that help developers collaborate with designers are a trend.
DevelopmentTrends
Web development in 2023
AI emerged, CDEs arrived, JavaScript still rules.
DevelopmentOpinions
Why PHP usage has declined by 40% in just over 2 years
What WordPress’s shift to ‘JavaScript-first’ means for PHP.
DevelopmentOpinions
Developers rail against JavaScript ‘merchants of complexity’
The rebelling against JavaScript frameworks continues.
DevelopmentTools
WordPress alternatives
Stick with PHP or pivot to JavaScript?
DevelopmentTrends
Web development trends in 2024
The return to simpler web development practices.
DevelopmentTools
Google AI coding tool is now free
Gemini Code Assist challenges GitHub Copilot.
BusinessTools
Ghost vs. Substack, Eleventy vs. WordPress
What to expect from each in online publishing?
DevelopmentOpinions
The future of browsing begins now
The end of the browser as we know it?