Compare your #webapps and see how much memory and CPU they are using.
Oh wonder #SPAs are more prone to memory eating, by nature, there is more dynamic page content, more #JS. Already the base memory footprint is double that one of an MPA.
Just check out the your browser's task manager. #devtools
And in doubt #usetheplatform, or in other words: HTML and CSS are powerful tools and solve more problems than some may think. Try to think simple(r).

Modern #TechStack|s are convenient but they also make #developers lazy and result in the #enfattening of #Software and #Games.

• Like we had entire Music Videos on the spare space of a #NeoGeoCD which meant this needed to be streamed, and mind you this is redbook CD Audio, not fancy ATRAC3 or Opus...

Nowadays we have shitty #WebApps that eat up 100+MB just for a #WebView and which are instantly useless once they don't have a high-speed, low latency internet connection!

• People like #GraceHopper and #MargaretHamilton propably wouldn't even be mad, but just disappointed, knowing how a modern #IDE eats more computing power than the entire human race had at their career peaks...

And don't even get me started on all the #WastefulComputing aka. "#AI" #bs and #Shitcoin - #Scams!

How to Protect Your Web Applications From XSS, by @torgo (@w3c):

https://www.w3.org/blog/2025/how-to-protect-your-web-applications-from-xss/

‘The UK's Mobile Browsers and Cloud Gaming Market Investigation Reference (MIR) has published its final report. The conclusion is clear: #Apple’s “#WebKit restriction”, which forces all browsers on #iOS to use Apple’s engine, harms competition, stifles innovation and functionality, particularly for #WebApps.’ #CMA #DMU #DMCCA
https://open-web-advocacy.org/blog/uk-regulators-final-verdict--apples-browser-engine-ban-harms-competition/

Mozilla is paving the way for bringing support for Progressive Web Apps back to Firefox. They'll still look and function like browser tabs rather than standalone apps, but they'll show up more like apps in the OS as "taskbar tabs." #Mozilla #Firefox #TaskbarTabs #ProgressiveWebApps #WebApps #WebBrowsers https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/03/firefox-nightly-supports-web-apps-taskbar-tabs

This week's top clicked link in the Hiro Report is Life in Weeks!

This clever web app visualizes one's entire life as divided into weeks. There are customizations you can do to depict where you were during periods of your life, mark important dates, and so on. Really fun concept.

https://lifeweeks.app

[Security at W3C]

In this talk, Kian Jamali introduces the Trusted Types (TT) Helper, a #Chrome extension designed to simplify adopting Trusted Types in #webapps Trusted Types is a #security feature that prevents unsafe DOM manipulations by enforcing policies.

https://youtu.be/EJ_axf3JAbk

The tool aims to streamline adoption, improve debugging efficiency, and help #developers implement secure, functional default policies, although a final review by a security engineer is recommended.

Your one-stop destination for free online tools: curated collection of free web apps for images, audio, video, and more.

https://flipboard.com/@fivekocom/free-online-tools-4s8v9av7z

Building a web app? Choosing the right tech stack is crucial!
From MERN and MEAN to JAMstack, explore the top Web Application Development Stacks for creating scalable, secure, and high-performance apps. Learn how to tailor a custom tech stack to meet your project's unique goals.
Read more: https://nectarbits.ca/blog/best-technology-stack-for-web-applications-a-complete-guide

Softr Expert certification

What do you need help with?

What's New in #ArcGIS Instant #Apps (Feb 2025) https://tinyurl.com/yz3cyktc

#webapps #dataviz #GIS #esri #mapping #maps #ArcGISOnline #GISchat #ArcGISApps #geospatial #mapstodon @esri @esrifederalgovt @esrislgov @esritraining @arcgisapps @arcgisonline @urisa

Bring your Baserow projects to me

Baserow certifications:

Fundamentals
Advanced
Expert (on release)

#Cot is a powerful, type-safe, and fully featured #Rust #framework delivering top-notch #security and blazing speed. Cot empowers you to build production-ready #webapps in record time — without compromising on performance or reliability. https://cot.rs/

The need for native apps diminishes daily.

“Native apps still have their place, like video/image editing where it’s better for working with local files. But these are niche use cases. For most situations, web apps have caught up. They’re faster, more flexible, and work seamlessly across devices. Native apps? Not so much.”

(Via @adactio.com)

https://rogueengine.io/blog/your-app-should-have-been-a-website

As promised above, I've made a demo todo app for the style/architecture I described in a previous series of posts ; https://dicioccio.fr/purescript-minitools-architecturedemo.html (the code: https://github.com/lucasdicioccio/purescript-minitools-architecture-demo ) + I've opened the set of "bricks" (i.e., bulma-css style "components").

Happy 20th Anniversary to AJAX! On February 18, 2005, Jesse James Garrett coined the term AJAX, forever changing web application development with asynchronous data transfer. (German content via @heisedeveloper) https://www.heise.de/news/Vor-20-Jahren-AJAX-revolutioniert-die-Webentwicklung-10284114.html #ajax #web #webapps

FireFox with PWA support

Woohoo! Managed via an extension to get FireFox to support PWAs... Of course, a couple things are slightly janky with this arrangement:

1. I had to install the .deb version of FireFox instead of using the snap or flatpak version, as it won't work with either of those methods.
2. Each PWA is essentially running in its own profile, which runs within a patched instance of FireFox (the extension refers to it as a runtime).
3. Extensions, themes & settings don't carry over from the main FireFox instance, so things like 3rd party password managers, UBlock Origin, etc won't be available unless installed in each PWA profile.

Thankfully it seems that better (and native) PWA support is coming to FireFox in the future... fingers crossed as it's in the nightly build currently.

Webapps i de com fer la migració del gmail, amb Javi Moreno – Programa 614

En aquest episodi tornem a tenir la visita de l’amic Javi Moreno, amb qui parlarem sobre les #Webapps i de la #migració del correu per sortir de #gmail, entre d’altres temes.

#podcast #tecnologia #català

https://mossegalapoma.cat/webapps-i-de-com-fer-la-migracio-del-gmail-amb-javi-moreno-programa-614/

https://dicioccio.fr/how-i-write-purescript-apps-part-iii.html

And I've done Part-3. It's good to delete tons of notes I had accumulated and make them almost well-formed thoughts.

I'll likely make:
- a git template/demo repo of some sort
- some step-back post for the over-arching theme of how simple-approaches lead you far

Next in line: a rant about SQL (tutorials but there are some original sins), it's gonna be much shorter than the close to 8,000 words of text of the recent series.