Thomas Allmer

Believes in the web ♥️

CTO ( of @OpenWc ( Founder of @modern_web_dev ( ING (Lion)

[Thomas Allmer @daKmoR]

Sharing time 🎉

I have been working a lot on `@rocket/engine` which you can see as a sort of a nuxt/next equivalent but instead of vue/react it works best with web standards like custom elements, ES modules, template literals...

[Jake Archibald @jaffathecake]

Watch out! Chrome has a huge bug with <input type="number"> which causes values to change unexpectedly.

It's fixed in Chrome 150, but that won't land until the end of June.

[Thomas Allmer @daKmoR]

I've always been frustrated with the frontend code AI agents generate.

Backend logic, scripts, pure implementation? Usually pretty good.

But frontend? Often messy.
This might actually solve it. Really looking forward to trying it 👀

https://t.co/PblqnVmyFA

[Lucas Smith (meat/pie) @lxunos]

Since the day we started Documenso we knew that we would eventually have to write our own PDF library, and now we have!

Introducing LibPDF the library that we’ve always wanted for PDF parsing, manipulation and signing (MIT)

[Timur Ercan 🌏 @ElTimuro]

This year we pushed hard into enterprise: org support, SSO, custom domains, and SOC2 in progress.

Documenso is the open-source DocuSign alternative for teams that need deep integration and full control.

Upgrading your signing infra or tired of vendor lock-in? DMs are open.

[Danny Moerkerke @dannymoerkerke]

Last week, I spoke at #Frontkon, Brno, Czech Republic, about the state of Progressive Web Apps (PWA), and again, I was amazed at how many available features are not used in web apps because people are simply unaware of them.

I spoke to many developers who were highly surprised about what is currently possible with web apps.

PWAs are a viable and cost-effective alternative to native apps. You only need one codebase to deploy an app on iOS, Android, and desktop and they can be freely distributed on the web without any app store dependencies.

Web apps can work offline for almost a decade now, yet most web apps don't.

Companies even sabotage their own web apps by making them dumbed-down versions of their native apps that only serve to promote their native counterparts.

Why?

Because many companies simply don't know or don't care. They think web apps are "not good enough" and quite frankly, I can't blame them.

Companies like X and Instagram have PWAs that don't even use half of the features available to them and that don't even work offline (while they can!)

So if they can't even do it, web apps must be bad, right?

Wrong.

Web apps can be so much better, but if even big companies don't bother, the smaller ones won't either.

I've made it my mission to educate and show what web apps are capable of (see https://t.co/CV8QNHvUe3) but without the support of big companies, the adoption of PWAs will have a long way to go.

We need more big companies to invest in web apps to show what is possible. It's in our joint interest to break free from the chains of app stores that can end your business whenever they want by kicking your app out of their stores.

These walled gardens shouldn't decide whether or not your business is allowed to compete. We should be allowed to deploy fully functional web apps that are not crippled by tech companies that deliberately hold back features to benefit the apps in their app stores.

That is what my mission is about.

[Thomas Allmer @daKmoR]

really looking forward to this ❤️

[Timur Ercan 🌏 @ElTimuro]

We’re about to ship our last big refactor: multi-document envelopes ✉️

More than just sending multiple files, this update cleans up settings, fixes long-standing UX issues, and delivers the 10x experience we always imagined ✨

It also clears the way for the full release of API v2.0 🔌

More coming soon!

See what else we’ve shipped:
https://t.co/pRXYUcLuro
https://t.co/NDmcq322nw

[Burton Smith @stuffbreaker]

I am very excited to announce the alpha release of the #WebComponents Language Server!!!

[FutureProofHomes @AIVoiceAssist]

https://t.co/SwHknSMseF now ships to Canada, Australia & New Zealand! 🎉 The store is stocked and shipping is free (for now)! 📦

If you're looking for a completely private, AI-powered voice assistant and multi-room music solution to replace Alexa and Sonos, look no further!

[Web Awesome @webawesomer]

💥 Today's release is bigger and *beta* than ever. We decluttered, redecorated, and added some new toys (<wa-popover>, <wa-zoomable-frame>, full-page layout patterns, and an npm package). It's your turn to boldly build like no dev has built before: https://t.co/5mFZ6aI7AG 🚀

[FutureProofHomes @AIVoiceAssist]

Nexus is our fully private, local AI computer and voice assistant that runs your entire smart home—no cloud, no compromises. Don't believe us? Watch the video! https://t.co/fiPBeWWhRP

[Hazelight Studios @HazelightGames]

Yes! It is really back, this time with Cross Play!

We’re talking about Friend’s Pass of course - if you buy Split Fiction, anyone can play the ENTIRE game with you for FREE online. And now on ANY platform as well! 💥

Doing all we can to help out 😉
Now it’s up to you to grab a friend on March 6th and dive in.
#SplitFiction

[Documenso @documenso]

🚨 Our new API V2 is now in Beta!

We feature native SDKs for Typescript and Go, with Python to follow shortly!

[LiveKit @livekit]

Today we’re launching our first homegrown AI model: an open source turn detection model for building voice agents.

Instead of relying solely on voice activity detection (VAD), which only considers when a user is speaking, our model also considers what has and is being said in the context of a conversation and predicts when a user is finished expressing their thoughts before the agent responds.

Conversations with AI voice agents using this new model flow much more naturally without constant interruptions from the AI— check it out (more videos, details, and code in the thread):

[Thomas Allmer @daKmoR]

@cory_laviska wow nice 💪🎉

is it in chrome already? if so I somehow missed it... if not then congratulation to safari for being first on this

[David Leavitt 🎲🎮🧙‍♂️🌈 @DavidLeavitt]

Ok this was hilarious and scary both at the same time 😂🤣

[Thomas Allmer @daKmoR]

@useTRMNL jealous 😅

[Thomas Allmer @daKmoR]

@joshuavoydik @benln looks nice - any chance this will come to android/web?

[Thomas Allmer @daKmoR]

@shottr_cc bought 3 licences - still got the old price 💪

[Thomas Allmer @daKmoR]

@TheMonsieurF @useTRMNL I ordered one here
https://t.co/pBU8XjrFth

Shipping was about 25 Euros to Austria so I expected it to be similar to France

[Thomas Allmer @daKmoR]

@EuropaGame My five year old son is already enjoying it 🤗
Games without violence are rare.

Love the story and especially the voicing so far 🤩