The untold history of web development:
1990: HTML invented
1994: CSS invented to fix HTML
1995: JS invented to fix HTML/CSS
2006: jQuery invented to fix JS
2010: AngularJS invented to fix jQuery
2013: React invented to fix AngularJS
2014: Vue invented to fix React & Angular
2016: Angular 2 invented to fix AngularJS & React
2019: Svelte 3 invented to fix React, Angular, Vue
2019: React hooks invented to fix React
2020: Vue 3 invented to fix React hooks
2020: Solid invented to fix React, Angular, Svelte, Vue
2020: HTMX 1.0 invented to fix React, Angular, Svelte, Vue, Solid
2021: React suspense invented to fix React, again
2023: Svelte Runes invented to fix Svelte
2024: jQuery still used on 75% of websites
I reported this before, but now it's a bit clearer: jQuery did indeed peak in usage halfway through 2020, and is only *now* finally in decline.
What amazing impact... peaking at *80%* penetration of the top 100K websites!
We all owe @jeresig a big debt. Write less, do more!
Just bought a pair of studio monitors/speakers and now I want to listen to every song I know all over again! Having decent sound quality is a life accomplishment! 🎶
TODAY is Earth Overshoot Day, the date when humanity will have used “all the biological resources that Earth can renew during the entire year.” #OvershootDay
https://t.co/Je7zqcJczm
Remember when secret military bases were exposed by joggers with their free social-media-connected apps publishing their routes? We're going to start seeing "something is happening" leaks based on emoji use in companies that don't block giphy.
https://t.co/XIdM5wB74I
The European Commission is asking its staff, reports @politico to use the messaging app Signal, after several high-profile incidents shocked diplomats and officials.
via @laurenscerulus
https://t.co/ozL5rrs7aP
With Qwant Causes users transform their web searches into donations to the associations they have chosen. @QwantCom#privacy#humanitarian#Humanitaire
https://t.co/V5nb0blAyz