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Modern web development from someone who builds it. CSS, JavaScript, web standards, and the patterns that actually scale.

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The Tokio team is building Rails for Rust with Topcoat

Topcoat is a Rust full stack web framework from the Tokio team, with routing, templates, and reactivity built in. Authentication is not there yet.

CSS @scope retires BEM, CSS Modules, and CSS-in-JS

CSS @scope scopes selectors to DOM subtrees, retiring BEM naming conventions and CSS Modules build tooling with pure native, browser-level style scoping.

Lazy loading cuts your initial JavaScript weight by 60%

Lazy load images with loading=lazy, components with dynamic import(), and routes with code splitting to shed 60% of initial JS weight and fix LCP.

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Create "what is my IP" site on Cloudflare in 2 minutes

Build a what is my IP page on a Cloudflare Worker. Read CF-Connecting-IP, add geo and ASN data, serve plain text to curl and HTML to browsers.

React 19 server actions delete your whole API layer

React 19 Server Actions simplify mutations with useActionState, progressive enhancement, automatic loading states, optimistic UI, and type safety.

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pdfcn renders your PDF invoice in 26 ms with no Chrome

pdfcn PDF components for React copy into your codebase like shadcn, render invoices in 26 ms with no headless Chrome, and work on Takumi or Forme.