The Future of Htmx(htmx.org)

695 points by polyrand 1 year ago | 357 comments

An essay by Carson Gross and Alex Petros on the future direction of htmx, comparing its intended longevity and stability to jQuery.

The lasting influence of Netscape Time(thehistoryoftheweb.com)

84 points by zdw 5 months ago | 24 comments

AI 2027(ai-2027.com)

789 points by Tenoke 1 year ago | 518 comments

AI 2027 is a scenario by Daniel Kokotajlo, Scott Alexander and others forecasting the impact of superhuman AI over the next decade, with interactive capability charts.

AI 2027 (2025)(ai-2027.com)

39 points by gafferongames 1 month ago | 38 comments

The web’s most important decision(thehistoryoftheweb.com)

198 points by zdw 3 years ago | 73 comments

People who grew up with high economic connectedness earn more(julienreszka.com)

101 points by julienreszka 2 months ago | 93 comments

Why the AI future will be awesome(nullpaste.org)

5 points by samstress 18 days ago | 6 comments

A plain-text essay arguing that AI will bring humanity's best era, addressing concerns like bioweapons, AI cyberattacks, and misalignment.

Email obfuscation: What works in 2026?(spencermortensen.com)

319 points by jaden 6 months ago | 93 comments

An article comparing email address obfuscation techniques for websites and their effectiveness against spam harvesters; the page returned a 403 Forbidden error.

Influencers and OnlyFans models are dominating U.S. O-1 visa requests(theguardian.com)

357 points by bookofjoe 9 months ago | 258 comments

Guardian article reporting that social media influencers and OnlyFans models increasingly apply for the US O-1 'extraordinary ability' visa using follower counts.

API Shouldn't Redirect HTTP to HTTPS(jviide.iki.fi)

584 points by oherrala 2 years ago | 252 comments

Blog post arguing that APIs should fail visibly on plain HTTP requests instead of redirecting to HTTPS, noting many major API providers don't.

The Web Is Broken – Botnet Part 2(jan.wildeboer.net)

371 points by todsacerdoti 1 year ago | 225 comments

Blog post by Jan Wildeboer, second in a series, arguing the web is broken by botnets, likely covering apps embedding SDKs that turn user devices into scraping proxies.

WordPress Is in Trouble(anderegg.ca)

547 points by ulrischa 1 year ago | 336 comments

Blog post arguing WordPress is in trouble amid the escalating dispute between Automattic's Matt Mullenweg and WP Engine, including the WP Engine Tracker site.