Issue #63

WebDev Weekly - Issue 63

The big one this week: Tailwind is joining Shopify. Framework acquisitions usually deserve a raised eyebrow, but Adam Wathan's case - a stable, funded home for a tool millions of people depend on - reads better than most, and his comments are worth your time in full.

Elsewhere, ICANN is pulling third-level .name domains out from under 22,000 registrants, there's a plea to keep Firefox in your rotation while engine diversity still exists, and CSS quietly absorbs another job JavaScript used to do - grid layouts that animate their own reflow, no script required.

The AI section is unusually practical this week: Spotify cutting Claude Code token spend by 90%, a Rust headless browser built for agents, and ten checks for frontend code that ships faster than anyone can review it. And if you make it to the end, there's music theory derived from first principles in runnable JavaScript - a lovely way to close out a Friday.

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  • Hang on to your Firefox

    newsonaut.com

    A plea for engine diversity that rode the MV2/uBlock fallout to ~1,000 HN points.

  • `.name` Termination (3-levels deep)

    neil.fraser.name

    ICANN is killing third-level .name domains, stranding ~22,000 registrants with real hijack risk. .name domains don't behave like a typical TLD, instead they are purchased as 3-levels (firstname.surname.name).

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