O'Reilly

APRIL 23, 2024

In the early idealistic days of internet expansion, the leading companies earned outsized profits by solving the attention allocation problem. As the internet grew, the amount of information available to consumers became so vast that it outran traditional human means of curation and selection. But over time, something went very wrong.

Social Media 106

Social Media Google Internet Internet 106

Alex Russell

JANUARY 30, 2024

It's time once again to update our priors regarding the global device and network situation. seconds on the target device and network profile, consuming 120KiB of critical path resources to become interactive, only 8KiB of which is script. What's changed since last year? and 75KiB of JavaScript. These are generous targets.

Performance 90

Performance Network Mobile Speed 90

Alex Russell

FEBRUARY 24, 2024

A social network without notifications? The iOS system has traditionally provided support for Home Screen web apps by building directly on WebKit and its security architecture. Browser makers have become masters of origin separation because they run totally untrusted code from all over the internet.

Storage 100

Storage Engineering Games Design 100