HTML is fun to think about. The old classic battle of “HTML is a programming language” has surfaced in the pages of none other than WIRED magazine. I love this argument, not even for it’s merit, but for the absolutely certainty that you will get people coming out of the woodwork to tell you that…
Introduction Web scraping typically refers to an automated process of collecting data from websites. On a high level, you’re essentially making a bot that visits a website, detects the data you’re interested in, and then stores it into some appropriate data structure, so you can easily analyze and access it later. However, if you’re concerned…
You have for sure heard about the new CSS Anchor Positioning, right? It’s a feature that allows you to link any element from the page to another one, i.e., the anchor. It’s useful for all the tooltip stuff, but it can also create a lot of other nice effects. In this article, we will study…
In a data-driven world today, integrating data from various sources effectively has become crucial. Digital transformation has revolutionized the way businesses function, interact with their customers, and employ the right technology for growth. Data integration ensures that businesses use all the information to spur innovation. It also helps them make wise decisions and maintain their…
Learn how to effectively document UI components. Discover best practices , challenges, and tools to streamline the documentation process, improve collaboration, and maintain consistency across projects. Building and maintaining reusable UI components is pivotal for creating scalable, maintainable, and consistent user interfaces. However, as the complexity and number of components grow, so does the challenge…
Before we start troubleshooting, let’s take some time to understand how the network works. Finding web vulnerabilities is all about exploiting the weaknesses of the technology, so all good hackers should have a clear understanding of them. If you are already familiar with these processes, you can move on to monitoring Internet security. The following…
Like Miriam Suzanne says: You’re allowed to have preferences. Set your preferences. I like the idea of controlling my own experience when browsing and using the web. Bump up that default font size, you’re worth it. Here’s another version of control. If you publish a truncated RSS feed on your site, but the site itself…
Email encryption and authentication are modern security techniques that you can use to protect your emails and their content from unauthorized access. Everyone, from individuals to business owners, uses emails for official communication, which may contain sensitive information. Therefore, securing emails is important, especially when cyberattacks like phishing, smishing, etc. are soaring high. In this…
I wrote a post for Smashing Magazine that was published today about this thing that Chrome and Safari have called “Tight Mode” and how it impacts page performance. I’d never heard the term until DebugBear’s Matt Zeunert mentioned it in a passing conversation, but it’s a not-so-new deal and yet there’s precious little documentation about…
I coded a thingy the other day and I made it a web component because it occurred to me that was probably the correct approach. Not to mention they are on the mind a bit with the news of React 19 dropping with full support. My component is content-heavy HTML with a smidge of dynamic…