phil-pickering
Re:The AI cost of JavaScript frameworks
on Sunday November 01, 2026 @05:10AM (#50324150)
HN is perfectly usable without JavaScript enabled.
The only feature that appears to require JavaScript is search.
Re:New iMac with M6
on Tuesday October 27, 2026 @01:02PM (#50262179)
Apple have never released a 32" version of the iMac; even the iMac Pro was only available as a 27" model.
Re:Antiquated HTML Snippets and Artefacts
on Tuesday September 08, 2026 @09:34AM (#49610146)
The latest MDN recommendation is to use only width=device-width, with initial-scale being mostly redundant.
Source: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Reference/...
Re:The original URL for this prediction will no longer be available in...
on Sunday August 09, 2026 @05:00AM (#49229686)
Some nice posts about his prediction on Jeremy Keith's blog:
Re:Jiki – Learn to Code the Fun Way
on Sunday July 12, 2026 @05:19AM (#48879637)
Jiki is a brand-new platform for learning to code. It's targeted at complete beginners and is the brainchild of Exercism co-founder, Jeremy Walker.
Jiki – Learn to Code the Fun Way
Supercomputers once worth millions to be auctioned
Why kids still need to learn to code in the age of AI [pdf]
Star Wars Q&A: Computers (1983)
Re:Project Euler
on Wednesday November 12, 2025 @05:18PM (#45907627)
I think a hat-tip is due to freeCodeCamp for introducing Project Euler (along with Rosetta Code) to a new generation of programmers:
https://www.freecodecamp.org/learn/project-euler/#project-eu...
Re:Pikaday: A friendly guide to front-end date pickers
on Tuesday November 11, 2025 @03:49PM (#45892637)
You're all getting a little confused!
This is an up-to-date guide demonstrating why the old deprecated Pikaday JavaScript Datepicker is no longer needed.
Re:TextEdit and the relief of simple software
on Friday October 24, 2025 @05:34PM (#45699338)
Final Cut Pro and Logic Pro.
Gibraltar is a game where you play as an Orca sinking yachts
Re:My A11 Journey
on Friday June 20, 2025 @10:34AM (#44328104)
a11y = accessibility
Re:HTML Tags Memory Test
on Monday July 15, 2024 @01:10PM (#40969648)
This is the one that Hixie published back in 2006. It helped guide a lot of the early decision-making in the WHATWG when it came to proposing new tags for HTML5 in a bid to reduce the number of div's out there:
https://web.archive.org/web/20060203035414/http://code.googl...
The mantle has now been passed to the HTTP Archive, whose Web Almanac includes a section on the popularity of HTML elements:
https://almanac.httparchive.org/en/2022/markup#elements
BTW: I got 97, which is 96 more than the number of friends I have :)