Barry Pollard

tunetheweb.com

17 October 2026 08:03

The `unload` event no longer fires in Chrome by default! Since the advent of the mobile web this has become increasingly unreliable and we think that's a footgun for devs who might think it works. We've spent the last 3 years carefully removing it from Chrome. developer.chrome.com/blog/unload-...

Sacha Greif

sachagreif.com

30 September 2025 08:47

I don't 100% agree with that stance, but it does show why concentrating so much of the modern open-source frontend ecosystem under one roof is problematic – and this is something I've been worried about since the recent Nuxt.js announcement from a couple months ago.

Jake Archibald

jakearchibald.com

30 September 2025 08:07

There was a period during my time at Chrome where a well-resourced sub team did significant amounts of free work for Vercel. This included giving Rauch a talk at Chrome Dev Summit. I was asked to switch squoosh.app from Preact to Vercel, and was told I wasn't a team player for refusing. Mad.

Ana Marija Majkic

anamarijamajkic.bsky.social

01 August 2025 08:59

I’m especially grateful that I had the opportunity to see and hug all the great friends and collaborators I’ve worked with over the years! @mayashavin.com, @leichteckig.bsky.social, @francescociulla.bsky.social, @mhartington.io, Jos Gerards, @medhat.dev, and, finally meet @awad.dev in person!

Sacha Greif

sachagreif.com

14 June 2025 07:38

- Going bouldering with @danielroe.dev (but failing to send the slab of the day despite coming close…) - Bonding over woodworking with @medhat.dev and interior design with @anjana.dev - Reconnecting with @tej.as, which as far as I can tell somehow has the energy to attend every single tech event