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> If WASM+WASI existed in 2008, we wouldn't have needed to created Docker.

Source: https://twitter.com/solomonstre/status/1111004913222324225?l...

Yes, even though I use a Blackberry Key2 as a daily driver I still feel like there is something missing. I was using a Blackberry Classic before and the combination of the trackpad and BB10 was such a nice experience.

I have been using YouTube Premium from day one and I absolutely love it.

I think RethinkDB also did a great job with ReQL: https://rethinkdb.com/docs/sql-to-reql/javascript/

Sriracha was invented in Thailand: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sriracha

If you want the spicier version of Flying Goose you need to buy the bottles with the red cap.

Because the original sriracha sauce comes from Thailand: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sriracha

> It resembles actual Thai sauce about as much as Kraft “American cheese” [sic] does a good English cheddar. (Although unlike this comparison, Sriracha arguably improved on the original.)

Thai people hate the americanized version of sriracha, so I guess your comparison is right that Huy Fong Foods sriracha is like the Kraft “American cheese”.

> I don't like ads but they are the most friction-free way to consume a wide variety of content.

That might be true in the beginning but long term ad's add a lot of friction and frustration e.g. having to wait X amount of seconds before getting access to the content.

I have been a YouTube Premium user since day one and I can't imagine not using it.

What I would love to see more is having a choice of having a free ad supported version and the option to upgrade and pay to remove those ads.

> If they truly believe web technology is the best way to deliver apps, then they can develop for Chrome, Electron, and platforms that support the latest bleeding-edge web tech, and ignore Safari.

Unfortunately you can't ignore Safari on iOS though, Apple only allows WebKit based browser, which makes any browser on iOS just a skinned version of Safari.

Weird, I am using Chrome on Android and 99.999% of the time I don't see a popup asking me to enable push notifications.

What websites are you visiting?

it is more sustainable: https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-46654042 and I for one don't drink oat milk because it's healthier, but because it's not cows milk.

> Indeed, a social security number is pretty much the only additional piece of data to the stuff above that one would need to open up a bank account in someone else's name

I am not from the US, but is this really all you need to "proof" your identity?

The most common thing I have seen in the EU when companies have a KYC requirement is that during the sign up process you will have a quick video call where you have show your ID card while they verify that your ID is legit.

> Which is actually a good thing for the diversity of browser engines

How is only allowing ONE browser engine good for diversity? If anything it hinders diversity and progress on iOS.

> Websites would further go down the path of only testing on Chrome

If only it would be possible to test Safari on a non Apple device, Apple is partial it fault here

> And answer this: how would allowing other engines increase privacy?

Because then there could be competition between Safari, Firefox, Brave etc.

Answer this: why do you let Apple dictate what Apps you can install on a ($700 - $1100) phone that you own?

> being more stressed because the work piled up

that sounds like a badly managed workplace.

webOS was such a good mobile OS, the Palm Pre is hands down my favourite phone.

Imagine how awesome webOS would be today with the support of PWAs?

I don't know how this keyboard will perform but I use the BlackBerry Key2 as my daily driver and typing on the keyboard is such a satisfying feeling for me, I don't really think I am more accurate or faster though.

Added benefit of having a physical keyboard is having shortcuts.

> where you can't require any `npm` packages

You just have to introduce a build tool like ncc (https://github.com/vercel/ncc) which will bundle your app into a single JS file.

> there is a limit on parallel requests (6 requests per domain)

This is only the case if you are using HTTP/1.1: https://stackoverflow.com/a/45583977/11383840

HTTP 203 has a great video about counters (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MCi6AZMkxcU)which goes into more details about why counters/timers are a bit more complex.

> XYZ-to-WASM

There is yew (https://github.com/yewstack/yew) which is a React inspired Rust framework that compiles to WASM.

the fuck did I just read? A bunch of buzz words smashed together "hyper clouds", "DevSecOps".

Then starts to show off how easy it is to use heroku, while complaining about how complex it is???

And at the end there are some vague screenshots showing a supposedly easier method of deploying things than using heroku, but first you have to learn GitLab CI/CD, Terraform, AWS, and probably a bunch of other things?

> I don’t want to load a 200Mb progressive web app

And I don't want to download your 200Mb native app that I will only use once. Besides that, the average webpage size is 2Mb which IMO is still too big, where as the average iOS app size is 34.3Mb.

I wouldn't care about what Safari is doing if iOS would allow you to install browsers that are not based on webkit. The fact that Apple only allows webkit browser makes it so much worse and means that no one can compete on iOS against Apple

And not everyone has the resources to build a "simple app" just for iOS.

I should have probably looked into that before buying the phone.

The issue that I have with safari being locked to a specific iOS version is that people on older model such as the iPhone 6 are being stuck with an outdated browser, even though the phone is still useable.

To be fair, Apple handles updating iOS a lot better than Android, but Chrome is not tied to the OS versions, this means I can update Chrome through the Play Store which means: 1) faster update cycle and 2) old android phones can still run the latest Chrome.

> web pages aren't something users want notifications from.

I agree users don't want notifications from web pages, but the web is much more then just web pages and I would argue that on web applications users are much more likely to allow push notifications if they get a clear benefit.

> And two, standards aren’t standard. They’re adopted through a dubious process and then ignored by the most powerful companies.

Apple is really the only one these days ignoring these standards. Even if it a "dubious process", if there is consensus among the majority browser vendors I would call it standard.

I wanted to test a web app and was naive enough to buy an old iPhone 6, thinking I could test and debug my app. To my disappointment you can't update Safari through the app store and developer tools are pretty much non existent...

> Safari has had add to home screen for the best part of a decade

On Chrome you can trigger a add to home screen prompt from your own UI, making it a two touch experience. On iOS IIRC it only works on Safari and not in Chrome, but I could be wrong.

> no one wants notifications from random websites

I am not talking about random websites, but rather web applications that you interact with on regular basis, if Apple cared about the user experience they could have just moved the notification prompt behind a user interaction.

> shared worker ... They burn battery life

If you are building more demanding websites shared workers are a great way to share state and computing resources across and thus saving battery life. Spawing a Worker per tab is more demanding.

iOS only allows webkit based browsers, thus every browser on iOS pretty much just a skinned Safari