Reading List
- Encrypted Client Hello: the future of ESNI in Firefox
Mozilla Security Blog
•
7 Jan 2021
Background Two years ago, we announced experimental support for the privacy-protecting Encrypted Server Name Indication (ESNI) extension in Firefox Nightly. The Server Name Indication (SNI) TLS extension enables server and ...
- My experience posting on "Who Wants to be Hired" thread on Hacker News
Alex D’Angelo
•
3 Jun 2020
I posted info about myself on the June 2020 “Who Wants to be Hired” thread on Hacker News. The thread has lots of posts of people covering a wide variety of technical roles and locations. What would happen if I did it? Who looks at this? This is my anecdotal experience.
- React Server Components
React Server Components aim to enable modern UX with a server-driven mental model. In this post I will share some notes I took while catching up on the latest...
- An Annotated Guide to React Server Components
React Server Components are a nuanced, sweeping addition to React’s existing capabilities. This is my guide.
- Why Goals Don’t Work as We Expect
We relentlessly set goals — weekly, monthly, yearly. We think when there’s a goal, we’re continually moving towards it. The goal resembles a destination, and it seems to us that we’ll be able to get there only if our desire is strong enough. But it’s not the case.
- A developer’s perspective: the problem with screen reader testing
Screen readers are an essential part of using the web for people who are vision impaired, illiterate or have a learning disability. Today’s screen readers traverse web pages and applications and read out user interface elements, content and allow users to navigate and interact with the web.
- The Local Maxima Trap
Dan Reardon
•
4 Jan 2021
Why the golden handcuffs stay locked
- Tell people something new
Tim White
•
1 Jan 2021
A conversational technique I learned recently (not that I think about all the things I say with such intention) is to tell people something they don’t already know.
- No Meetings, No Deadlines, No Full-Time Employees
Sahil Lavingia
How we work at Gumroad