I bookmark a lot of links that I think are interesting, and I’ll sometimes share these out on social media. Since 2025, I’m saving these links to CSV instead and publishing them here, with discussion URLs where appropriate.
If you have something good for this list, @me on Bluesky and I’ll have a look.
Internet Phone Book - internetphonebook.net (2025)
"An annual publication for exploring the vast poetic web, featuring essays, musings and a directory with the personal websites of hundreds of designers, developers, writers, curators, and educators. Published since 2025."
Year 2038 problem - wikipedia.org
The year 2038 problem (a.k.a. Y2038, Y2K38, or the Epochalypse) is a time computing problem that leaves some computer systems unable to represent times after 03:14:07 UTC on 19 January 2038.
JavaScript's New Superpower: Explicit Resource Management - v8.dev (2025)
The Explicit Resource Management proposal introduces a deterministic approach to explicitly manage the lifecycle of resources like file handles, network connections, and more.
Push Ifs Up And Fors Down - matklad.github.io (2023)
A short note on two related rules of thumb.
Important Changes are Coming to Glitch - blog.glitch.com (2025)
We’ve got an important update for the Glitch community today: We’ll be ending web hosting for your apps on Glitch. In this message, we’ll explain what that means for you and for the Glitch community.
Now you can watch the Internet Archive preserve documents in real time - theverge.com (2025)
The feed offers a close-up look of how microfiche — the sheets of films that store multiple documents — are digitized and uploaded to the Archive.
Stack overflow is almost dead - blog.pragmaticengineer.com (2025)
The fall of the once-great Q&A platform has steeply accelerated with number of new questions asked slumped to levels last seen when Stack Overflow launched in 2009.
ARIA collection - codepen.io
"I made a collection of 100+ CodePens related to ARIA. It’s neither polished nor a collection of best practices. Just some examples for testing most (all?) properties, states, and roles. This could be something for your bookmarks." - Manuel Matuzović
An interactive guide to color & contrast - colorandcontrast.com
A comprehensive guide for exploring and learning about the theory, science, and perception of color and contrast.
XKCD's "Is It Worth the Time?" Considered Harmful - will-keleher.com
Automating the easy things is how you build the skills, mindset, and muscle-memory to automate the hard things.
Ports that are blocked by browsers - keenformatics.com
"This address is restricted. This address uses a network port which is normally used for purposes other than Web browsing. Firefox has canceled the request for your protection."
Plain Vanilla - plainvanillaweb.com
An explainer for doing web development using only vanilla techniques. No tools, no frameworks — just HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.
The 512KB Club - 512kb.club
The 512KB Club is a collection of performance-focused web pages from across the Internet.
Launch HN: Exa (YC S21) – The web as a database - news.ycombinator.com
Exa Websets [is] an embeddings-powered search engine designed to return exactly what you’re asking for. For example, get results for complex queries like “all startups working on open-source developer tools based in SF, founded 2021-2025”.
From: Steve Jobs. "Great idea, thank you." - blog.hayman.net
Brief, direct feedback from Steve Jobs
You Wouldn't Download a Hacker News. (TLDR: I Did Download It) - jasonthorsness.com
And here’s how it’s done
Interop Unites Browser Makers To Smooth Web Inconsistencies - thenewstack.io (2025)
Coordinating enhancements to inconsistent browser implementations.
Wasm 2.0 Completed - webassembly.org
As of December 2024, release 2.0 of the Wasm specification is “official”!
Darwin’s Children Drew All Over the On The Origin of Species Manuscript - theappendix.net (2014)
Some aspects of life will never change.
Restructuring Announcement - automattic.com (2025)
Automattic laying off 16% of employees (280 people).