- Web Witch Weekly
- Posts
- Web Witch Weekly: Issue 13
Web Witch Weekly: Issue 13
Servo revival, accidentally weird-looking websites, rendering winamp skins in the browser and more!
A brief note: it has been a while since I’ve sent the last issue of this newsletter. It has been a busy year and I’m evolving the newsletter to focus mainly on the web (platform, design, development, etc) as well as interesting things outside our typical tech bubble.
On the Web, About the Web
The joy of accidentally weird-looking websites
A reminder to make sure your fallback fonts are set if for some reason your custom fonts don’t load & you’re worried about how it will look.
Servo Revival: 2023-2024
A look at the Servo web browser engine project & some statistics about the project. The project has had more PRs this year than in 2018-2019, after which project contributions started to steeply drop.
Rendering “modern” Winamp skins in the browser
An interesting look at making Winamp 5 skins fully interactive in the modern browser.
Interop and hard problems
Thoughts on why browsers have an extra layer of complexity when it comes to technical debt and interoperability.
Sustainable Futures: Funding the web ecosystem
If all this talk about Chrome and the DOJ has you concerned, I give an overview of the current state of how browsers get funded, why that’s bad and potential alternative funding models.
Tutorials
How to show bluesky likes on your blog
Salma breaks down how you can show bluesky likes on your blog.
🔊 Hey, Listen!
Igalia Chats: Web Predictions from 2014
Brian Kardell chats with Robin Berjon about predictions made in 2014 about what the web would look like in 2024.
Outside the Web
Focaccia: A Neolithic culinary tradition dating back 9,000 years ago
An interesting study that was conducted about agricultural communities and the tradition around bread baking and focaccia.
Salmon return to lay eggs in historic habitat after largest dam removal project in US history
A look at what happened in the Klamath River less than a month after dams were removed. Further proof that the Snake River dams in Washington should be demolished to help restore salmon populations, the primary food source of the endangered Resident Orca pods in Puget Sound.
How this Lithuanian prison (with a dark past) became a stronghold of art and festivals
How a place of darkness and violence can be transformed into an epicenter of culture and creativity.
The Web Witch (Stephanie)
Some of the links in my newsletter may be affiliate links and I will receive a small commission at no cost to you and help support the newsletter.