Daniel Stenberg, curl's sole full-time maintainer, highlights the challenges of maintaining this widely-used project that exists in over one billion devices. Despite its extensive usage by major companies, particularly in the automotive industry, the project receives minimal corporate support while facing increasing challenges from AI-generated false reports and DDoS attacks.
Modern internet platforms have evolved from human-curated content to algorithm-driven feeds, leading to context collapse and deteriorating online discourse. The shift has replaced individual identity with averaged user profiles, while algorithmic amplification promotes engagement over meaningful interaction. Solutions include embracing free software, using RSS readers, and returning to human-curated content discovery.
Gregg Kellogg, co-chair of the JSON-LD Working Group and significant W3C contributor, passed away last Saturday after being open about his health challenges. During his 13-year tenure at W3C, he co-edited 9 published recommendations and contributed to numerous specifications, while providing open-source implementations and test suites that remain in use today.
A developer announces making Reshaped, a comprehensive design system for React and Figma, fully open source after five years of being a paid product. The system bridges design and engineering needs while covering 80% of common web design practices and providing flexibility for customization.
Mastodon offers a chronological social media experience without algorithms, advertisements, or clickbait. Users can follow anyone across the fediverse while maintaining a clean, straightforward interface.
Mox is a modern, open-source email server written in Go that combines all essential email protocols in a single, easy-to-maintain application. The server offers comprehensive features including IMAP4, SMTP, security protocols, and can be set up within 10 minutes through a quickstart command, addressing the growing centralization of email services.
Clay, an open-source UI layout library, uses a simple three-function approach to create flexible user interfaces that adapt to screen size and content changes. The layout algorithm processes positioning in multiple passes, handling sizing calculations independently from positioning, and supports features like container fitting, growing, shrinking, and text wrapping.
Matt's Script Archive offers a collection of free Perl and C++ CGI scripts for web development, including the popular FormMail script downloaded over 2 million times since 1997. The archive features essential web tools like guestbooks, counters, discussion forums, and search functionality, with most scripts being developed between 1995-2000.
Large Language Models (LLMs) producing hallucinated code methods is considered a minor issue since compiler errors immediately expose these mistakes, unlike prose hallucinations which require careful fact-checking. The author emphasizes that manual testing and code review remain essential skills, as LLM-generated code's professional appearance can create false confidence.
The Ladybird project merged 281 PRs from 35 contributors, welcomed new sponsors including Shopify and Proton, and achieved significant improvements in Web Platform Tests compliance. Key technical advancements include OpenSSL adoption, Firefox DevTools protocol support, and various CSS implementations, demonstrating substantial progress toward the 90% pass rate required for iOS alternative browser engine eligibility.