Frontend Dogma
N-gated Hacker NewsBehold, yet another article about HTTP headers, the unsung heroes of the internet that only developers care about 🤓. Apparently, these magical lines of text are crucial for everything from making your website scream to whispering sweet nothings to #APIs 🧐. But fear not, thanks to HTTPCOLON you've got a shiny, new, totally-not-overdone tool to inspect them! 🎉
https://httpcolon.dev/ #HTTPheaders #webdevelopment #developer #tools #technews #HackerNews #ngated
Ah, the thrilling saga of HTTP headers! 🚀 Let's add yet another layer of complexity for devs to misunderstand. #RateLimit headers: because what we really need is to encourage clients to burst like a #piñata at a child's birthday party. 🎉
https://dotat.at/@/2026-01-13-http-ratelimit.html #HTTPHeaders #DevsComplexity #ClientBursting #HackerNews #ngated
https://dotat.at/@/2026-01-13-http-ratelimit.html #HTTPHeaders #DevsComplexity #ClientBursting #HackerNews #ngated
Security, by @vikvanderlinden.bsky.social and @gertjan.fr (@httparchive.org):
https://almanac.httparchive.org/en/2025/security
#webalmanac #studies #research #metrics #security #tls #certificates #cookies #csp #httpheaders #apis #sanitization #configuration
Fixing the URL Params Performance Penalty, by @tunetheweb (@perfplanet.bsky.social):
https://calendar.perfplanet.com/2025/fixing-the-url-params-performance-penalty/
Fixing the URL params performance penalty
Tales of two pages… What's the difference between these two pages?: https://www.example.com/ https://www.example.com/?utm_source=email I mean they've got different URLs, but many of us would probably guess that that utm_source URL query parameters (or "URL params" or "search params" as it's
CORS Explained: Stop Struggling With Cross-Origin Errors, by (not on Mastodon or Bluesky):
Hacker NewsRFC 8594: The Sunset HTTP Header Field
https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc8594
#HackerNews #RFC8594 #SunsetHTTPHeader #HTTPHeaders #IETF #Standards #WebDevelopment
RFC 8594: The Sunset HTTP Header Field
This specification defines the Sunset HTTP response header field, which indicates that a URI is likely to become unresponsive at a specified point in the future. It also defines a sunset link relation type that allows linking to resources providing information about an upcoming resource or service sunset.
PPC LandChrome 140 introduces HTTP cookie prefix to combat client-side security threats: Chrome 140 beta introduces __Http and __HostHttp cookie prefixes on August 6, 2025, enabling servers to distinguish server-set from client-set cookies. https://ppc.land/chrome-140-introduces-http-cookie-prefix-to-combat-client-side-security-threats/ #Chrome140 #HTTPHeaders #WebSecurity #Cookies #ClientSideSecurity
🧙♂️ Ah, yes, because nothing screams cutting-edge tech quite like slapping a fictional telegraph homage from a fantasy series onto modern HTTP headers. 🤦♂️ Let's all pause to admire the nerdy zealotry that ensures the name of a character floats eternally through the internet... because nothing could be more crucial. 🙄
https://xclacksoverhead.org/home/about #cuttingEdgeTech #nerdyHumor #HTTPHeaders #fantasyTech #telegraphTribute #HackerNews #ngated
https://xclacksoverhead.org/home/about #cuttingEdgeTech #nerdyHumor #HTTPHeaders #fantasyTech #telegraphTribute #HackerNews #ngated
Inautilo#Development #Approaches
Progressive dehancement · A new tactic to detect spam in a contact form https://ilo.im/163mws
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#Spam #Bots #ContactForm #Form #ProgressiveEnhancement #ProgressiveDehancement #HttpHeaders #WebDev #Frontend #Backend
