Sam Thorogood

Base64 Is Fast Now, Actually This is a short post.

Major Node Changes This document is a short list of changes in Node.js' major releases.

Why Will Wikipedia Wither?

All Browsers Get This Wrong We found a bug in Shadow DOM that's strangely consistent across Firefox, Safari and Chrome.

Collaboration, Now!

Post-Request/Response Apps Serverless or monolithic/'serverful' architectures are often presented as sides of the same coin: they're both just alternative ways to serve synchronous requests, for example, a HTTP server serving content, or handling API requ…

Node.js can run TypeScript This is a fairly quick post, but it's impactful if you use Node.js.

Kuto, a reverse JS bundler Kuto is a novel approach to shipping code on the web.

CJS Equivalency I've been working on bundler-like things and I've thought again about the classic CJS vs ESM interop issue.

December Tech Vibe Check It's the end of 2023.

Baldur's Gate 3 Character Choice My partner and I have been playing co-op Baldur's Gate 3 on PS5.

Opinions On Sydney Rail Transport This is a post containing my niche opinions on Sydney's public transport system.

AWS Amplify Is A Grift Yes, this is a punchy headline, but if you'll join me on this journey, you'll see how. 👀 So, here's the context.

AbortController for expiry My last post on AbortController continues to be my most read blog post, ever.

Practical Python Modules I grew up writing a lot of Python, which I guess speaks to how old and unorganized it is.

Focus Management in 2022 📺 I recently gave a talk!

Event-Driven JavaScript Development Every JS developer has written code to handle "click" listeners—press a button, tap a link—and you'll do something interesting.

Cross-Tab Title Hints Let's say you've built a website that shows items—maybe things you can buy online, or a catalogue of TV episodes.

AbortController is your friend Also available in: [한국어 번역] One of my favorite new features of JS is the humble AbortController, and its AbortSignal.

Unit Testing React without Jest Jest is clearly a polished testing tool, but with the advent of Node.js 18, we really don't need it any more.