TIL about OBJC_DEBUG_MISSING_POOLS=Yes. I was on a small side mission to build a macOS taskbar widget to visualize when my external display and Mac don't correctly negotiate to use USB3.1 (renege)1. This manifests itself as my CamLink 4k not being connected with USB3.1, which is the signal that I'm … read more

TIL about variable fonts. Instead of having to load a bunch of (predefined) different font weights and styles into the browser, it's possible to use one variable font which contains parametrisation for how the font looks at different weights. Instead of: @font-face { font-family: "Rubik"… read more

TIL there is a proposal for a new HTTPS DNS record type which can be used to increase the security and speed of https requests to a website. Cloudflare has a good writeup on the subject. It's not completely standardized yet, the IETF is working on it. The basic idea is to embed information about HTT… read more