JavaScript for Everyone's Mat Marquis takes us on a history lesson of how document.all ended up being the only object that is falsy. Not to spoil the show, but it's IE's fault…
https://youtube.com/shorts/Ntii4QH6iaY
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This is great fun!
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In this free lesson from JavaScript for Everyone, @Wilto guides us through the intricacies of asynchronous functions, restitching the fabric of time in the process.
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Even the new custom <select> capabilities bring headaches, but at least Jake's got height sorted for you.
'It’s hard to find anything other than anecdata from individuals telling us how AI has made them individually more productive. If AI really was creating measurable improvements in productivity across entire organisations, wouldn’t we be seeing that data?'
https://rachelandrew.co.uk/archives/2026/06/11/wheres-the-holistic-ai-productivity-data/
A rather deep dive into how some of the newer CSS can make this age old pattern even better.
One for the freelancers/moonlighters amongst us who are sick of over-complicated invoice solutions.
It's about time we got this!
The Index: Issue #196
It’s Friday, so let’s close out the week with some Good Links™ in The Index #196!
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JavaScript for Everyone's Mat Marquis does not like Date() and he's here to show you how Temporal is in a completely different league entirely.
We asked @Wilto what it is he likes about JavaScript. Knowing Mat, it's no surprise to hear him talk with affection for all its rough edges. "A little dust on the lens is all part of the charm" as he puts it. We've got a lot of time for this perspective.
A CLI for adding new music to the collection
Adding markdown files for every new music item is a faff, so I built a multi-step CLI to do it for me.
Actually mind-blowing read. Never use client-side only auth, pals.
A very good explainer of how the AT protocol stuff actually works.
'We’re approaching—or arguably are in—an era where ‘made by humans’ is a differentiator. A notion that something beyond money and prompts was put into whatever the heck it is we’re using or consuming or enjoying. We should never lose sight of that.'
The Index: Issue #195
It’s Friday, so let’s close out the week with some Good Links™ in The Index #195!
A look at the geolocation HTML element and how it works
There’s a new HTML in town that provides a much better interface for geolocation than the older API. Daniel Schwarz is here to explain how it all works together.
https://piccalil.li/blog/a-look-at-the-geolocation-html-element-and-how-it-works/