Blog Page 9
7/30/2026 - 8/4/2026
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Escalating an npm Account Lockout When Support Goes Dark
Both of npm’s published email addresses are dead ends, and the support form needs a login you no longer have. Here is the escalation path that actually reached a human.
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AI Code Generation Has a Version Problem
Frontier models score 48% to 51% on version-conditioned code generation. The documented cause is API churn, which stable platform APIs largely avoid.
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The Case for Vanilla JavaScript in 2026
Every gap React filled in 2013 now has a native answer, and three arrived in the last year. The evidence for choosing vanilla JavaScript in 2026.
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What React Gave Back to JavaScript
Named contributors, open GitHub issues, and documented dependencies connect React’s team to shipped JavaScript features.
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What Node.js Gained Since React Launched
Built-in fetch, a native test runner, TypeScript without a build step, and a permission model: what Node.js absorbed into the runtime since 2013.
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What the Browser Platform Gained Since React Launched
Import maps, Web Components, the Observer APIs, and View Transitions: everything the browser platform gained since React launched.
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Everything Vanilla JavaScript Has Gained Since React Launched
Every ECMAScript edition from ES2015 to ES2026, plus the browser APIs and Node.js built-ins that landed while the framework conversation moved on.
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Alpine.js and Laravel Livewire Are Sibling Projects
A bug report from a Laravel Blade project led here: Alpine.js and Livewire turn out to be sibling projects, sharing a creator and a real, named stack.