Axel Rauschmayer (also on 🦣)
@dr-axel.de
• JavaScript, TypeScript, web development
• Blog: https://2ality.com
My main account is on Mastodon (you can follow via RSS): https://fosstodon.org/@rauschma
• Blog: https://2ality.com
My main account is on Mastodon (you can follow via RSS): https://fosstodon.org/@rauschma
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Axel Rauschmayer (also on 🦣)
@dr-axel.de
· Jul 16
My books on #JavaScript and #TypeScript are free to read online:
– Exploring JavaScript (ES2025 edition)
– Deep JavaScript
– Exploring TypeScript (TS 5.8 edition)
– Shell scripting with Node.js
🦋 Reposts appreciated!
exploringjs.com
– Exploring JavaScript (ES2025 edition)
– Deep JavaScript
– Exploring TypeScript (TS 5.8 edition)
– Shell scripting with Node.js
🦋 Reposts appreciated!
exploringjs.com
Reposted by Axel Rauschmayer (also on 🦣)
When reducing dependencies in Svelte projects, I was really surprised how many dependencies the typical glob library has and ended up switching most of the JS ecosystem to tinyglobby once it became available. With one final PR pending, the Svelte ecosystem is nearly free of extra glob dependencies!
tinyglobby is a great success, and has shown us how much we can improve perf for everyone. here's some of the story!
big thanks to @superchupu.dev and @benmccann.com for putting so much work into this and the migrations/adoption. we're lucky to have both in the @e18e.dev community 💙
big thanks to @superchupu.dev and @benmccann.com for putting so much work into this and the migrations/adoption. we're lucky to have both in the @e18e.dev community 💙
tinyglobby: a success story in modernization and performance
The story of tinyglobby, one of the e18e community's most successful projects
e18e.dev
November 11, 2025 at 5:07 PM
When reducing dependencies in Svelte projects, I was really surprised how many dependencies the typical glob library has and ended up switching most of the JS ecosystem to tinyglobby once it became available. With one final PR pending, the Svelte ecosystem is nearly free of extra glob dependencies!
Reposted by Axel Rauschmayer (also on 🦣)
Useful whenever you declare a variable just for an `if` statement. That variable should be “inside” the statement but is at the same level.
Comes up regularly in my JS code. I loved having this feature when I wrote Go code—e.g. (stmt+expr!):
if match, _ := re.FindStringMatch(str); match != nil {…}
Comes up regularly in my JS code. I loved having this feature when I wrote Go code—e.g. (stmt+expr!):
if match, _ := re.FindStringMatch(str); match != nil {…}
November 10, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Useful whenever you declare a variable just for an `if` statement. That variable should be “inside” the statement but is at the same level.
Comes up regularly in my JS code. I loved having this feature when I wrote Go code—e.g. (stmt+expr!):
if match, _ := re.FindStringMatch(str); match != nil {…}
Comes up regularly in my JS code. I loved having this feature when I wrote Go code—e.g. (stmt+expr!):
if match, _ := re.FindStringMatch(str); match != nil {…}
[Not new, but new to me] You can install Node.js versions via pnpm (think alternative to nvm).
pnpm.io/cli/env
pnpm.io/cli/env
pnpm env <cmd> | pnpm
Manages the Node.js environment.
pnpm.io
November 10, 2025 at 1:35 PM
[Not new, but new to me] You can install Node.js versions via pnpm (think alternative to nvm).
pnpm.io/cli/env
pnpm.io/cli/env
1/ Serving HTML files: I’m surprised by the eagerness to hide the filename extension .html in URLs:
A. Many static site generators:
• Old style: /blog-post-title.html
• New style: /blog-post-title/index.html
B. Cloudflare:
• Requested URL: /blog-post-title.html
• Forwarded to: /blog-post-title
A. Many static site generators:
• Old style: /blog-post-title.html
• New style: /blog-post-title/index.html
B. Cloudflare:
• Requested URL: /blog-post-title.html
• Forwarded to: /blog-post-title
November 10, 2025 at 6:27 AM
1/ Serving HTML files: I’m surprised by the eagerness to hide the filename extension .html in URLs:
A. Many static site generators:
• Old style: /blog-post-title.html
• New style: /blog-post-title/index.html
B. Cloudflare:
• Requested URL: /blog-post-title.html
• Forwarded to: /blog-post-title
A. Many static site generators:
• Old style: /blog-post-title.html
• New style: /blog-post-title/index.html
B. Cloudflare:
• Requested URL: /blog-post-title.html
• Forwarded to: /blog-post-title
I’ll give the Ecosia search engine a try: The quality of DDG’s results has been underwhelming.
This sounds like good news(?)
“The internet just got better: our European search index goes live”
blog.ecosia.org/launching-ou...
This sounds like good news(?)
“The internet just got better: our European search index goes live”
blog.ecosia.org/launching-ou...
The internet just got better: our European search index goes live
We’ve started delivering independent search results from our European-based index. This will help us build the kind of ethical and fair internet we believe in.
blog.ecosia.org
November 9, 2025 at 7:22 PM
I’ll give the Ecosia search engine a try: The quality of DDG’s results has been underwhelming.
This sounds like good news(?)
“The internet just got better: our European search index goes live”
blog.ecosia.org/launching-ou...
This sounds like good news(?)
“The internet just got better: our European search index goes live”
blog.ecosia.org/launching-ou...
In case you’re interested—Mastodon fixed two of its weaknesses:
• Quote posts are now supported
• Everyone always sees all replies. Each server has a local view of the social network, so replies are fetched on demand and cached per server.
blog.joinmastodon.org/2025/11/mast...
• Quote posts are now supported
• Everyone always sees all replies. Each server has a local view of the social network, so replies are fetched on demand and cached per server.
blog.joinmastodon.org/2025/11/mast...
Mastodon 4.5
Quote posts, the end of missing replies, new tools for admins and better emojis. All of these and more, in our latest release.
blog.joinmastodon.org
November 7, 2025 at 3:42 AM
In case you’re interested—Mastodon fixed two of its weaknesses:
• Quote posts are now supported
• Everyone always sees all replies. Each server has a local view of the social network, so replies are fetched on demand and cached per server.
blog.joinmastodon.org/2025/11/mast...
• Quote posts are now supported
• Everyone always sees all replies. Each server has a local view of the social network, so replies are fetched on demand and cached per server.
blog.joinmastodon.org/2025/11/mast...
Reposted by Axel Rauschmayer (also on 🦣)
Three website features that could be built into browsers:
• Mode toggles (dark mode, light mode, print mode, …)
• Self-links for headings
• Cookie dialogs (with a default choice that can be triggered automatically)
• Mode toggles (dark mode, light mode, print mode, …)
• Self-links for headings
• Cookie dialogs (with a default choice that can be triggered automatically)
November 6, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Three website features that could be built into browsers:
• Mode toggles (dark mode, light mode, print mode, …)
• Self-links for headings
• Cookie dialogs (with a default choice that can be triggered automatically)
• Mode toggles (dark mode, light mode, print mode, …)
• Self-links for headings
• Cookie dialogs (with a default choice that can be triggered automatically)
Occasional JavaScript DOM wish of mine:
inputElement.addEventListener('onenterkey', (event) => {
// ...
});
Equivalent:
inputElement.addEventListener('keyup', (event) => {
if (event.key === 'Enter') {
// ...
}
});
inputElement.addEventListener('onenterkey', (event) => {
// ...
});
Equivalent:
inputElement.addEventListener('keyup', (event) => {
if (event.key === 'Enter') {
// ...
}
});
November 6, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Occasional JavaScript DOM wish of mine:
inputElement.addEventListener('onenterkey', (event) => {
// ...
});
Equivalent:
inputElement.addEventListener('keyup', (event) => {
if (event.key === 'Enter') {
// ...
}
});
inputElement.addEventListener('onenterkey', (event) => {
// ...
});
Equivalent:
inputElement.addEventListener('keyup', (event) => {
if (event.key === 'Enter') {
// ...
}
});
Reposted by Axel Rauschmayer (also on 🦣)
Mini announcement! You can now listen (and subscribe) to the podcast on YouTube/YouTube Music! It's audio-only, just displaying the episode/show art, but it's there. This was asked for by the community so we made it happen!
www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
TypeScript.fm - The Friendly Show for TypeScript Developers
The two TypeScript Fools, Kamran Ayub and Erik Onarheim, get together weekly to bring you news, community highlights, and deep dives into the TypeScript ecos...
www.youtube.com
November 6, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Mini announcement! You can now listen (and subscribe) to the podcast on YouTube/YouTube Music! It's audio-only, just displaying the episode/show art, but it's there. This was asked for by the community so we made it happen!
www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
CSS: I’m not sure fluid typography/layout is a good idea. I’m regularly coming across web pages that don’t look good when I open a large browser window on my 27-inch display—e.g.: YouTube looks great at half screen, not ideal at full screen.
November 6, 2025 at 4:16 PM
CSS: I’m not sure fluid typography/layout is a good idea. I’m regularly coming across web pages that don’t look good when I open a large browser window on my 27-inch display—e.g.: YouTube looks great at half screen, not ideal at full screen.
Reposted by Axel Rauschmayer (also on 🦣)
Game changer: Running CI/CD pipelines locally with @docker.com Compose.
Our laptops are often more powerful than CI servers. Why wait for remote runners?
🐳 Docker Compose + YAML = Local CI magic
⚡ Instant feedback
📦 Same isolation & reproducibility
k33g.hashnode.dev/drastically-...
Our laptops are often more powerful than CI servers. Why wait for remote runners?
🐳 Docker Compose + YAML = Local CI magic
⚡ Instant feedback
📦 Same isolation & reproducibility
k33g.hashnode.dev/drastically-...
k33g.hashnode.dev
November 5, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Game changer: Running CI/CD pipelines locally with @docker.com Compose.
Our laptops are often more powerful than CI servers. Why wait for remote runners?
🐳 Docker Compose + YAML = Local CI magic
⚡ Instant feedback
📦 Same isolation & reproducibility
k33g.hashnode.dev/drastically-...
Our laptops are often more powerful than CI servers. Why wait for remote runners?
🐳 Docker Compose + YAML = Local CI magic
⚡ Instant feedback
📦 Same isolation & reproducibility
k33g.hashnode.dev/drastically-...
I’m looking into the world of authentication and most solutions are remarkably complex (most of it justified? some of it?): separate services, OR mapping frameworks, etc.
Additionally, most of the advice online sounds dogmatic and doesn’t explain the reasons for adopting certain practices.
Additionally, most of the advice online sounds dogmatic and doesn’t explain the reasons for adopting certain practices.
November 5, 2025 at 5:16 PM
I’m looking into the world of authentication and most solutions are remarkably complex (most of it justified? some of it?): separate services, OR mapping frameworks, etc.
Additionally, most of the advice online sounds dogmatic and doesn’t explain the reasons for adopting certain practices.
Additionally, most of the advice online sounds dogmatic and doesn’t explain the reasons for adopting certain practices.
Hono looks interesting. It’s a server-side framework that supports a large variety of platforms: Node.js, Deno, Cloudflare Workers, Netlify, AWS Lambda, etc. Cloudflare even has Hono versions of their code examples.
hono.dev
hono.dev
November 4, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Hono looks interesting. It’s a server-side framework that supports a large variety of platforms: Node.js, Deno, Cloudflare Workers, Netlify, AWS Lambda, etc. Cloudflare even has Hono versions of their code examples.
hono.dev
hono.dev
Reposted by Axel Rauschmayer (also on 🦣)
setHTML(), Trusted Types and the Sanitizer API. Ollie Williams shows how these APIs protect against XSS by sanitizing HTML safely and enforcing trusted types. Supported in Firefox Nightly and Chrome Canary, with wider adoption coming. #security #html
olliewilliams.xyz/blog/sanitiz...
olliewilliams.xyz/blog/sanitiz...
November 3, 2025 at 1:03 PM
setHTML(), Trusted Types and the Sanitizer API. Ollie Williams shows how these APIs protect against XSS by sanitizing HTML safely and enforcing trusted types. Supported in Firefox Nightly and Chrome Canary, with wider adoption coming. #security #html
olliewilliams.xyz/blog/sanitiz...
olliewilliams.xyz/blog/sanitiz...
HTTP Basic Authentication—client-side technique for logging out a user: Send an XMLHttpRequest with wrong user/password combo.
Alas, that only works with Safari and not with Chrome and Firefox.
Alas, that only works with Safari and not with Chrome and Firefox.
November 3, 2025 at 3:28 PM
HTTP Basic Authentication—client-side technique for logging out a user: Send an XMLHttpRequest with wrong user/password combo.
Alas, that only works with Safari and not with Chrome and Firefox.
Alas, that only works with Safari and not with Chrome and Firefox.
Two ideas for improving MDN’s browser compatibility tables: github.com/mdn/mdn/issu...
Browser compatibility: show “No” versions, 2 columns for Node.js · Issue #759 · mdn/mdn
Proposal Thanks for the MDN browser compatibility tables – they are an invaluable feature! Two improvements that I’d find useful: Even if a feature is not supported, the version is still interestin...
github.com
November 2, 2025 at 3:20 AM
Two ideas for improving MDN’s browser compatibility tables: github.com/mdn/mdn/issu...
Converting to and from Base64 in #JavaScript:
> Uint8Array.of(0, 1, 2).toBase64()
'AAEC'
> Uint8Array.fromBase64('AAEC')
Uint8Array.of(0, 1, 2)
Decent JS engine support: developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/W...
> Uint8Array.of(0, 1, 2).toBase64()
'AAEC'
> Uint8Array.fromBase64('AAEC')
Uint8Array.of(0, 1, 2)
Decent JS engine support: developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/W...
Uint8Array.prototype.toBase64() - JavaScript | MDN
The toBase64() method of Uint8Array instances returns a base64-encoded string based on the data in this Uint8Array object.
developer.mozilla.org
October 31, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Converting to and from Base64 in #JavaScript:
> Uint8Array.of(0, 1, 2).toBase64()
'AAEC'
> Uint8Array.fromBase64('AAEC')
Uint8Array.of(0, 1, 2)
Decent JS engine support: developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/W...
> Uint8Array.of(0, 1, 2).toBase64()
'AAEC'
> Uint8Array.fromBase64('AAEC')
Uint8Array.of(0, 1, 2)
Decent JS engine support: developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/W...
Simple templating via template literals:
const tmpl = (addrs) => `
`.trim();
exploringjs.com/js/book/ch_t...
const tmpl = (addrs) => `
| ${escapeHtml(addr.first)} | ${escapeHtml(addr.last)} |
`.trim();
exploringjs.com/js/book/ch_t...
Using template literals and tagged templates ES6 • Exploring JavaScript (ES2025 Edition)
exploringjs.com
October 31, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Simple templating via template literals:
const tmpl = (addrs) => `
`.trim();
exploringjs.com/js/book/ch_t...
const tmpl = (addrs) => `
| ${escapeHtml(addr.first)} | ${escapeHtml(addr.last)} |
`.trim();
exploringjs.com/js/book/ch_t...
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Today I presented to the Wasm CG a proposal for fine-grained dynamic code generation as a core WebAssembly feature. The proposal is now at phase 1!
github.com/WebAssembly/...
Also immortalized in song: suno.com/song/19e0679...
github.com/WebAssembly/...
Also immortalized in song: suno.com/song/19e0679...
GitHub - WebAssembly/jit-interface: WebAssembly specification, reference interpreter, and test suite for the jit-interfaces proposal.
WebAssembly specification, reference interpreter, and test suite for the jit-interfaces proposal. - WebAssembly/jit-interface
github.com
October 29, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Today I presented to the Wasm CG a proposal for fine-grained dynamic code generation as a core WebAssembly feature. The proposal is now at phase 1!
github.com/WebAssembly/...
Also immortalized in song: suno.com/song/19e0679...
github.com/WebAssembly/...
Also immortalized in song: suno.com/song/19e0679...
Reposted by Axel Rauschmayer (also on 🦣)
Umm... did I just create a mini Postman killer? 👀
Here's a preview of my work on adding HTTP/2 request and response body inspection for @nodejs.org in Chrome DevTools!
Here's a preview of my work on adding HTTP/2 request and response body inspection for @nodejs.org in Chrome DevTools!
October 29, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Umm... did I just create a mini Postman killer? 👀
Here's a preview of my work on adding HTTP/2 request and response body inspection for @nodejs.org in Chrome DevTools!
Here's a preview of my work on adding HTTP/2 request and response body inspection for @nodejs.org in Chrome DevTools!
JavaScript engine support for Iterator methods does look good now: developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/W...
My chapter on iteration explains how they work: exploringjs.com/js/book/ch_s...
My chapter on iteration explains how they work: exploringjs.com/js/book/ch_s...
Iterator - JavaScript | MDN
An Iterator object is an object that conforms to the iterator protocol by providing a next() method that returns an iterator result object. All built-in iterators inherit from the Iterator class. The ...
developer.mozilla.org
October 29, 2025 at 6:50 PM
JavaScript engine support for Iterator methods does look good now: developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/W...
My chapter on iteration explains how they work: exploringjs.com/js/book/ch_s...
My chapter on iteration explains how they work: exploringjs.com/js/book/ch_s...
Kind words from @cooperx86.bsky.social in the most recent JavaScript Weekly (*). Thanks Peter!
My CSS blog post: 2ality.com/2025/10/css-...
(*) javascriptweekly.com/issues/758
My CSS blog post: 2ality.com/2025/10/css-...
(*) javascriptweekly.com/issues/758
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Dr. Axel Rauschmayer continues to work on his "web dev for beginners" series with a rather epic look at CSS layout in general (above), covering Flexbox, CSS Grid, media queries and container queries. This is a fantastic, modern primer for the topic, even if you're not a beginner.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:djrbdlm3fzlz2rjtwctt52zs/bafkreidvdv5lezw4niukstg3iknhot34vkwyug74t4libdflgdc5u2fgwi@jpeg)
October 29, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Kind words from @cooperx86.bsky.social in the most recent JavaScript Weekly (*). Thanks Peter!
My CSS blog post: 2ality.com/2025/10/css-...
(*) javascriptweekly.com/issues/758
My CSS blog post: 2ality.com/2025/10/css-...
(*) javascriptweekly.com/issues/758
Reposted by Axel Rauschmayer (also on 🦣)
🧹 Time to clean up!
unjs/ofetch ($fetch) v2 (alpha)
- 🌐 ESM-only + Native Web APIs
- 📦 Zero deps (3 → 0)
- 📉 Install: 900 KB → 28 KB
- ⚡️Bundle: 17.4 KB (6.5 KB gz) → 6.3 KB (2.4 KB gz)
More optimizations to come 🤞
unjs/ofetch ($fetch) v2 (alpha)
- 🌐 ESM-only + Native Web APIs
- 📦 Zero deps (3 → 0)
- 📉 Install: 900 KB → 28 KB
- ⚡️Bundle: 17.4 KB (6.5 KB gz) → 6.3 KB (2.4 KB gz)
More optimizations to come 🤞
October 28, 2025 at 11:43 AM
🧹 Time to clean up!
unjs/ofetch ($fetch) v2 (alpha)
- 🌐 ESM-only + Native Web APIs
- 📦 Zero deps (3 → 0)
- 📉 Install: 900 KB → 28 KB
- ⚡️Bundle: 17.4 KB (6.5 KB gz) → 6.3 KB (2.4 KB gz)
More optimizations to come 🤞
unjs/ofetch ($fetch) v2 (alpha)
- 🌐 ESM-only + Native Web APIs
- 📦 Zero deps (3 → 0)
- 📉 Install: 900 KB → 28 KB
- ⚡️Bundle: 17.4 KB (6.5 KB gz) → 6.3 KB (2.4 KB gz)
More optimizations to come 🤞
1/ Experimenting with Cloudflare for static file hosting:
• Cloudflare Pages is easy to use but forwards requests from /home.html to /home (which I don’t want because it changes existing URLs)
• Solution: Switch to Workers where forwarding can be switched off.
• Cloudflare Pages is easy to use but forwards requests from /home.html to /home (which I don’t want because it changes existing URLs)
• Solution: Switch to Workers where forwarding can be switched off.
October 28, 2025 at 1:27 AM
1/ Experimenting with Cloudflare for static file hosting:
• Cloudflare Pages is easy to use but forwards requests from /home.html to /home (which I don’t want because it changes existing URLs)
• Solution: Switch to Workers where forwarding can be switched off.
• Cloudflare Pages is easy to use but forwards requests from /home.html to /home (which I don’t want because it changes existing URLs)
• Solution: Switch to Workers where forwarding can be switched off.