Best of Hacker News — November 2021
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Build Better Websites
Remix is a seamless server and browser runtime that provides snappy page loads and instant transitions. Built on the Web Fetch API (instead of Node) it can run anywhere. It already runs natively on Cloudflare Workers, and of course supports serverless and traditional Node.js environments.
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Firefox Relay
Firefox Relay will no longer forward messages sent to . Once you delete this alias, it cannot be recovered. If you recreate a deleted alias, emails sent to the original alias will continue to be forwarded. You should update your login with a different email address before youdelete this one.
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Developer Tools secrets that shouldn’t be secrets
Microsoft Edge’s Console is the most used part of the browser developer tools. There are a few problems with that, and there are better ways to debug scripts. This is a talk that I’ve given at CityJS this September. These are things I encountered during working on the tools and going through user feedback.
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Microsoft Calls Firefox’s Browser Workaround “Improper,” Will Block It
Windows 11 lets you choose your default browser, but it takes a lot of clicks and Microsoft sometimes forces you to use Edge, anyway. Firefox had a workaround, but Microsoft calls it “improper” and will soon block it. Microsoft made a statement to The Verge where it explained the logic behind its decision.
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The Invisible JavaScript Backdoor – Certitude Blog
The Invisible JavaScript Backdoor. Can you spot it? The script behaves at least with Node.js at least at least 14 characters wider than ASCII characters. This approach cannot be detected through syntax highlighting as characters are not colorized at all. The attack requires the IDE/text editor to render the invisible characters correctly (and the font used to render it)