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Snack Pack: Cloudflare rebuilt Next.js with AI in one week for $1,100

Published 2 days ago • 3 min read

A Tasty Treats NEWSLETTER for Web Developers

Issue #63

  • Firefox is quietly killing innerHTML. That’s a bigger deal than it sounds.
  • Rust just came for Prettier. Again.
  • Bots aren’t just annoying anymore. They’re changing the web.
  • March MadCSS is almost here. Brackets. Prizes. Chaos. CSS. (Watch our socials for the bracket drop)

​How we rebuilt Next.js with AI in one week​

from WES

Cloudflare ported Next.js to Vite in a week for $1,100. I don’t believe it, but excited to try. It’s a drop-in replacement, let me know how it works on your app - Wes

​Goodbye innerHTML, Hello setHTML: Stronger XSS Protection in Firefox 148​

CJ's link

The Sanitizer API is a new built in way for web browsers to sanitize malicious HTML. Firefox is leading the charge but you can expect this in other browsers soon!

​Oxfmt has reached Beta!

CJ's pick

Oxfmt is a rust powered, prettier-compatible code formatter. It is 30x faster than prettier and 3x faster than Biome!

​NEW Node.js Documentation Site​

CJ AGAIN

The node.js team has been working hard on a new documentation website! You can try out the linked beta docs and give your feedback here.

​npmx - Package Browser for the npm Registry​

cj again!!!

npmx is a new blazing fast way to search across npm.

FUN stuff

we love fun

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Windows 3.11 Emulator - retro computer with dial-up internet by Pieter™.

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