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"Once we understand how things work, we have a chance to interact with them. Not with memorization or rote or politics, but with practical effort.
First, though, we need to understand the mechanism."

"Starving settlers ushered in a craze and decimated surrounding lands."

From 2008, and less critical for high-speed connecionsbut key takeaways are still useful:
1. Minimize the overhead of JS/CSS libraries and frameworks. 2. Update page fragments instead of reloading the whole page. 3. Don't target a single device. 4. Optimize everything. 5. Tell the user when you're doing something.

I read about this company's plans 5 or 6 years ago. It looks like they might actually start building it.

Photo by Michael Connelley, showing a full moon near the horizon, surrounded by the triangular shadow of the mountain.

"A considerable amount of people assume Wayland isn’t particularly suitable for gaming, usually because you can’t turn off the compositor. This post will challenge that assumption and see how the current state of gaming on Wayland is, with a focus on KWin, KDEs compositor."

"2023 was a great year for the Wayland driver for Wine, but our work is not yet done."