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fetch API
One of the worst kept secrets about AJAX on the web is that the underlying API for it,
XMLHttpRequest, wasn't really made for what we've been using it for. We've done well to create elegant APIs around XHR but we know we can do better. Our effort to...![How I Stopped WordPress Comment Spam]()
How I Stopped WordPress Comment Spam
I love almost every part of being a tech blogger: learning, preaching, bantering, researching. The one part about blogging that I absolutely loathe: dealing with SPAM comments. For the past two years, my blog has registered 8,000+ SPAM comments per day. PER DAY. Bloating my database...
Incredible Demos
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Create Short Preview from Video
Displaying a preview image before loading a video is common practice with web media these days; oftentimes that image preview is the video's first frame or an important frame from the video. If you've visited an adult site recently (ahem), you will have noticed that not only do you get a preview image...
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Add Styles to Console Statements
I was recently checking out Google Plus because they implement some awesome effects. I opened the console and same the following message: WARNING! Using this console may allow attackers to impersonate you and steal your information using an attack called Self-XSS. Do not enter or paste code that you...



