browsers
Joshua Morris (opens on the publisher’s site)
joshuamorris.info
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Safe / Not Safe checks a PostgreSQL migration in the browser and answers SAFE, NOT SAFE, or NEEDS CONTEXT, teaching the lock better than a best-practices list.
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Laserphile found that opening AliExpress could keep multipoint Bluetooth headphones from switching devices—because hidden Web Audio contexts were fingerprinting the browser while leaving the audio path occupied.
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Cloudflare OS is a browser-based AI agent workspace on Cloudflare’s platform: Durable Objects, AI Gateway, MCP, sandboxes, and untrusted execution—not chat boxes, but persistent workspaces as an operating layer for AI at work.
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Privacy researchers found three WebKit paths—DNS prefetch, WebAuthn related origins, and WebTransport—that can bypass browser proxy settings and iCloud Private Relay, revealing real IPs even when ordinary page loads are relayed.
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Why the website is often the more private version of a service than a native app—browser sandbox boundaries limit device access in ways store apps do not, while still leaving room for tracking if third-party scripts load on the open web.
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Holocloth Turns Uploaded Artwork into Interactive Holographic Fabric (opens on the publisher’s site)
Holocloth is a browser experiment by Dmitry Kurash that drapes images and SVGs across simulated holographic fabric with custom Verlet physics and GLSL shaders—open source under MIT, no account required.
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Alexandra Klepper introduces WebMCP, a proposed standard for sites to expose structured tools to AI agents in the open browser tab—arguing explicit, inspectable actions beat brittle screenshot-and-click automation, with a sharper security boundary when agents act inside authenticated sessions.
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Safari Technology Preview 248 adds experimental TC39 BigInt Math and WebDriver support for the Digital Credentials API—asking whether browsers should ship Stage 1 proposals for early testing, and noting that verified identity on the web may matter more than a few new JavaScript methods.
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noclip.website by Jasper St. Pierre and contributors is a browser museum of video game levels you can freely explore—Nintendo-heavy but spanning Portal, Halo, and more—arguing it is serious game preservation and reverse engineering, not just nostalgia or screenshots.
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Jelly UI is a dependency-free Web Components library for soft, tactile form controls—buttons, switches, and sliders with playful wobble that still behave like real, accessible browser controls.
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A corkboard for notes, pins, and connecting threads in the browser—an open-web experiment for exploring ideas together and leaving a mark.
