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Surma

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Surma writes about the web platform, WebAssembly, JavaScript, performance, programming tools, and experiments.

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  • LangGraph for complex workflows #Programming #WebDev #AI

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    Jun 17, 2025
  • [Video] Nix explained from the ground up #Nix #Programming #Tech

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    Sep 6, 2024
  • Rust to WebAssembly the hard way #Rust #WebAssembly #Programming

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    Feb 13, 2023
  • I turned JS into a compiled language (for fun and Wasm) #WebAssembly #JavaScript #Programming

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    Oct 3, 2022
  • The cost of convenience #WebDev #Performance #Programming

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    Jun 17, 2022
  • WebGPU -- All of the cores, none of the canvas #WebGPU #WebPlatform #Programming

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    Mar 8, 2022
  • My approach to coding interviews: Optimize for iteration #WebDev #Programming #Interviews

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    Jan 24, 2022
  • <video>, HTTP range requests & WHATWG streams #WebPlatform #HTTP #JavaScript

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    Dec 28, 2021
  • Is WebAssembly magic performance pixie dust? #WebAssembly #Performance #JavaScript

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    Apr 13, 2021
  • Why your phone's portrait mode fakes the blur #Tech #Photography #WebDev

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    Feb 26, 2021
  • Ditherpunk -- The article I wish I had about monochrome image dithering #WebDev #Programming #Graphics

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    Jan 4, 2021
  • Case study: Moving a Three.js-based WebXR app off-main-thread #WebXR #JavaScript #Performance

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    Jan 27, 2020
  • Streams for reactive programming #Programming #WebDevelopment #JavaScript

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    Jan 16, 2020
  • React + Redux + Comlink = Off-main-thread #WebPlatform #JavaScript #WebAssembly

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    Jul 30, 2019
  • Is postMessage slow? #WebPerformance #JavaScript #WebPlatform

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    Jul 15, 2019
  • When should you be using Web Workers? #WebAssembly #JavaScript #Programming

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    Jun 14, 2019
  • Compiling C to WebAssembly without Emscripten #WebAssembly #Programming #OpenSource

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    May 28, 2019
  • Raw WebAssembly #WebAssembly #Programming #WebDev

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    May 17, 2019
  • Less Snake Oil, More Context #WebPlatform #Programming #Developer

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    Nov 5, 2018
  • Headless Web Development #WebDevelopment #Programming #Tech

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    Oct 5, 2018
  • Lights, Camera, Action! #WebPlatform #Programming #Experiments

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    Sep 27, 2018
  • The 9am rush hour #WebDev #JavaScript #Performance

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    Sep 21, 2018
  • My most useful RegExp trick #WebDev #JavaScript #RegExp

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    May 2, 2018
  • Layers and how to force them #WebDev #Performance #Programming

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    Apr 19, 2018
  • Deep-copying in JavaScript #JavaScript #Programming #WebDevelopment

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    Jan 25, 2018
  • "An Actor, a model and an architect walk onto the web..." #WebPlatform #Programming #WebAssembly

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    Dec 27, 2017
  • 2018: 120fps and no jank #WebDev #Performance #JavaScript

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    Nov 15, 2017
  • Comlink + WebRTC -- An Intro to WebRTC #WebPlatform #WebAssembly #JavaScript

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    Oct 6, 2017
  • DOM2Texture: Abusing Arcane APIs #WebPlatform #JavaScript #Programming

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    Apr 24, 2017
  • DIY Web Animations: Promises + rAF + Transitions #WebDev #JavaScript #Performance

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    Feb 14, 2017
  • Chromium Bug Tracker: All bugs with >32 stars get fixed? #WebPlatform #BugTracking #OpenSource

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    Feb 13, 2017
  • DevDiary Underdash: Progressive Enhancement, Graceful Degradation and Accessibility #WebDev #Accessibility #Programming

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    Jan 4, 2017
  • How to read web specs Part IIa - Or: ECMAScript Symbols #WebDevelopment #ECMAScript #Programming

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    Nov 22, 2016
  • How to read web specs Part I - Or: WebVR, how do you work? #WebDevelopment #Programming #WebAssembly

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    Oct 10, 2016
  • Compositor Worklet evolves into Animation Worklet! #WebPlatform #JavaScript #Performance

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    Sep 26, 2016
  • Lazyloading #WebDev #Performance #JavaScript

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    Apr 8, 2016
  • New ways to make your web app jank with Houdini - An introduction #WebDev #Performance #Houdini

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    Feb 1, 2016
  • Setting up HTTP/2 #WebPerformance #HTTP2 #Networking

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    Jan 15, 2016
  • Maelstrom Gaming and 12 fps #WebPlatform #Gaming #Performance

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    Nov 11, 2015