Yes. I am absolutely calling React a problem. I’m calling Angular, Vue, and All the Rest of Them™ a problem. Because unless you have a specific problem of highly interactive, data-driven content, you don’t need a framework.

You don’t need a framework to render static content to the end user. Stop creating complex solutions to simple problems.

This post introduces speculation rules, a new web platform feature that allows developers to deliver instant page navigations after the initial page load. By the end of this post, you will: Understand how speculation rules can be used to prerender or prefetch pages; Have practical code examples that you can start using today; Learn how to debug and monitor speculation rules in DevTools;

Learn how to use CSS Anchor Positioning to create flow charts and diagram with just CSS.

I know this is something Chris has wanted forever, so it’s no surprise he’s already got a fantastic write-up just a day after the news broke. In fact, I first learned about it from his post and was unable to dredge up any sort of announcement. So, I thought I’d jot some notes down because it feels like a significant development.

One dev team made the shift from React’s "overwhelming VDOM" to modern DOM APIs. They immediately saw speed and interaction improvements.