Dispatches
Notes on process, design decisions and the numbers we measure — plus fresh web news from community members.
Google has updated its spam guidelines with advice on indexing pages used for link sharing, collaboration, and online tools. If a page should not be found through search, Google recommends noindex.
Canva has unveiled Craft, a model that plans the composition and text placement before generating an image. The result can be edited element by element in Magic Layers.
CSS-Tricks is independent again, with ownership passing to someone who has worked on the site for 12 years. Plans include building the community, bringing back the newsletter and launching a beginner course.
PaperPilot brings together local PDF tools: a WASM browser engine, CLI, desktop app, REST API, and MCP server. Version v0.6 supports page operations, compression, and text extraction.
Bloffy’s creator replaced Next.js with Hono for the public-facing blog and scored 100 in every Lighthouse category. Here’s why caching and image optimization weren’t enough.
A vulnerability in Brotli’s C decoder could lead to remote code execution. Developers should check their Node.js versions, Python libraries, and embedded copies of the decoder.
Users in the US have begun seeing Universal Cart in Google Search and Gemini. The feature is rolling out gradually, so not everyone has access yet.
Figma has opened Code Layers for beta testing, letting teams add code to the canvas and build working prototypes alongside their designs. Factor AI credit usage into your plans.
A Nielsen Norman Group survey finds that AI helps UX professionals complete many tasks faster. But its outputs need checking, and automation alone cannot speed up work with users.
The Brotli decoder vulnerability affects not just Node.js, but Python libraries, HTTP clients, and other applications. Updating dependencies is not enough: applications must be rebuilt and redeployed.
Cloudflare has introduced Origin Range Requests to cache parts of large files. Available on all plans, the feature roughly halved R2’s p99 time to first byte after the migration, according to the company.
Google Images and Discover don’t yet use JPEG XL for images or previews, despite support in Chrome and Firefox. For search, it’s worth keeping a fallback file in a supported format.
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