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This is great. Between updates/hydration and browser APIs like web push notifications, camera, geo etc.. the app stores are just glorified CDNs. Building 'natively' for these platf…

This is mostly incorrect. The chosen spin depends on several factors including the breaking position (as in breaking from "the box") and ball count. In this case it appears to be E…

Switching between HTML5 and 'hashbang' URLs lets you run apps in environments which lack support the history API or absolute URLs. Examples include old IE and Cordova. The bit of w…

The term hack and its derivatives are trite. People use them because they perk ears. In Dallas, I've attended events where first place won with a 'business plan' consisting of buzz…

I recall a past comment on HN claiming that altering URLs to discover content may constitute hacking. For example, http://site.com/posts/img.jpg http://site.com/posts/img_t.jpg In …

I disagree with the 'you must pick X of Y' absolutism. It appears to validate an oversimplified point, as do 'Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence' and other clever one-l…