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Very cool, congrats on the release. Looks fantastic, wish I had a G4 to test it on! I've just added it to the Web Browser Directory (Corrections and additions welcome) https://www.…

It used to be available to detect, but they changed it a long time ago. It made it easy to help someone find their local ip address, without having to click around in settings or t…

Hey, thanks for the share :) I started https://www.whatismybrowser.com 11 years ago to help me with my clients, and I'm always glad to hear it helps others too! I'm always open for…

Shameless plug for the WhatIsMyBrowser.com API: https://developers.whatismybrowser.com/api/ As per modern web dev standards: you should always use feature detection not agent sniff…

awesome project! another feature idea I just had: put a couple of ultra sonic sensors on the front and back. on the back: to emulate the reverse parking "beep-beep" indicators. on …

I had some sweet stickers printed by stickermule for whatismybrowser.com which I'm always happy to send to anyone who wants some. just drop me a line on the contact page with your …

The user agent string definitely has a place on the web, the problem is that it's been used and abused by web developers in the 90s and 2000s when trying to deal with the utter mes…

Wow, the example in the article is an extremely verbose error message! But still, detailed and helpful error messages really do make the developer's life easier. When building API …

This is more of a technique for learning than for practice... but one thing that I make a habit of when learning a new programming framework is deliberately typing out sample code …

I'm obsessed with speed on my main site (whatismybrowser.com) so I simply use default system fonts, in order to minimise HTTP requests and download time. It's quicker to just use s…

I thought this was some kind of parody of HBO's Silicon Valley... and then I realised it's April Fools (well, maybe in the States still..?) but there are articles from 2016 about t…

Yes, this is a payphone... ...don't ask.

"Notice me SENPAI!"

Ok, from the sounds of it, all MailChimp has to do to keep our business (and thousands others from the sounds of it) is to change the requirement to a Free-Tier MailChimp account i…

Etsy's tech blog: https://codeascraft.com/ is excellent. They got me on to monitoring EVERYTHING with statsd. Great stuff.

This is ridiculous and totally awesome.