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The “single” in “single-page app” refers to the fact that the user’s browser almost never has to fully reload the page as the user clicks around our site. Instead, when the browser makes its first HTTP request to our servers, we send it back a basic, skeleton HTML page and a big pile of JavaScript code. This JavaScript code executes inside the browser, and updates the view of the page in response to the user’s actions. When the JavaScript wants to send or retrieve data from Steveslist, it sends an Asynchronous JavaScript XML Request (almost always called AJAX for short) in the background to a URL. When our server responds, the JavaScript uses the response to update the browser view accordingly.
Systems Design for Advanced Beginners | Robert Heaton
robertheaton.com
While FreeBSD has binary packages, just like Debian Linux or Arch Linux, which are handled by the pkg package manager, FreeBSD also has the ability to compile software from source, using user specific compile time configuration. The Arch Linux Build System is actually heavily inspired by the FreeBSD ports system.
Technical Reasons to Choose FreeBSD Over GNU/Linux
unixsheikh.com
What these rising apps and platforms all share is fragmentation. Whether it’s intentional self-sorting into like-minded or community-moderated groups, or the natural fragmentation that comes from a bunch of different people watching their own algorithmically curated video feeds, these apps all have a way of separating people based on who they want to talk to and what they want to be exposed to.
The Internet Wants to Be Fragmented
noahpinion.substack.com
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