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Paul Irish
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I 💗 the web • I work on Chrome DevTools and AI tooling to improve the web. 🦋 paul.irish/bsky — 🐘 @[email protected]
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    Paul Irish
    @paul_irish
    Jun 11, 2019
    Chrome Incognito mode has been detectable for years, due to the FileSystem API implementation. As of Chrome 76, this is fixed. Apologies to the "detect private mode" scripts out there. 💐
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    Paul Irish
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    May 1, 2018
    .@cyanharlow's pure CSS 18th century oil painting (github.com/cyanharlow/pur…), as viewed by @ChromeDevTools:
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    Paul Irish
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    Nov 30, 2021
    Ever write a long-ass Google Docs comment and then accidentally hit Cancel?🤦 Not all is lost. DevTools heap snapshots to the rescue! DevTools > Memory panel > Take snapshot. Expand the (string) item and peruse down the list. With luck, you'll find it.
    Screenshot of a drafted google docs comment
    Screenshot of a heap snapshot in @ChromeDevTools. 'Store as global variable' was used on the key string, and then `copy(temp2)` in the console.
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    Paul Irish
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    Oct 18, 2017
    <video autoplay muted> works across mobile browsers now. 📽️ No more need to ship an 8MB gif to your mobile users. 😢
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    Paul Irish
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    Dec 20, 2017
    Service Workers are ENABLED BY DEFAULT in Safari Technology Preview! 🎉🎉
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    Dec 20, 2017
    Release notes for today’s Safari Technology Preview release 46 update are now available. webkit.org/blog/8042/rele…
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    Paul Irish
    @paul_irish
    Feb 7, 2017
    📊 View your server's metrics in @ChromeDevTools via Server Timing headers. Big thanks to longtime Firebug developer @sroussey for the patch!
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    Paul Irish
    @paul_irish
    Jun 8, 2016
    If you ever type another <input> tag , this is required reading: blog.cloudfour.com/autofill-what-… The codepen form at the end is *pure gold*.
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    Autofill: What web devs should know, but don’t
    From cloudfour.com
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    Paul Irish
    @paul_irish
    Jun 10, 2016
    I've always loved me some String.prototype methods: "text".big(), "omg".blink(), but repeat() is totes my new fave 🐧
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    Paul Irish
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    Feb 26, 2018
    The Mobile Speed Impact Calculator. 💰 Estimate the revenue impact of improving the load-time of your site. 📱 thinkwithgoogle.com/feature/mobile/
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    Paul Irish
    @paul_irish
    Dec 15, 2020
    Blob Opera! 🎶 Professional opera singers helped a neural network learn what four opera voices sound like. g.co/arts/gnHQHuwfa… Compose your own piece or wildly mess with a carol. 🥰 So good.
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    Paul Irish
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    Mar 30, 2018
    Some of the brightest performance minds I know have tried to make loading unbundled ES modules fast. They have not yet succeeded. Perhaps in two years, it'll be competitive—but until then keep on bundling y'all.
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    Paul Irish
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    May 8, 2017
    Debugging Node.js with @ChromeDevTools is better now. 🛠 Updated guide: medium.com/@paul_irish/de… (Spoiler alert: No more copying huge URLs)
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    Debugging Node.js with Chrome DevTools
    From medium.com
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    Paul Irish
    @paul_irish
    Sep 18, 2015
    Curious about what triggers a reflow? I made a modern list of what forces a layout.
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    What forces layout/reflow. The comprehensive list.
    From gist.github.com
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    Paul Irish
    @paul_irish
    Aug 31, 2016
    🕑  One-time event handler support just landed in Chrome. Try it in WebKit nightly, Firefox, or tmw's Chrome Canary!
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