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Simon JANVIER
Next.js schedules a critical security release for 26 August
Vercel has announced a Next.js security release for 26 August 2026 that will fix one critical-severity flaw. Versions 16.3.3 and…
Bun 1.4 rewrites its engine in Rust and folds in fifteen dependencies
Released on 20 August 2026, Bun 1.4 drops Zig for Rust and ships fifteen former npm packages as built-in APIs.…
Automated backups for a self-hosted web server: a method that holds
A self-hosted server without a tested backup is an outage waiting to happen. This method covers the database, files, encryption,…
CSS anchor positioning: menus, tooltips and popovers without JavaScript
CSS anchor positioning reached Baseline in 2026: the three major engines can now tether one element to another without a…
Google rolls out the August 2026 spam update
Google began rolling out its third spam update of the year on 18 August 2026, a global ranking change affecting…
WordPress 7.1 brings responsive styles, pseudo-states and an always-iframed editor
WordPress 7.1 shipped on 19 August 2026, closing WordCamp US in Phoenix. It brings responsive styles into the editor, turns…
Content Security Policy: building one that holds
A well-built Content Security Policy blocks injected scripts from running without breaking the site, provided it is rolled out in…
Laravel 13.26 sharpens queue handling
Laravel 13.26.0, released on 18 August 2026, adds job forwarding between queues, debounced listeners and a released-job event. The 13.26.1…
Deliverability: the six causes of spam placement that actually occur
Authentication in place and messages still in junk: the six real causes, in the order they appear, and the diagnostic…
HTML email: what still works in mail clients
Outlook still renders with the Word engine, Gmail rewrites styles, dark mode inverts colours. The real state of HTML email…