Abraham Williams@abraham

indieweb.social/@abraham

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Joined October 2007
Super excited to be joining @Google as a Developer Advocate today!

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Sometimes I write a letter on paper with a pen then burn it laughing about how Google must be crying over information it will never index.
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Announcing the @angular v6 PWA guide! The easiest way to make a #ProgressiveWebApp with Angular and deploy it to @Firebase. pwa.ng/
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Charting Browser Interoperability blog.chromium.org/2018/08/ch… I see people complaining a lot that @googlechrome is the new IE and is constantly shipping special new features. They actually have the lowest level of single browser shipped APIs.
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I am awake
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Announcing the <node-package> @Web_Components! Easily embed @npmjs details on your site. Built with Nutmeg using @polymer's @lit_html and @unpkg. Supports custom themes. 👁️ Demo: codepen.io/abrahamwilliams/p… 🎁 NPM: npmjs.com/package/node-packa… ❤️ Source: github.com/abraham/node-pack…
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Looking for an easy way to embed Twitter user profiles on your website? Check out the all new <twitter-user> #webcomponent. Source: github.com/abraham/twitter-u… Demo: codepen.io/abrahamwilliams/p…
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"Flutter for Web Developers" by @abraham #DEVcommunity dev.to/abraham/flutter-for-w…

Flutter for Web Developers

On Friday I had the honor of speaking to the SFHTML5 meetup group about Flutter...

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New blog post "Drop 20K from your production @Angular app" bendyworks.com/blog/drop-20k…
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My 2018: 🎤 15 presentations 🏗️ 2 workshops 📝 39 blog posts 🎁 5 new node packages 🛩️ 15 trips 💻 5,089 GitHub contributions 🐦 2420 tweets ☕ ??? coffees dev.to/abraham/comment/7ohb
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90% of Chrome traffic to Google SSL sites is using SPDY instead of HTTP: goo.gl/03VEM Google just forked the internet!
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There's no problem you can't solve with more JavaScript.
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Replying to @ctrlshifti
It wouldn't take long for the engineers to write a script to have @twilio call for them
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Playing around with Webpack dynamic imports to lazyload polyfills and components and then register a service worker.
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Mom's got a fantastic kitchen
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A month of @flutterio blogging inspired by @UriShaked bendyworks.com/blog/a-month-…
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After 5+ years at @bendyworks this is my last week. Sad to be leaving all these amazing people but excited about the next adventure! (Announcement coming soon.)

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French bread attempt #1
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The problem with SVN jokes is a lot of developers don't git 'em.
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Replying to @aleksejdix @ravenravenPL @pcanella @Una
'git wasitme'
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Material Design Components for Android 1.5.0 - With Material Design 3 refinements and more color utilities, on the @materialdesign blog. material.io/blog/android-sta…
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I am the butterfly king! Do not anger me!
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Replying to @kvlly
Must have experience optimizing distributed databases and designing pixel perfect animations.
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Very excited about this
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Microsoft’s Bold Plan to Bring PWAs to Windows 10 thurrott.com/windows/windows…
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Shadow Dom support is coming to @Cypress_io github.com/cypress-io/cypres…

add some shadow dom support by 43081j · Pull Request #7469 · cypress-io/cypress

Closes Add support for shadow dom #144 The shadow dom support issue never seems to go away, and the only PR that tried to do anything about it seems to have gone stale. So here's some kind...

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Page loads that define custom elements v1 (5%) just surpassed registrations of custom elements v0 (4.5%). #WebComponents chromestatus.com/metrics/fea… chromestatus.com/metrics/fea…
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Fixing layout instability by @rick_viscomi web.dev/fixing-layout-instab…

Fixing layout instability  |  Articles  |  web.dev

A walkthrough of using WebPageTest to identify and fix layout instability issues.

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Replying to @maxogden
Thank You @denormalize for archiving open data removed from WH.gov thankyou.delivery/deeds/3ebe…
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When you spend hours debugging something and it's applePie not applepie...
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Replying to @ctrlshifti
Backc driver: when you complain about every architecture and language decision
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Modern movies are so terrible at leveling sound for home viewing
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I've been testing loading polyfills when needed on pwa.ng. Check out using #Webpack dynamic imports to load polyfills then @Web_Components after. custom element: 3.js intersection observer: 2.js node-package: 1.js img-2: 0.js Full commit github.com/abraham/pwa-ng/co…
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Join me in an experiment. On Saturday at 11 am (central US) I'm going to convert a @polymer 3 component to a LitElement with Jest tests live! The component will be from the open source @GDG #DevFest conference website template, Hoverboard. piped.video/l-m7owhGAAA
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I'm taking over maintaining Hoverboard, the conference website used by many @gdg DevFests. Thanks @ozasadnyy and @sofiya_huts for all the work you've put in over the years. github.com/gdg-x/hoverboard

GitHub - gdg-x/hoverboard: Conference website template

Conference website template. Contribute to gdg-x/hoverboard development by creating an account on GitHub.

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Enjoying the sunny WI weather
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Do you think Google Wave would have succeeded if it was built today?
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Packed room for @riggaroo talking about @Android animations #mobileera
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How Cloudflare Uses Lava Lamps to Guard Against Hackers wired.com/story/cloudflare-l…

How a Bunch of Lava Lamps Protect Us From Hackers

Inside Cloudflare's San Francisco office, 100 units of Edward Craven Walker’s groovy hardware help guard the internet.

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Unblocking clipboard access by @_developit and @tomayac web.dev/async-clipboard/
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Replying to @EmmaBostian
I initially read this as "Creators who write bugs professionally" 🤣
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Rewrite a @polymer 3 component in LitElement. What a breath of fresh air.
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Styled components with @kejt_bw #JazzCon
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New blog post: Slaying a UI Antipattern with @Web_Components (and @typescriptlang) bendyworks.com/blog/slaying-…
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Except LitElement. You should rewrite your app with LitElement.
Peter Piekarczyk (🥧🚗🐥)
@peterpme
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PSA: you don't *have* to rewrite your app in a new framework just bc somebody ~*famous*~ tweeted about it! Also PSA: if you have enough time for feature-free rewrites, perhaps its time for a new job😀
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Starting the long journey ✈️ to @mobileeraconf with the stylishly scarved @pblatteier #mobileera #serviceworkers #flutter
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Dart and @flutterio are now topics on @GitHub Explore - github.com/topics/flutter - github.com/topics/dart

GitHub

GitHub is where people build software. More than 150 million people use GitHub to discover, fork, and contribute to over 420 million projects.

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Replying to @abraham @flutterio @travisci @tpolansk @NinaLimpi @Firebase @Google @Android
A month of #Flutter: awesome adaptive icons with @tommy_emo_'s fantastic artwork bendyworks.com/blog/a-month-…
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Oslo harbor at night
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Bye Oslo! Thanks for a great week. #mobileera
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Google Play Points: a rewards program for all the ways you Play blog.google/products/google-…

Google Play Points: a rewards program for all the ways you Play

Google Play’s new rewards program lets you earn points and redeem them for in-app items or Google Play Credit. It’s free to join.

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Most people: I need to get more done so I'm going to find and learn a task management system instead of getting things done. Me: I need to get more done so I'm to build my own task management system instead of getting things done.
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A fake, AI-generated blog reached the top of Hacker News - Business Insider businessinsider.com/fake-ai-… 🤣
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Donald Trump's Twitter Account Is Very Much in Violation of Twitter's Terms of Service gq.com/story/donald-trump-tw…
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“A @GoogleDevExpert is something that you already are, not something you become” — @aaronfrost link.medium.com/DY9b1OOnVR

Preparing to become a GDE – Aaron Frost – Medium

Hello web friends. As I drove into work this morning, I realized that I should probably sit down and pen out a piece of advice that I have…

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Thank You @TrueIslamUSA for taking the time to educate us at trueislam.com! Proud to be a #MuslimAlly thankyou.delivery/deeds/f3fe…
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Slides.today is turning into a pretty sweet little conference tool. It's now collecting slides/videos/tweets/github links all together. Example from @ChicagoGDG #windycitydevfest: slides.today/decks/-L2RQBa9S…
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It's #devfest day!
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Very excited about this
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A shower is the best thing ever after about 20 hours of traveling.
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WooCommerce merchants can now list their products across @Google blog.google/products/shoppin…

WooCommerce merchants can now list their products across Google

This integration will help merchants make more connections with shoppers.

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#gdgcambridge (miss you @janiukjf) and @gdgmadison at #NAGDGSummit19
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FYI @googlechrome beta now shows "not secure" for all http sites. It's past time for you to enable https.
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It's still cold out.
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My fridge is in an epic battle between @GantLaborde and the downasaurs
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Due to the developer and user hostile state of Twitter, TwitterOAuth is now in maintenance mode. github.com/abraham/twitteroa…

Maintenance mode · Issue #1188 · abraham/twitteroauth

Due to the developer and user hostile state of Twitter, TwitterOAuth is now in maintenance mode. Major improvements are not planned. Only bug and security fixes are likely to be released in the fut...

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Announcing the all new <github-repository> #WebComponent! <github-repository owner-repo="abraham/twitter-status"></github-repository> You can also set badges and a preview image. Source: github.com/abraham/github-re… Demo: codepen.io/abrahamwilliams/p… NPM: npmjs.com/package/github-rep…
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It looks like @materialdesign components for the web has hit 1.0! github.com/material-componen…
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Fantastic first day of #jazzcon and dinner with amazing people done. @mistersender @saltnburnem @TheSierraMP @pblatteier @jlengstorf @scottdavis99 @marisamorby @albinosquirrel @rizcheldayao @digitalsleep + (Izzy I didn't catch your Twitter)
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PWAs at @gdgtc #DevFestMN saturday is going to be 🔥🔥🔥 with @Tzmanics at 10am, @pblatteier and me at 12pm, and @kpaul86 at 3pm! It's not too late to get ticket! devfest.mn/
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Good morning Madison
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I stocked up on ice cream and alcohol so I'm ready for just about anything.
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Building a floating action button (FAB) component by @argyleink web.dev/building-a-fab-compo…
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Introducing: Modern Web modern-web.dev/blog/introduc…

Introducing: Modern Web

Our goal is to provide developers with the guides and tools they need to build for the modern web. We aim to work closely with the browser, and avoid complex abstractions

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Just like JavaScript!
Zeno Rocha
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15 May 2020
input !== output A good reminder that end results are not always what we expect.
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Would a series of blog post on @workboxjs be interesting? If so what should it focus on? Custom sites? Frameworks? @webpack? Something else?
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#pwa is front and center at #io18
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Don't use Slack for communities. There are zero controls for people to report spam or block users. It's designed for companies with HR.
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More conferences should have #coolshit tracks! #IoT for the introvert with @ChloeCondon #refactrtech
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Frozen beard coming back from the gym in -8f
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Interested in making your web #fast⚡? Don't be terrified, come to @Jazz_Con where @ericastanley, @raymondcamden, @macdonst, @pblatteier, and I will be talking about #PWAs, #ServiceWorkers, and #perfmatters! jazzcon.tech/
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Replying to @matvelloso
Probably Working Applications
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50+ speaking engagements in the last three years but I still get nervous.
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Tomorrow is going to be fun. Blind local ice cream (plus custard) taste test.
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Staging Servers, Source Control & Deploy Workflows, And Other Stuff Nobody Teaches You - http://goo.gl/t3tDo
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Making friends
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Do you train junior devs on how to review code? If not you're doing them a disservice. Train them in how to provide feedback, validate feature implantation, code style, and quality. Checklists should include security, privacy, and performance.
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I've been running Ubuntu for about 6 months and it would not recommend it. It's so much work than Mac. I want to spend my time writing web components, not trying to get graphics drivers to work.
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I found all the Google bikes!
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This is a new Android API that lets you claim websites in your Android app. You can just not ship anything in your Android app and it's like a hybrid app without needing Cordova. The Play Store still doesn't natively support PWAs.
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@firt
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Google Play Store now open for Progressive Web Apps! 😱 medium.com/@firt/google-play…
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Just realized that I'm in the 10+ years of being a developer category of surveys.
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Assistant to the GDE
Dan Baran@defragger
10 May 2019
I found assistant GDE @abraham I wonder does he do talks for @pblatteier when she is too busy
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The #JSCampChi slides are 🔥🔥. This one curtsy of @dabit3
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The most tested feature in JavaScript is your patience.
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Replying to @realDonaldTrump
Hey @realDonaldTrump, don't attribute quotes to me that aren't mine.
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Conferences should have speaker breakfasts the morning after the conference.
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The @mobileeraconf team that makes the event rock #MobileEra
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Twitter: I'll send you a bill for my years of supporting developers on what I thought was going to stay an open platform.
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Replying to @davidwalshblog
Typescript. I felt the overhead, friction and (then) small community made it a bad choice. Now I use it for everything.
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