Alex Russell is a Microsoft Partner Product Architect on the Edge team and Blink API owner, formerly a Chrome engineer and web standards leader, dedicated to building an accessible and performant web.
30 articles from this blog
Analysis of W3C TAG's response to Google delaying third-party cookie removal, discussing privacy, ad tech, and web standards.
Explores the strategic reasons companies build web browsers, focusing on the 'Web as Platform' approach and its impact on the tech ecosystem.
Apple's iOS 17.4 update in the EU will break Progressive Web Apps (PWAs), removing key features to maintain its App Store dominance, contrary to DMA intentions.
Analysis of 2024 web performance budgets for JavaScript-heavy vs. markup-centric sites, focusing on load times and resource limits.
Critique of tech press ignoring how Progressive Web Apps and browser competition could disrupt Apple and Google's app store duopoly.
Analysis of Safari 16.4's major web development feature release, highlighting its catch-up to Chromium and the impact on developers.
Analyzes how information asymmetry and marketing of complex JavaScript frameworks have led to a 'market for lemons' in frontend web development.
An analysis of web performance targets for 2023, focusing on JavaScript bloat and the gap between high-end and low-end devices.
Analysis of how Apple's iOS browser engine restrictions undermine web diversity and innovation, not just prevent a Chromium takeover.
A framework for engineering teams to improve web performance by focusing on management maturity, not just technical solutions.
