DOM3 is made from HTML, CSS and Javascript, closer... to a document than a canvas. It's a strange contemporary material that shapes much of our digital lives. The rhythm of endless creation and deletion in DOM3 is a self-driving version of what happens when you browse the web. "The Document Object Model (DOM) connects web pages to scripts or programming languages by representing the structure of a document—such as the HTML representing a web page—in memory." A html element, and a rectangle on a canvas, are not the same thing. It's a different material. Even if it all ends up controlling the same pixels, the process is different. The html element kind of actually exists, in this abstract context of a document object model. And in memory, in the moment. If it was possible to measure its weight, it would be heavier than a pixel on a canvas.show more

Fun hack: A new way to inspect web with... the html-in-canvas APIshow more

The future of AI in web development? This app... generates code and images to convert a screenshot into HTML/Tailwind CSS. I just gave it a screenshot of my X feed, and look what it produced (Notes & link in the comments):show more

The web is fun again. HTML-in-canvas is insane. Made... with Omma.show more

HTML enters 3D! Or vice versa? With the new... HTML in Canvas by WICG, we can finally put native DOM elements directly into WebGL/WebGPU scenes. It is experimental for now, but the possibilities for 3D interfaces and special effects are huge. This demo was built using Three.js and Omma (tool by Spline ) It’s a fun new way to explore what the web can do! Are you interested in seeing the demo?show more

The worst take about the web is that you... should not use JS/React/etc because HTML alone is good enough. It's an 'austerity mind virus' that has captured even some smart engineers. The idea that the web is for 'documents' and if it stays in its own little box like 1995 it's going to somehow be better for the world. This is how we ended up with Safari having the most obnoxious limitations, including a back/forward navigation gesture that makes the web feel like a horrendous 'digital book' of sorts. No, the web is also for dynamic, rich, interactive applications. JS is a key ingredient in the recipe, otherwise every click and interaction will have to hit a server, feel slow, and we'll always be a second class citizen. The web's developer freedom & better deployment model will win in the end, but it can't come at the expense of quality.show more

The nascent HTML-in-Canvas API is exciting to me not... for flashy effects, but because it extends the semantics that the DOM can (tractably) represent — tiny example: it's possible to show an element in multiple places, cheaply, under arbitrary transforms.show more

the guy keeps saying "you can already do this... with a canvas behind the element" so here is another gratuitous animation where the scanline physically distorts the form content as it passes (warping the actual rendered HTML pixels)show more

In the world of web builders 🕸️ HTML is... your main weapon 🗡️ Let this course forge you into a legendary master web builder 👑show more

I found a much cleaner way to browse the... newly released UFO files. The site is called Show Me UFOs, and it is significantly easier to use than the Department of War 🇺🇸 release page. You can sort the files by document type, agency, date, and even explore them through an interactive map. For anyone trying to actually dig through this material instead of just skim headlines, this is a genuinely useful tool. Link is in the attached comment. #ufox #ufotwittershow more

The future of Ultramock is going to be beautiful!... Here's a quick demo of ultramock using the new HTML-in-Canvas tech. You'll be able to spin up stunning product demos in realistic 3D spaces using your actual product or website with realtime interactions and animations ✨show more

In the church of San Pantalon in Venice, you... can admire one of the world’s hidden treasures simply by looking up What appears to be a fresco is actually a huge painting on canvas 44 canvases seamlessly joined together. Covering 443 sqm, this astonishing work of prodigious skill is considered the largest painting on canvas in the world.show more

I've worked with Kylan O'Connor to put together a... little dedicated Replicate model that gives you: - all the face images - a sprite/grid of all the faces - vanilla HTML, JS and CSS to render the effect - a preview videoshow more

A Tale of Two Cities // When I went... to document the ICE protests in DTLA, I asked my sister to document what other parts of LA looked like at the same time. All of these clips you see are from June 8th, 2025. I included a farmers market I walked by just a few blocks from the protest and an ice cream truck in another part of DTLA to emphasize the point. The media wants to tell you that all of Los Angeles is a war zone. That’s just not true. Don’t fall for it. This protest started from a place of protection. We love our neighbors. We love Los Angeles.show more

We're closer than ever to a future where we... remap the earth 24/7 with a plurality of sensors -- phones, drones, cars, planes, satellites, and oh my! This physical 3D model of the world serves as the connective tissue between the world of bits & atoms. It's Tesla cars today, and AR glasses tomorrow. It's social media in our pockets, and ambient computing in our homes. The end result is a 1:1 digital twin of our planet and all activity in it. A perfect fusion of SIGINT + GEOINT to use intelligence parlance.show more

Trump on Iran: “The only question is do we... go in and finish it up, or are they going to be signing a document?”show more

Tarkovsky is for me the greatest, the one who... invented a new language, true to the nature of film, as it captures life as a reflection, life as a dream. When film is not a document, it is dream. ~ Ingmar Bergman The Virgin Spring The Sacrifice Once Upon a Time in Anatoliashow more

How to quickly change the position of a number... in a text documentshow more

There is a room in Málaga that was built... to be the closest thing on earth to standing inside heaven. It is called the camarín of the Virgin of Victory, and it is hidden at the top of a tower inside the Santuario de la Victoria. To reach it, you climb and the ascent is the entire point... The building you are climbing through was completed in 1700, and it was designed as a single argument made in stone. At the bottom lies a crypt: a black chamber crowded with white plaster skeletons, a meditation on death and the brevity of life. From there a staircase rises, and as you climb it the light grows stronger and the imagery changes from bones to saints. The architects of the time understood this ascent as the soul's own journey, the dark crypt as the stage of penitence, the staircase as the stage of spiritual progress, and the room at the very top as the final stage: the union of the soul with the divine. That room at the top is the camarín, and its dome is one of the most extraordinary interiors in Spain... Every surface is covered in white and gold plasterwork. There is no empty space anywhere. The Baroque called this horror vacui, the horror of the void: the conviction that a space meant to represent heaven should not contain a single bare patch of stone. Out of that plasterwork emerge angels, flowers, birds, and mirrors. The mirrors are not decoration alone. They catch the light pouring in through the windows of the drum and throw it around the chamber, so that the gold seems to move and the whole room appears to shimmer and breathe. This wonder was built by people who believed that if you wanted to show a human being what heaven might feel like, you did not describe it to them. You built a room, and you let them climb into it... -- -- -- If you enjoyed this, I write a weekly newsletter read by over 50,000 people who love rediscovering the beauty of the past. You can join us here: If you'd like to support my work, a paid subscription is what makes it possible.show more

LOOK. This is just a regular ol' website. No... JavaScript whatsoever. Navigation pages with clicks <a> links to other HTML pages. The most basic website in the world. Yet, with a few lines of code to activate View Transitions, KAPOW.show more

2020: All I need to learn is HTML, CSS,... and JavaScript, some backend, and get a good job. Tech is the future. 2026:show more