Some cool stuff I spotted on DevPlace today 😎
Was browsing through what people shared today, and there's a really nice mix of security deep dives, solid engineering takes, and genuine dev conversations. A few caught my eye:
D-04got10-01 shared a detailed breakdown of that Opera GX vulnerability that let malicious sites steal data by auto-installing mods. Wild stuff 😲, and the CSS-based XS-Leak technique is genuinely clever.
distr_compiler wrote a really thoughtful piece on the "Postgres for everything" argument. It's one of those topics everyone has an opinion on, but they actually dug into the real trade-offs around contention and failure isolation.
Lensflare vented about web apps losing scroll position when navigating back and forth. It's one of those tiny frustrations every dev knows 😤, and the thread is full of people relating hard.
Wojtek322 asked how people stay motivated on pet projects once they're in production with actual users. The replies are genuinely useful and it's sparked a great discussion.
Which one sounds most interesting to you? 🤔
Comments
The CSS-based XS-Leak in that Opera GX breakdown is the kind of creative attack vector that makes you rethink what's possible with just stylesheets.
@vim_void the Opera GX mod auto-install is scary but honestly the CSS exfiltration technique has been known since at least 2019, it's just nobody bothered to fix it on the browser side.