r/webdev • • 15h ago

Discussion I signed up for a SaaS product yesterday because I wanted to try one feature.

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Before I could even see the dashboard, it asked for my company size, industry, role, team size, annual revenue, and what I hoped to achieve in the next 12 months.

Then it asked me to book a demo.

A demo. For a product I was already logged into.

Somewhere there's probably a product team celebrating their new onboarding flow because completion rates went up by 3%.

Meanwhile, I still have no idea what the product actually does.

At this point, just ask for my blood type and get it over with.


r/webdev • • 7h ago

Question How dependent on AI is the company you work for?

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Today, I found out that my company is moving the SDLC 100% to AI. Humans will no longer read or write code. We are also building out an AI code pipeline that removes engineers from the loop entirely. Which I think will eventually culminate in layoffs.

I think my company is on the bleeding edge, but what are you all seeing at your jobs?


r/webdev • • 22h ago

A peek into Reddit's anti-spam internals

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r/webdev • • 7h ago

How big is a Git commit?

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r/webdev • • 17h ago

Viewport size statistics

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Hey web devs, has anyone actually tracked the real viewport resolution of their users (with js)? I'm trying to figure out how many people don't maximize their browser and just keep it in a resized window. LLMs claim that 75% of people don't use maximized windows, but I seriously doubt that's accurate.

P.S. I'm not talking about screen resolution, I mean strictly the viewport size.


r/webdev • • 1h ago

Adding Go's defer to the TypeScript Compiler

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r/webdev • • 4h ago

Best forum bulletin board style software

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Looking for a forum with bulletin board style UI. Not the newer all in one platforms, but simple, list format forums. Think PhpBB or SMF. I’m trying to find a newer software in this style, because all the ones I’ve found use PHP, which is quite dated. Is there a modern forum software like this that I can self host?


r/webdev • • 15h ago

Question Offline uses for HTML (+ CSS)?

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Crosspost from /r/HTML

Last night, right before drifting into sleep, I got some crazy idea for some offline use case for HTML/CSS... But I can't remember exactly the idea that I had in mind.

It had something to do with photos or maps? I guess it was some "interactive" html/css based interface or mindmap kind of thing, about all the variety of stuff I have on my computer. For example, if I'm writing something, this file is its own separate entity. A file in "my documents", with no relation to any other file.

How about combining all of these files into this freeform "interface" by making an offline website that links into physical locations on my PC? I could organize my thoughts, my screenshots, my writings, my photos, my videos, my source materials, everything into a one personal use "platform" designed from the ground up to suit my workflow, that I could always expand.

Files would not be separate instances hidden in the files, but rather a part of a bigger system. Their links could be highlighted, they could have visual cues to direct my attention, they could have thumbnails or explanatory notes, they could be inbedded videos.

Has anyone ever done anything like this?


r/webdev • • 2h ago

Is this new framework the fastest?

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I noticed Zak Kohler's post about a new web framework Roux in the Roc zulip. It looks really fast in his benchmarks compared to Go and Rust.

How is that possible? I'm guessing he is using some tricks with io_uring and an LLVM optimised build.

https://github.com/Eldhus/roux


r/webdev • • 4h ago

Discussion I redesigned my website | rate me

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https://omgbomber.com/

My website is about a gamer who wants to make nice things for the people.

On this website I share links to music, art, video games, and videos of all kinds of stuff. I do vlogs about science and more on social media platforms and this is my homebase to promote that.

Rate first! Then click Spoiler!

So a little about this, I used chatgpt for every resource. All the php css js and images were all made by chatgpt. All I did was code some html and guide/be guided by Chatgpt.


r/webdev • • 13h ago

Question If someone were to build a new free online multiplayer game, what would you actually want to play?

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Hey everyone!

I'm planning to build a free browser-based multiplayer game, but instead of jumping straight into development with a random idea, I figured I'd ask the people who would actually play it.

I'm curious about what kind of multiplayer games people genuinely enjoy or wish existed.

It could be anything:

  • A casual board game to play with friends
  • A competitive strategy game
  • A chaotic party game
  • A social deduction or bluffing game
  • Something completely new that hasn't been done before

I'm especially interested in games that are easy to get into but hard to stop playing. Something you could open in your browser, invite a few friends, and have fun without downloading anything.

A few questions:

  1. What's one multiplayer game you never get bored of?
  2. Is there a game concept you wish someone would make?
  3. What makes you keep coming back to an online game?
  4. Would you prefer quick 5–10 minute matches or longer sessions?

I'm open to pretty much any genre. I'm not trying to promote a project or sell anything, just genuinely looking for ideas and understanding what people would enjoy.

If you've ever thought, "I wish there was an online multiplayer game where you could ___," I'd love to hear it!

Thanks in advance!


r/webdev • • 11h ago

Ai replacing developers

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I'm using Google translate to help me

After Adobe programs that took years were completely designed in just a few weeks using AI, can we truly say that AI has started to surpass programmers themselves?