How Elm slays a UI antipattern: https://blog.jenkster.com/2016/06/how-elm-slays-a-ui-antipattern.html
Argues for GADTs in web dev, and points out a common issue with async UIs that I can't unsee now.
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The "line of death", where the browser UI splits between trusted UI elements and UI controlled by the website.
Also argues that HTTP warnings are better than HTTPS padlocks, because there's incentive to spoof padlocks lower on the page.
https://emilymstark.com/2022/12/18/death-to-the-line-of-death.html
I like that most LLM UIs show your previous queries prominently.
When figuring out where LLMs are useful in your workflow, it's nice to see what worked well (or not) in the past.
Web search doesn't have this property. I rarely look at what I've previously googled.
Sometimes programming tools are so good that you miss them when using other languages. I see these mentioned the most frequently:
* IntelliJ (for Java)
* Slime+Emacs (for Common Lisp)
* Pharo (for Smalltalk)
I'm struck that they all have bespoke UIs.