Frontend @ GCP. Prev. led DX @ Airbnb. Before that Chrome, Blink and Grasshopper @ Google. Part time keeper of the web. All posts are my own opinions.
Washington, DC
Joined February 2009
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Elliott Sprehn retweeted
for a long time i said that antisemitism, particularly on the american left, was not as bad as people claimed.
i'd like to just state that i was totally wrong.
i still don't understand it, really. or know what to do about it.
but it is so fucked.
Elliott Sprehn retweeted
At Airbnb we've been working on making a faster web experience with the postTask scheduler. Today we get to share the results of this effort with the broader web community! medium.com/airbnb-engineerin…
Elliott Sprehn retweeted
BREAKING: In major copyright battle between tech giants, SCOTUS sides w/ Google over Oracle, finding that Google didnt commit copyright infringement when it reused lines of code in its Android operating system. The code came from Oracle's JAVA SE platform. supremecourt.gov/opinions/20…
Elliott Sprehn retweeted
The data behind these graphs in the MDN browser compatibility report are directing our investments into easing developer pain on the web. Eg. @chrishtr and team are already investing heavily in making Flexbox compatibility improvements.
Elliott Sprehn retweeted
🎶Late night, come home
Perf sucks, I know
She left me traces by the stairs
Peer reviews let me know she cares
Elliott Sprehn retweeted
Hard to imagine @eae is gone. I’m grateful to have worked with you.
I will alway remember your kind smile and impeccable attire. :)
Anyone reading this is running Emil’s code.
Thank you for making our world a little faster & prettier Emil.
Rest In Peace xitter.gq/slightlylate/status/13…
Elliott Sprehn retweeted
If you knew Emil, if you spent even one day with him, you’ll know that the best way to honor him is to live today with as much passion, joy, and kindness as you can.
Then do that tomorrow and everyday after, for as many days as you get.
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Elliott Sprehn retweeted
If you're thinking about adding a synthetic event system to your web library, just don't. Use DOM events.
Elliott Sprehn retweeted
Sonnet 5 is too hard. Here’s number 6. #ASonnetADay
Elliott Sprehn retweeted
Hi 👋 I got laid off today as a result of the COVID financial fallout. I am looking for a software developer position. I am most familiar with Java and Go, have some React experience, and have experience writing and migrating monolith to microservices. #jobsearch
Elliott Sprehn retweeted
Tip: You can abort Fetch API requests with AbortController. bit.ly/abort-fetch by @jaffathecake covers it well. Glad browser support improved! bit.ly/ac-mdn
Elliott Sprehn retweeted
Hangouts Meet is now officially supported in Safari gsuiteupdates.googleblog.com…
Elliott Sprehn retweeted
We just launched our Intro to Interviewing course! Download @GrasshopperApp (for free!) and complete the first few courses to start learning the skills you need for a software engineering interview.
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Elliott Sprehn retweeted
Blink: Intent to Ship: Promise.allSettled groups.google.com/a/chromium…
Elliott Sprehn retweeted
The real question isn't "why web components?", but why *not* web components?"
Today talking about interoperability of Web Components and using your components anywhere you use HTML. @polymer #LitElement #WebComponents
