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“Perl’s early success was its own undoing. It became the default tool for the first web boom, and in doing so, it took the brunt of that era’s chaos. Then, just as it began to mature, its versioning story confused the industry into thinking it had stalled.” #Perl

Dotcom Survivor Syndrome – How Perl’s Early Success Created the Seeds of Its Downfall - Perl Hacks
If you were building web applications during the first dot-com boom, chances are you wrote Perl. And if you're now a CTO, tech lead, or senior architect, you may instinctively steer teams away from it—even if you can’t quite explain why. This reflexive aversion isn’t just a preference. It’s what I call Dotcom Survivor Syndrome:

Making WebAssembly a first-class language on the Web
WebAssembly has come a long way since its first release in 2017. The first version of WebAssembly was already a great fit for low-level languages like C and C , and immediately enabled many new kinds of applications to efficiently target the web.
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Making WebAssembly a first-class language on the Web – Mozilla Hacks - the Web developer blog
This post is an expanded version of a presentation I gave at the recent WebAssembly CG meeting in Munich. WebAssembly has come a long way since its first release in 2017. The 1.0 version of WebAssembly was already a great fit for low-level languages like C and C++, and immediately enabled many new kinds of applications to efficiently target the web.

from my link log —
Making wasm a first-class language on the web.
https://hacks.mozilla.org/2026/02/making-webassembly-a-first-class-language-on-the-web/
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Making WebAssembly a first-class language on the Web – Mozilla Hacks - the Web developer blog
This post is an expanded version of a presentation I gave at the recent WebAssembly CG meeting in Munich. WebAssembly has come a long way since its first release in 2017. The 1.0 version of WebAssembly was already a great fit for low-level languages like C and C++, and immediately enabled many new kinds of applications to efficiently target the web.

The FCC approved the transfer of five broadcast TV licenses to Sinclair, in Oregon, California, Maine, Virginia, and Tennessee; DirecTV opposed the move (Matthew Keys/TheDesk.net)
https://thedesk.net/2026/02/fcc-approves-transfer-of-five-tv-station-…

FCC approves transfer of five TV station licenses to Sinclair
The FCC approved five broadcast TV license transfers to Sinclair, creating duopolies in markets where it already operated stations.

Wow #MicrosoftTeams web version somehow manages to completely bypass my audio settings. It'll just blare its sound out the display speakers, impossible to use my headphones. Great peace of software. /s

POL-WHV: Diebstahl eines Traktors in der Rodenkirchener Straße Varel (ots) - Innerhalb der vergangenen 14 Tage kam es in der Rodenkirchener Straße in Varel zu einem Diebstahl von einer Baustelle. Nach bisherigen Erkenntnissen wurde ein Traktor der Marke Kubota durch bislang unbekannte Täter entwendet. ... https://www.pre…

Neues Outlook: Microsoft verschont Unternehmen ein weiteres Jahr
Microsoft will alle Kunden auf die Web-App „neues Outlook“ umstellen. Der Startpunkt für Unternehmen soll nun im März 2027 liegen.
https://www…

POL-WOB: Versuchter Raub eines E-Bike Wolfsburg (ots) - Wolfsburg, Westhagen, Freizeitweg 26.02.2026, 22:40 Uhr Am vergangenen Donnerstagabend kam es zu einem versuchten Raub eines E-Bike zum Nachteil eines Mannes. Die Polizei sucht Zeugen. Ein 45-jähriger Wolfsburger befuhr am ... https://www.presseportal.de/blaulicht/p…

A web-based LibreOffice could be interesting!
https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2026/02/24/libreoffice-online-a-fresh-start/

LibreOffice Online: a fresh start - TDF Community Blog
LibreOffice is a desktop application, but we get many requests for a web-based version of the suite that users can deploy on their own infrastructure. Several years ago, project members started to develop LibreOffice Online, but in 2022 the Board of Directors at The Document Foundation voted to freeze the project and put it in the “attic”, for reasons that have now been superseded. Earlier this month, the current Board of Directors decided to revoke those votes to give new life to the proje…

Der CDU-Politiker hatte zuletzt darauf verwiesen, dass große Teile des ÖPNV freiwillig sind. „Lediglich der Schülerverkehr gehört zu den Pflichtaufgaben des Landkreises.“
Und genau das ist das Problem!
Auch spannend, dass der Herr nicht erwähnt, wer die Verlängerung der Straßenbahn auf die lange Bank geschoben hat. Die Dresdner CDU war daran nämlich nicht gänzlich unbeteiligt.