Solid historical write up of the last 2 decades of making websites davidpoblador.com/deep-dives/w...

The Descent — What Happened to the Frontend While You Weren't Watching

The last time you wrote one it was a <button> and an FTP upload — spare twenty minutes and get up to speed on everything the web did while you looked away.

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Polkadot Digest 16 January 2026 Polkadot News With Polkadot smart contracts functionality set to go live on January 27th, OpenGuild is spearheading the Polkadot Hub Codecamp tour in Asia x.com/openguildwtf...

Polkadot Digest 13 January 2026 Polkadot News The expected go-live date for smart contracts on Polkadot is now January 27th. Keep an eye out for the next Polkadot runtime upgrade forum.polkadot.network/t/revive-sma...

"Revive" Smart Contracts: Status Update

psa: We are not able to hit the 20th of January as enactment date for Polkadot AssetHub. We’re just merged the PR to add pallet_revive to Polkadot. The release process is started and the referendum wi...

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Ready for the next chapter of Web3 Summit? New approach. New energy. Built for web3. Explore what’s ahead here 👇 medium.com/web3foundati...

Web3 Summit Returns to Berlin | June 18–19, 2026

The next chapter of Web3 Summit unfolds in Berlin this June.

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Polkadot Digest 09 January 2026 Polkadot News Check out [https://dotid.app/](dotid.app), the newest registrar on Polkadot, verifying on-chain identities. [https://x.com/ech0re/status/2009172054696988905](x.com/ech0re/statu...)

Polkadot Digest 07 January 2026 Polkadot News If you are staking DOT, follow the discussion around fixing the issue of the Polkadot Validators switching the commission multiple times in an era, misleading the users forum.polkadot.network/t/validators...

Validators flipping their commision twice in an era and cheating nominators

Can somebody explain me why a 0% commission validator can earn 47 DOT per day? 1guBaaUmYpYPmsNmooQApqFmpmRHeaipb1CxoncMuiaqXGh 14tcxHSTAiZf7M4vcLfFdGkGJFjfx6zDqds5QVyz2H24hKgG 15tfUt4iQNjMyhZiJGBf4...

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Polkadot Digest 06 January 2026 Polkadot News The referendum to close UX Bounty and return the funds to the treasury is in the decision period and is currently passing polkadot.subsquare.io/referenda/1816

Close the UX Bounty and Return Remaining Funds to the Treasury

This proposal requests the **closure of the Polkadot UX Boun...

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Polkadot Digest 05 January 2026 Polkadot News Polkadot Roundup 2025 by Gavin Wood has been published www.parity.io/blog/polkado...

Polkadot Roundup 2025 | Parity Technologies

It’s time for CEO Gavin Wood's year-end round-up.

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Web3 Summit returns to Berlin. June 18-19, 2026. A new format. A new experience. A new way to connect and build. Sign up for updates: web3summit.com

Check out Polkadot's brand new website polkadot.com

Polkadot Digest 08 December 2025 Polkadot News View the top 50 winning project submissions of the Polkadot Builder Party hackathon prize pool of $40K sponsored by the Polkadot Events Bounty and Web3 Foundation polkadot.devpost.com/project-gall...

Build Resilient Apps with Polkadot Cloud

Radically open, radically useful

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Polkadot Digest 21 November 2025 Polkadot News The referendum to close Polkadot Pioneers prize bounty and return 700K+ DOT to the Polkadot treasury is now up for voting polkadot.subsquare.io/referenda/1795

Close the Polkadot Pioneers Prize Bounty and Return Remaining Funds to the Treasury

This referendum proposes to formally close [the Polkadot Pio...

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