The quiet return of the static web
Media sites spent a decade adding servers between the reader and the page. The fastest publications are now taking them out again, and the reasons are as much about trust as speed.
Topic
Open Web
3 OCXLY stories about Open Web.
RSS never died. It just stopped being marketed.
The oldest working answer to "how do I follow what I care about without an algorithm" is still running underneath the modern web, and it is quietly having a second life.
Digital identity is now a stack of accounts you don't control
Your handle, your login, your history and your reputation each live with a different company. Portability is the missing feature, and it is a policy question as much as a technical one.