Category Archives: web apps

Is the web getting less webby and will serverless make it worse?

Posted on September 13, 2016 by Steve

[Title inspired by a quote from Scott Hanselman on Serverless with Azure Functions ‘It’s as close to “cloudy” as The Cloud can get’] There’s some big changes happening in web land that are fuelled by rapid app framework developments and … Continue reading →

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AWS, Azure or Firebase for a SPA browser app? Nope, it’s Kinvey

Posted on May 27, 2016 by Steve

[Update 2016/06/07:  I eventually found Azure to be lacking, though this did lead me to explore the excellent Auth0 for authentication. To be honest all three offerings are currently pretty much a bunch of ‘beta bits’, an apt phrase coined … Continue reading →

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“I don’t care about the OS, just give me my web Apps”

Posted on May 10, 2016 by Steve

So I tweeted in jest to Bruce Lawson today in a conversation about Progressive Web Apps in the aftermath of the excellent WebProgressions one-day conference. And then I realised, I actually meant it! My point is that as a user … Continue reading →

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