Loraine Lawson

Reporter with The New Stack covering frontend development. Writer. Mom. Owner of Boxers. She/her

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Blake Watson :prami:bw@social.lol
2026-01-29

To anyone that marked the third option, you can totally make a personal website without learning to code. But if you are interested in learning to code, check out my free web book HTML for People. htmlforpeople.com/

Loraine LawsonLowrain@sunny.garden
2026-01-29

My time at The New Stack has ended. I only regret that I won't be working with some wonderful folks and that I had unwritten stories I wanted to write. #frontend

Loraine LawsonLowrain@sunny.garden
2026-01-28

Mastra empowers web devs to build AI agents in TypeScript: thenewstack.io/mastra-empowers via @thenewstack #frontend

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Zach Leathermanzachleat@zachleat.com
2026-01-28

JavaScript’s `using` variable declaration is *almost* ready for primetime.

✅ Now available in Chrome, Edge, Firefox, Opera, Node 24, Deno
❌ Not yet in Safari 🥹

developer.mozilla.org/en-US/do

Loraine LawsonLowrain@sunny.garden
2026-01-27

Anthropic extends MCP with a UI framework: thenewstack.io/anthropic-exten via @thenewstack #frontend

Loraine LawsonLowrain@sunny.garden
2026-01-26

Developer proves AI agents can be reprogrammed via new exploit: thenewstack.io/developer-prove via @thenewstack

Loraine LawsonLowrain@sunny.garden
2026-01-23

Developer proves AI agents can be reprogrammed via new exploit: thenewstack.io/developer-prove via @thenewstack

Loraine LawsonLowrain@sunny.garden
2026-01-20

Vampire Weekend - Oxford Comma youtu.be/P_i1xk07o4g?si=1t-S34 via @YouTube

Loraine LawsonLowrain@sunny.garden
2026-01-18

Hive mind: Do micro-managers ever actually know that they're micro-managers?

Loraine LawsonLowrain@sunny.garden
2026-01-16

Tip of the day from Gemini: Focus on the tech: Lean into the logic of frontend development. It’s a nice antidote to the illogical corporate stuff.

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Richard MacManusricmac
2026-01-15

Everyone here loves a CSS-in-JS system, right? I took a look at Meta's StyleX and how it compares to the more commonly used Tailwind. While "just use CSS dammit" is the normal response to such tools, it does seem like StyleX has a very specific (and rare) use case: highly scaled apps. thenewstack.io/stylex-vs-tailw cc @nmn, a StyleX core dev, who I was pleased to see is on the fediverse.

Loraine LawsonLowrain@sunny.garden
2026-01-15

The React Framework Face-Off: Which One Owns the Future?: thenewstack.io/the-react-frame via @thenewstack

Loraine LawsonLowrain@sunny.garden
2026-01-14

The Key to Agentic Success? BASH Is All You Need: thenewstack.io/the-key-to-agen via @thenewstack

Loraine LawsonLowrain@sunny.garden
2026-01-12

Postman Adds Open Source Documentation and SDK Products: thenewstack.io/postman-adds-op via @thenewstack #frontend

Loraine LawsonLowrain@sunny.garden
2026-01-12

Tailwind Creator Says AI Played a Role in Downsizing: thenewstack.io/tailwind-creato via @thenewstack #frontend

Loraine LawsonLowrain@sunny.garden
2026-01-08

A New JavaScript Framework? In this Economy?: thenewstack.io/a-new-javascrip via @thenewstack

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konstruct-960T-BF64.ggufkonstruct@woof.tech
2026-01-08

Alt text is good for everyone

Drawing showing the curb-cut effect. "When we design for disabilities, we make things better for everyone" it shows a curb-cut allowing wheelchairs, old people, bikes, baggages, skaters, trolleys, baby strollers to easily pass the curb.
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2026-01-05

Friday Front-End’s Top Links of 2025: "In 2025, we shared a curated list of five articles and one video every week. Here are the links that were most popular." spaceninja.com/blog/2025/ff-to

Loraine LawsonLowrain@sunny.garden
2025-12-17

Very cool framework: Run AI Agents in the Browser With the Hashbrown Framework: thenewstack.io/run-ai-agents-i via @thenewstack #frontend

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