I Read 1,000 Web Dev Articles Last Year So You Didn't Have To
This one was special. Standing on the Web Stage at DevTalks — the biggest developer conference in Eastern Europe — in front of a packed Bucharest crowd was an absolute blast. Twelve months of reading, curating, and arguing with the internet, distilled into 45 fast-paced minutes. I could not stop grinning.
Let's be honest: keeping up with modern web development is a full-time job. Between the daily JavaScript framework drops, the endless "SPA vs. MPA" debates, and a relentless AI hype train, who actually has time to write code anymore? Well, I did the reading for you. For the past year, I've sifted through the absolute chaos of the frontend and backend ecosystems to curate the weeklyfoo newsletter. I've read the brilliant, the bad, and the heavily AI-hallucinated so you don't have to.
In this fast-paced retrospective, we are hitting fast-forward on the last 12 months of web tech. We'll cut through the Twitter/X noise and separate fleeting hype from the architectural shifts that actually matter. You'll walk away with a BS-free map of the modern web landscape, actionable takeaways for your own stack, and the comforting realization that no, you don't need to learn every new tool that trends on Hacker News.