7 month ago
deusx : Session variables without cookies - "The beauty of window.name is that the value survives between page loads (and even between domains) and that it can hold a very long name."
Simon Willison : Session variables without cookies - Session variables without cookies. Brilliant but terrifying hack—you can store up to 2 MB of data in window.name and it persists between multiple pages, even across domains. Doesn’t work with new tabs though, and storing JSON in it and eval()ing it
bmilleare : Session variables without cookies - This is an interesting, if slightly scary, prospect.
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15 month ago
deusx : Blogging From Berkeley: Session State is Evil - "So stop asking the server to "hold on to things" for you. Please. If you do that one simple thing when you build an application architecture, you have freed the server infrastructure; you have given it wings."
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27 month ago
plasticbag : The upcoming Yahoo Hack Day's going to feature a full day of tutorials and talks - I have to say that this event really does look like it's going to be extraordinarily entertaining. It's the main reason I'm staying in the Bay Area for a little while longer.
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