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Judah Gabriel
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Judah Gabriel writes Debugger.Break(), a personal blog at debuggerdotbreak.judahgabriel.com about programming and web. Since 2016, 3 different Hacker News readers have linked it 11 times, most often “It's almost 2017, and HTML5 audio is still broken on iOS”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-09-25, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (1) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
Linked in a thread on the iOS economy for its claim that HTML5 audio support on iOS is poor. The one comment cites the post as support and does not judge the writing.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 1 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Most-linked posts?
- It's almost 2017, and HTML5 audio is still broken on iOS2 people · 4 mentions · first linked 2016-12-13
What Hacker News says?
Why build an app and not just live on the web? I answered that in the article, 2nd paragraph. The answer is two-fold: 1. That's where users are. We've trained a generation of users to find apps in app stores. 2. Some mobile platforms (read: iOS) are hostile to web apps. For example, Apple doesn't let you play audio in the background on iOS. (Or rather, they suspend JS execution if the web app is in the background, o…
Comment linking /2016/12/13/its-almost-2017-and-html5-audio-is-still-broken-on-ios/
on “I built a progressive web app and published it in three app stores”Submitted I built a progressive web app and published it in three app stores as a story · 528 points
HN discussion> "What's the sense in publishing your PWA in the Store? We've trained a generation of users to look for apps in app stores. I blogged about this here[0], but having your PWA in app stores means more users for your app. [0]: https://debuggerdotbreak.judahgabriel.com/2018/04/13/i-built...
Comment linking /2018/04/13/i-built-a-pwa-and-published-it-in-3-app-stores-heres-what-i-learned/
on “Microsoft and Google collaborate to make PWAs better”Submitted The End of Apps and Websites as a story · 4 points
HN discussionCertainly not. Cache API is a useful API that can enable faster web apps by skipping network calls altogether. It also enables offline-capable web apps. I regularly use this API to speed up my web apps -- both personal and professional. I recently wrote about using Cache API to make a web app work entirely offline: [0]. Also, I think you may be mistaken about being "(kinda) server-push" - Cache API is entirely clien…
Comment linking /2022/07/01/offline-pwas-my-adventure-beyond-the-basics/
on “Removing HTTP/2 Server Push from Chrome”Submitted The End of Programming by Hand as a story · 2 points
HN discussionAll these new features, but HTML5 audio is still utterly busted on iOS Safari[0]. So much so that my music player PWA is essentially unusable on iOS Safari. Bug filed here[1], simple repro here[2]. I appreciate that service worker is here. I appreciate that they are making progress on PWA support. It's good to see. But there are some longstanding HTML5 issues in the browser that need to be fixed. Would really apprec…
Comment linking /2016/12/13/its-almost-2017-and-html5-audio-is-still-broken-on-ios/
on “New WebKit Features in Safari 11.1”Submitted It's almost 2017, and HTML5 audio is still broken on iOS as a story · 2 points
HN discussionI wrote a PWA and got it published in 3 app stores[0]. I found this to be a pretty good mix: I can access native mobile features while using modern web features and rolling out instant updates without app store approval. [0]: http://debuggerdotbreak.judahgabriel.com/2018/04/13/i-built-...
Comment linking /2018/04/13/i-built-a-pwa-and-published-it-in-3-app-stores-heres-what-i-learned/
on “The web apps that will eat mobile”Submitted Offline PWAs: My Adventure Beyond the Basics as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSupport for HTML5 audio is junk on iOS: http://debuggerdotbreak.judahgabriel.com/2016/12/13/its-almo...
Comment linking /2016/12/13/its-almost-2017-and-html5-audio-is-still-broken-on-ios/
on “The iOS Economy, Updated”