Governor Parson, apologize to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, which responsibly disclosed data leak

Last week, I read the bizarre story of Governor Mike Parson of Missouri vowing to prosecute local journalists who notified his office of a data leak in a state…

Leaving Mozilla

At 15, I decided to one day work for Mozilla. Now, after 8 years at the company, I…

Determining whether users are logged into Twitter

In Detect if visitors are logged into Twitter, Facebook or Google+, Tom Anthony explains how to determine what social networks your users…

Gradually Reduce the Number of Eslint Problems in Your Codebase

How can one improve the quality of an existing JavaScript codebase when there is already a backlog of ESLint warnings and errors?

Do we really need comments sections?

Do social media platforms and news websites really need comments sections? I don’t think so.

The Ten Commandments of Computer Security for Mere Mortals

Ten common-sense guidelines that anyone can…

Let me pay for Firefox!

If Mozilla wants to sustain and grow Firefox, it must adopt a business model…

Is concern about social media overblown?

In criticizing social media, I’ve encountered the objection…

Context menus and the design of design

I often recommend that software developers become familiar with the fundamentals of…

Using the Optimizely API to avoid flashes of unstyled content in A/B tests

We use Optimizely on the Mozilla Developer Network to build and analyze split experiments. We find that the tool helps us move forward with confidence, understanding how changes affect user behavior. We…