I’m 45 years old and using cooked to mean something that it never meant. I don’t know when it happened, but it’s out there along with vibe. Anyway… This post is all personal opinion. Before we go too deep, I just want to ground some of this article in the definition of a PWA. MDN has a good overview. “A progressive web app (PWA) is an app that’s built using web platform technologies, but that provides a user experience like that of a platform-specific app.”
Making PWAs installable - Progressive web apps | MDN
One of the defining aspects of a PWA is that it can be promoted by the browser for installation on the device. Once installed, a PWA appears to users as a platform-specific app, a permanent feature of their device which they can launch directly from the operating system like any other app.
What PWA Can Do Today
A showcase of what is possible with Progressive Web Apps today.
This TWA stuff rocks! Finally i got my PWA on Google Play Store 🎉
Thinking back of the the time before TWA (Trusted Web Activity) still frightens me. If you wanted to offer a project as a website and an…
Powerful PWAs | ChromeOS | Google for Developers
New and upcoming features coming to the web to superpower your apps, plus a checklist to help you track adding them to your app.
Isolated Web Apps (IWA) | Chrome for Developers
Isolated Web Apps allow for a high-trust security model for web apps allowing for access to high-trust APIs like Direct Sockets and Controlled Frame.
An app can be a home-cooked meal
I made a messaging app for my family and my family only.
Service Workers and PWAs: It's About Reliable Performance, Not "Offline" - Infrequently Noted
Alex Russell on browsers, standards, and the process of progress.
Yet another blog about the state and future of Progressive Web App
Progressive Web Apps are in flux at the moment, these are the opinions of someone who has been working on web apps before they got conflated with Service Workers and new web tech.
Alex Moore on Open Web Advocacy and Why "Innovation Doesn't Come from the Gatekeepers"
Cooked - Save recipes from anywhere
Are you tired of scattered recipes from the internet? Cooked transforms those long cluttered pages into a short version which you can save and read while cooking. Even works with videos!
In the Future All Food Will Be Cooked in a Microwave, and if You Can’t Deal With That Then You Need to Get Out of the Kitchen
Update 8/8/2025 – I wrote this the day before a certain post by a popular developer services company. I’ve seen some comments this is a rebuttal – it wasn’t meant to be! But…
Holochain | Distributed app framework with P2P networking
Holochain delivers beyond the promises of blockchain by providing a lightweight, secure and versatile framework for everyday distributed apps.
I launched pwa.today 🚀 The PWA Runtime Audit checks your PWA and finds runtime failures under real-world conditions. It checks installability, offline support, service worker lifecycle and makes sure you ship a PWA your users can trust. Check it out and let me know what you think! pwa.today
Ship a PWA users can trust.
pwa.todaysome thoughts on atproto as a post-app paradigm
Ecosystem Plugins
notes.wesleyfinck.orgWhy I created @skysquare.app—and why I believe the web needs it. "Decentralized protocols represent more than a technical innovation. They offer the possibility that public conversation might once again become part of the commons rather than the exclusive property of any single platform."
Why Skysquare Exists
skysquare.appPWA
Progressive web apps
Native Apps Should Be Avoided Whenever Possible — No One's Happy
