URLs are state containers. Ahmad Alfy makes this case directly, and it holds up: the address bar is an underused persistence layer that most developers ignore in favor of heavier solutions. Shrivu Shankar goes deep on Claude Code, covering every feature, not just the obvious ones.
Yusuf Aytas argues AI has broken technical interviews, Wu Xiaoyun details how he saved TikTok $300k as an intern, and TOON is a new serialization format built to reduce token overhead in LLM pipelines. Five distinct, concrete topics in one issue.
The URL piece alone is worth the click. The argument is not philosophical, it is architectural, and it will change how you think about frontend state management. Read the full issue at changelog.com.
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