Week 274 - Interesting links

Respond to change with Object.observe()

This proposed new method called Object.observe() looks very useful. Apparently it lets you add a listener to any JavaScript object that gets called whenever that object changes. — JM

When two-factor authentication is not enough

This is the story of a failed attempt to steal FastMail’s domains which are registered with Gandi. I was particularly interested, because I use Gandi as a domain registrar, both for GFR and personally. — JM

Use Fig and Docker to run a Rails app… without installing Rails

I thought this was pretty neat. Via Aanand. — JM

Media formats supported by the HTML audio and video elements

I’m sorry that this is a bit dull, but we’ve been doing a lot of work around video players of late and this article stood out as a particularly useful reference. — JM