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No-Code Website Builder Framer Soars to $2 Billion Valuation with $100 Million Funding Round

Aug 29, 2025

TechCrunch

Framer, a no-code website builder, soars to $2 billion valuation after raising $100 million in Series D funding, boasting over 500,000 monthly active users and $50 million in annual recurring revenue as it targets enterprise growth and AI-powered features.

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Hostinger Launches Horizons: AI-Powered No-Code Platform for Instant Web App Creation

Jul 23, 2025

Hostinger

Hostinger unveils Horizons, an AI-powered no-code platform enabling users to instantly create web apps and websites by describing their ideas, with integrated tools, multi-language support, and hosting services.

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Wix Acquires AI Pioneer Hour One, Supercharging Web and Visual Design

May 27, 2025

Yahoo Finance

Wix, a leading web development platform, has acquired Hour One, a pioneering AI company specializing in generative AI media creation, to supercharge its web and visual design capabilities through scalable production of personalized videos and studio-quality content powered by AI and 3D rendering.

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Glitch Announces Shutdown: User Apps and Profiles to End by 2025

May 23, 2025

glitch

Glitch, a popular web hosting platform for user apps and profiles, has announced its shutdown by 2025, citing high operational costs and the emergence of newer platforms, but will allow users to download their project code and set up redirects until the end of 2025.

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Microsoft Unveils NLWeb: ChatGPT-Style AI for Any Website

May 19, 2025

The Verge

Microsoft's NLWeb is an open protocol that empowers any website to integrate ChatGPT-style conversational AI capabilities, allowing developers to create custom chatbots using their own data and models, enabling more natural language interactions and search experiences on the web.

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Hardcover Boosts Performance and Development with Rails and Inertia.js Migration

May 09, 2025

Hardcover

Hardcover boosts performance and streamlines development by migrating from Next.js to Ruby on Rails with Inertia.js, leveraging server-side rendering, direct database access, and React.js for the front-end, addressing issues like caching, hosting costs, and slow development speeds.

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Browsers Drop Default Styles for Nested H1s, Developers Urged to Define Styling

Apr 18, 2025

MDN Web Docs

Browsers drop default styles for nested h1 elements inside sectioning elements like section, article, nav, and aside, prompting developers to define font-size and margins to avoid unexpected styling and Lighthouse warnings.

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MonkeysPaw: Conjure Web Pages with Natural Language Prompts

Apr 11, 2025

substack

MonkeysPaw, a Ruby web framework, conjures entire web pages from natural language prompts, handling HTML, CSS, JavaScript, routing, and layouts, enabling developers to focus on describing desired outcomes rather than coding intricacies, albeit with potential trade-offs in performance and precision.

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Nue: The Web Framework Revolutionizing Modern Development

Apr 11, 2025

nuejs

Nue, a web framework focused on web standards, aims to revolutionize modern web development by simplifying it with a model-first approach, modular design, static typing, and minimal dependencies, bringing back the joy for Rust, Go, and JS engineers while enabling design and UX engineers to take control.

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Next.js Portability Concerns: Vercel's Tight Grip Sparks Controversy

Apr 04, 2025

Build Times

Next.js, a popular React framework, faces criticism over its lack of portability and tight coupling with Vercel's infrastructure, raising concerns about vendor lock-in, unfair advantages, and Vercel's poor handling of a critical security vulnerability, leaving users outside their platform vulnerable.

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