Lea Verou argues polyfills are a net positive for the web platform
In a new post responding to a WHATWG discussion, Lea Verou pushes back on the framing that polyfilling is harmful, and defends it as the mechanism that lets browsers ship first.
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In a new post responding to a WHATWG discussion, Lea Verou pushes back on the framing that polyfilling is harmful, and defends it as the mechanism that lets browsers ship first.

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