Skip to content
Portrait of Anselm Hannemann Portrait of Anselm Hannemann

Hey, I’m Anselm.

I curate the Web Development Reading List as an attempt to collect the web development links that pop up every single day, so you don’t have to.

Iffeldorf, Germany · helloanselm.com · Mastodon · Eurosky

How an edition is made

I collect the links that come up on Mastodon and Eurosky, in RSS feeds and other sources into a rough list. The first selection happens right after I read an article: if it’s well written and has valuable content, it goes on the list. There are a lot of good articles in a week, too many for a summary like this. A second review makes sure only the important articles and topics make it in. Usually that leaves about 10 – 15 links, each with a few words from me on why it’s worth your time. WDRL is financed by readers like you and in future maybe also by one clearly marked advertisement per edition. Ads never replace my judgement: I review every ad and decline those that don’t fit web developers or the privacy promise.

Support the project

History

  1. 2013The first edition goes out to 50 subscribers.
  2. 2018The newsletter grows to 18k subscribers and has a great reputation in the frontend industry.
  3. 2023Edition 313, after ten years and over 300 editions. WDRL takes a break, writing it is great but also exhausting.
  4. 2026WDRL is back: a new site, a new list, every other week.

What others say

WDRL has been featured on Smashing Magazine, CSS-Tricks and other industry sites, and recommended by people from Google, Adobe, Facebook, and many more.

A great resource, I read every issue.

Vitaly Friedman, Smashing Magazine

It’s pretty fantastic. (…) I read it every week. There's always at least an article or two I’ve missed and the links are usually A+.

Addy Osmani, Google
More reader voices

Get in touch

Feedback, a link I should read, or just hello: reply to any edition, or write to mail@wdrl.info.