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4 May, 4 tweets, 2 min read
😬 localStorage is broken in Safari 14.1.

Tabs end up with seperate localStorage for reading, but the same localStorage for writing. This will likely result in data loss for users. (h/t @forresto)

bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?i…
Also, any cross-tab communication that relies on the 'storage' event (such as BroadcastChannel polyfills) simply won't work.

Demo: static-misc-3.glitch.me/localstorage-b…
If you need a workaround, here's a version of the above that uses:

➡️ indexedDB to store the data
➡️ service workers to broadcast changes to other tabs

static-misc-3.glitch.me/safari-storage…
Nice work from Apple folks who fixed this quickly. However, Safari releases are tied to OS updates, and they're not allowed to talk about those, so we're left guessing in terms of how long we're going to be stuck with this bug.

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All code using array.reduce should be rewritten without array.reduce so it's readable by humans *mutes thread*
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Specifically, cases where you want to look really smart and don't care about readability.
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