The S in interoperability

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This article examines how web standards evolve through real-world implementation and long-term maintenance. It uses Subresource Integrity and JSON parsing edge cases to show how small differences between browsers and libraries can create interoperability and security problems. The author argues that standards only become reliable when implementers, spec editors, and users keep testing, questioning, and refining them over time. The piece also highlights how compatibility pressures can force standards bodies to accept broader behavior to preserve working web content.

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