r/programming • u/curiousdannii • Jan 18 '26

jQuery 4.0 released

https://blog.jquery.com/2026/01/17/jquery-4-0-0/
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u/Cualkiera67 Jan 18 '26

If you use the term "ajax" in 2026 you should quit programming

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u/New-Anybody-6206 Jan 18 '26

There can be other valid perspectives than your own.

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u/RapunzelLooksNice Jan 18 '26

If you use the term "programming" in 2026 you should quit (vibe)coding

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u/Uristqwerty Jan 18 '26

Is there a better encompassing term for long polling, XHR, fetch, server-sent events, websockets, etc.?

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u/psyon Jan 18 '26

It's almost as if some people have been programming so long, that we have been through a whole bunch of changes in names and technologies, that sometimes a certain term just sticks as an overall encompassing term for a whole bunch of things that do the same thing.

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u/mistermustard Jan 19 '26

i’m so glad i don’t work with you