Embracing the mess at Config 2021
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Setting Up A Currency Convertor With ExchangeRatesApi.io — Smashing Magazine
Amazon allows visitors to display prices in their own currency. Thanks to *ExchangeRatesApi.io*, we can do the same for our online shops, providing a better experience to our customers. Let’s find out how.
Patrick Balestra: Senior Engineer
I’m at my best after nine hours’ sleep, so I tend to wake up pretty late, shower and dress as though I’m going into the office. Although I’ve been in Stockholm a while now, I’m still not a fan of the Swedish breakfast of bread and cheese or salami – give me Nutella on toast any day!
Local: Always Getting Better
I've been using Local for ages. Four years ago, I wrote about how I got all my WordPress sites running locally on it. I just wanted to give it another high
Happy June Vibes For Your Screen (2021 Desktop Wallpapers Edition) — Smashing Magazine
What could be a better way to welcome June than with some colorful inspiration? Well, we might have something for you: wallpapers created with love by artists and designers from across the globe.
Moving my US tech job to Australia
My (Seemingly) Random Walk to Netflix - Netflix TechBlog
I am going to tell you a story about a person that works for Netflix. That person grew up dreaming of working in the entertainment industry. They attended the University of Southern California…
Adding A Commenting System To A WYSIWYG Editor — Smashing Magazine
In this article, we’ll be re-using the foundational WYSIWYG Editor built in the first article to build a commenting system for a WYSIWYG Editor that enables users to select text inside a document and share their comments on it. Let’s dig in!
Q&A with Dantley Davis
25 quick questions, plus his closing keynote from Config 2021
Awesome Standalone (Web Components)
In his last An Event Apart talk, Dave made a point that it's really only just about right now that Web Components are becoming a practical choice for
Links on Web Components
Two years ago, hold true:
Why (and how) GitHub is adopting OpenTelemetry
Over the years, GitHub engineers have developed many ways to observe how our systems behave. We mostly make use of statsd for metrics, the syslog format for plain text logs…
IRC: run it or use it, but try to avoid doing both
Creating Powerful Websites with Serverless-Driven CMS Development
Choosing the right tools to build a website for your organization is essential, but it can be tough to find the right fit. Simple site builders like Wix and
In the file at Config 2021
The tactics, processes, and systems that keep teams running
Octoverse Spotlight 2021: The Good Day Project—Personal analytics to make your work days better
Table of contents Executive summary Key findings Key takeaways for developers and software teams About the study What we found Interruptions and meetings have a large influence on our days…
How Shopify Built An In-Context Analytics Experience - Shopify
Whether determining which orders to fulfill first or assessing how their customer acquisition efforts are performing, our merchants rely on data to make informed decisions about their business. In 2013, we made easy-access to data a reality for Shopify merchants with the Analytics.
A Guide To Undoing Mistakes With Git (Part 2) — Smashing Magazine
Mistakes. These cruel villains do not even stop at the beautiful world of software development. But although we cannot avoid making mistakes, we can learn to undo them! In this article, Tobias Günther will show you the right tools for your daily work with Git. You might want to check the first article of the series as well.
Wrangling Control Over PDFs with the Adobe PDF Embed API
By our last estimate, there are now more PDFs in the world than atoms in the universe (not verified by outside sources) so chances are, from time to time,
Blog about what you've struggled with
Blog about what you've struggled with
Array reduce vs chaining vs for loop
A comparison of different approaches to operating on an array
Role Management at Slack
Controlling which users are able to take which actions is no simple task. Building this into Slack has always been an interesting challenge. In large enterprise organizations, the standard types of roles we offered to customers were too broad, and delegating a generic admin role can grant someone with too much power — what if…
Reader feedback on CPUs: pay attention to those frequencies
How we managed our global supply chain through a year of lockdown
Ludum Dare 48 staff picks
The theme for Ludum Dare 48 was “deeper and deeper,” which inspired over ten thousand people to create almost four thousand games together over a weekend. As you can imagine,…
gmock and gtest on OpenBSD 6.9 hate each other
User-Friendly Mega-Dropdowns: When Hover Menus Fail — Smashing Magazine
With such a complex multi-level navigation, showing the breadth of options requires quite a bit of space. Think of large eCommerce retailers and large corporate sites, catering to many audiences and having plenty of entry points. Do we need mega-dropdown hover menus in 2021? Probably not. Let’s explore things to keep in mind when designing and building a mega-dropdown, alternatives to hover menus
Multiplayer Doom on Cloudflare Workers
So, if a developer wants to run their next hit, say a real-time multiplayer game, using nothing but their app and Workers, without any servers or traditional infrastructure, can they? Let’s prove they can. Here's Doom Multiplayer running on top of Cloudflare Workers.
GitHub Artifact Exporter open source release
GitHub Artifact Exporter provides a CLI and a simple GUI for exporting GitHub Issues and related comments based on a date range, and it supports GitHub’s full search syntax.
Smashing Podcast Episode 37 With Adam Argyle: What Is VisBug? — Smashing Magazine
In this episode, we’re talking about VisBug. What is it, and how is it different from the array of options already found in Chrome DevTools? Drew McLellan talks to its creator Adam Argyle to find out.
Headphones on, volume up: Introducing The ReadME Podcast
Today we’re introducing The ReadME Podcast, a GitHub podcast that takes a peek behind the curtain of some of the most impactful open source projects, and the developers who make…
How to look at the stack with gdb
How to look at the stack with gdb
Auto-Generated Social Media Images
I've been thinking about social media images again. You know, the images that (can) show up when you share a link in places like Twitter, Facebook, or
Humanity wastes about 500 years per day on CAPTCHAs. It’s time to end this madness
We want to remove CAPTCHAs completely. The idea is rather simple: a real human should be able to touch or look at their device to prove they are human, without revealing their identity. Let's explore!
Video uploads now available across GitHub
As developers, the ability to collaborate through video (for example, pair programming, demos, etc.) is an extremely important part of a software workflow, especially for communities and teams that are…
Little Smashing Stories — Smashing Magazine
Over a decade ago, we set out to send a [truly smashing newsletter](https://www.smashingmagazine.com/the-smashing-newsletter/) with useful tips and techniques for designers and developers. The first issue was sent out in early 2009. Today marks the day we sent out our 300th edition of the Smashing Newsletter. This article is a little celebration in which we share little Smashing stories from peopl
Sessions kicks off June 16
Join us for Sessions, our online conference happening June 16-30, for product updates, workshops, and talks.
I could build this during the weekend
How many times have you heard that (or even uttered it under your own breath)? I know I've heard it in conversations. I also know I've wondered the same thing
Join GitHub on June 5 to celebrate the Class of 2021
This year, thousands of students from around the world came together and redefined the world we live in, how we learn, and how we move forward. We are honored to…
Don't Solve Problems, Eliminate Them
How eliminating problems can drastically simplify your codebases and life
Variable Aspect Ratio Card With Conic Gradients Meeting Along the Diagonal
I recently came across an interesting problem. I had to implement a grid of cards with a variable (user-set) aspect ratio that was stored in a --ratio custom
Release Radar
We’ve seen some amazing community projects this last month. These are exciting new releases from some of the coolest projects around. There’s everything from world-changing tech to weekend hobbies. There…
Publishing maps with Geoserver and PostGIS
Analysing data within PostGIS is just one side of the coin. This blogpost is about publishing datasets as maps using Geoserver and PostGIS.
GitHub Enterprise Server 3.1 available as a release candidate
GitHub Enterprise Server 3.1 is now available to download as a release candidate. This release follows the most popular GitHub Enterprise Server release in years. GitHub Enterprise Server 3.0 brought…
Jetpack Backup: Roll Back Your WooCommerce Site Without Losing Orders
Here's a dilemma: what happens if your WooCommerce site has a problem and the quickest and best way to fix it is to roll back to a previous version? The
A Guide To Undoing Mistakes With Git (Part 1) — Smashing Magazine
No matter how experienced you are, mistakes are an inevitable part of software development. But we can learn to repair them! During the course of this article, you’ll witness many disasters — but you’ll see that virtually nothing is beyond repair in Git! Once you know the right commands, you can always find a way to save your neck. And this is what Tobias will be looking at in this two-part series
Super Simple Start to Remix
The simplest distraction-free version of a remix app
I put all of my comics online!
I put all of my comics online!
The Honest Troubleshooting Code of Conduct
Spotify Wins CNCF’s Top End User Award and Toots Own Horn About It
Last week, Spotify won an award — and we’re not playing it cool. We . We bragged . Our internal Slack is alive with emoji and exclamation points. We’re really very proud of this one.
Safari 14.1 Adds Support for Flexbox Gaps
Yay, it's here! Safari 14.1 reportedly adds support for the gap property in flexbox layouts. We've had grid-gap support for some time, but true to its name,
Web Languages as Compile Targets
Jim Nielsen quoting Eric Bailey:
The chilling effect versus attempts to fix things
May Is In The Air (2021 Wallpapers Edition) — Smashing Magazine
Do you need a little inspiration boost? Well, then our new collection of wallpapers is for you. Designed with love by the community for the community, the wallpapers are available with and without a calendar for May 2021.
Goodbye Dependabot Preview, hello Dependabot!
Dependabot Preview has helped more than 30,000 organizations keep their packages updated with more than seven million pull requests merged since it launched. As a result of that success, the…
A call for feedback on our policies around exploits and malware
April 30, 2021 update: Thank you to everyone who’s weighed in on the discussion so far. I’ve commented in the pull request to clarify a few points based on initial…
GitHub Desktop supports hiding whitespace, expanding diffs, and creating repository aliases
GitHub Desktop 2.8 now includes several new features to make it easier to work with diffs and easier for people who have multiple copies of the same repository. Expand diffs…
A Five-Step Guide for Conducting Exploratory Data Analysis - Shopify
Have you ever been handed a dataset and then been asked to describe it? When I was first starting out in data science, this question confused me. My first thought was “What do you mean?” followed by “Can you be more specific?” The reality is that exploratory data analysis (EDA) is a critical tool in every data scientist’s kit, and the results are invaluable for answering important business questio