System *Things
I think we're all largely aware of colors like this:
Chapter 9: Community
In April of 2009, Yahoo! shut down GeoCities. Practically overnight, the once beloved service had its signup page replaced with a vague message announcing its
Run online campus events with your favorite tools at no cost with the new GitHub Virtual Event Kit
We’re excited to announce the newest addition to the Student Developer Pack, the GitHub Virtual Event Kit! Access the best virtual event tools in one place at no cost.
Let’s Encrypt x Shopify: Securing the Web 4.5 Million Domains at a Time - Shopify
Let's Encrypt is a game changer for the industry. For a big software-as-a-service company like Shopify, it saves time because their implementation is built around an open specification.
Announcing Rollbacks and API Access for Pages
Today we announce two new features: rollbacks and the Pages API.
Introducing the new GitHub Issues
Announcing new beta features for GitHub Issues for better planning and tracking of your projects in GitHub, including project tables, task lists, and issue forms.
Sudan's exam-related Internet shutdowns
To prevent cheating in exams many countries restrict or even shut down Internet access during critical exam hours. I wrote two weeks ago about Syria having planned Internet shutdowns during June, for exams. Sudan is doing the same thing and has had four shutdowns so far.
A framework for building Open Graph images
We recently set about creating a framework and service for automatically generating social sharing images for repositories and other resources on GitHub.
Introducing Netflix Timed Text Authoring Lineage - Netflix TechBlog
Dubbing and subtitling are inherently creative processes. At Netflix, we strive to make shows as joyful to watch in every language as in the original language, whether a member watches with original…
Rate Limiting GraphQL APIs by Calculating Query Complexity - Shopify
GraphQL opens new possibilities for rate limiting. I’ll show you Shopify’s rate limiting system for the GraphQL Admin API and how it addresses some limitations of common methods commonly used in REST APIs.
Introducing the Stripe Extension for VS Code
Stripe launches an extension for Visual Studio Code. Learn more about what features are offered and how to get started.
Cloudflare TV: Doing it Live, 1,000 Times and Counting
Since launching in June 2020, Cloudflare TV has featured over 1,000 original live episodes covering an incredible array of topics and we're just getting started.
PKCE: What and Why?
Come learn about the PKCE OAuth flow! How it works, why it’s valuable, and how to use it to authorize your Dropbox app.
10 Lessons Learned From Online Experiments - Shopify
10 hard-earned lessons from controlled experiment, considered the gold standard approach for determining the true effect of a change.
Your Image Is Probably Not Decorative — Smashing Magazine
Image placement on the modern web is highly intentional, helping to communicate the overall purpose of a page or view. This means that nearly every image you declare needs to have an alternate description. Nulling an image indicates that it is for decorative purposes only. In this context, decorative means that the image does not visually communicate information that is important to understanding
The Chooser, now for iOS and Android
GitHub Desktop 2.9 includes squashing, reordering, amending, and more!
The latest version of GitHub Desktop allows you to squash commits, squash and merge, reorder, amend your last commit, check out a branch from a previous commit, and more.
Enable secure access to applications with Cloudflare WAF and Azure Active Directory
Cloudflare and Microsoft Azure Active Directory have partnered to provide an integration specifically for web applications using Azure Active Directory B2C
Smashing Podcast Episode 39 With Addy Osmani: Image Optimization — Smashing Magazine
In this episode of the Smashing Podcast, we’re talking about image optimization. What steps should we follow for performant images in 2021? We talk to expert Addy Osmani to find out.
Securing Your Website With Subresource Integrity
When you load a file from an external server, you’re trusting that the content you request is what you expect it to be. Since you don’t manage the server
The Possibilities of Syndication
That's the one word that isn't an adjective in the acronym RSS.
Equal Columns With Flexbox: It’s More Complicated Than You Might Think
As awesome as flexbox is, what it’s doing under the hood is actually a little strange because, by default, it is doing two things at once. It first looks at the content size which is what we would get if by declaring width: max-content on an element. But on top of that, flex-shrink is also doing some work allowing the items to be smaller, but only if needed. Let’s break those two down and see how
Blacktocats turn five
What began as a small group effort in 2015 has now turned into a global initiative here at GitHub to amplify Black voices and talent in the tech community.
What’s new from GitHub Changelog? May 2021 Recap
In May, GitHub shipped a total of 20 new features. We love what we do, but we know it’s a lot to keep up with. So we’re trying something new on the GitHub Blog—a monthly recap of everything that shipped to Changelog in the past month. Check out some of the updates you might have missed.
Deleting the Undeletable: Managing PII at Shopify - Shopify
Building Shopify’s schematization platform for managing Personally Identifiable Information (PII) within our data warehouse.
Celebrating 7 Years of Project Galileo
Every June, we celebrate the anniversary of Project Galileo. This year, we are proud to celebrate seven years of protecting the most vulnerable groups on the Internet from cyberattacks.
Managing SCA enforcement changes in Europe
Stripe’s SCA engine helps European businesses meet requirements and maximize conversion.
Looking at WCAG 2.5.5 for Better Target Sizes
Have you ever experienced the frustration of trying to tap a button on a mobile device only to have it do nothing because the target size is just not large
Reasons why bugs might feel "impossible"
Reasons why bugs might feel "impossible"
An Unbelievable Demo
Principles for user-centered front-end development
Colin Oakley:
Pride 2021: Getting back out there
Reflections on Pride month, and how you can participate
Release Radar
We’ve seen some amazing community projects this last month. This was a huge month for your community with hundreds of new releases. There’s everything from world-changing tech to weekend hobbies.…
Syria’s exam-related Internet shutdowns
To prevent cheating in exams many countries restrict or even shut down Internet access during critical exam hours. For most of June Syria is having planned Internet shutdowns during critical exam periods.
A Crash Course in WordPress Block Filters
Blocks in WordPress are great. Drop some into the page, arrange them how you like, and you’ve got a pretty sweet landing page with little effort. But what if
GitHub Availability Report: May 2021
In May, we experienced two incidents resulting in significant impact to multiple GitHub services.
Kinda a big announcement
The other day I was talking to a young developer working on a code base with tons of COM code, and I told him that even before… Read more “Kinda a big announcement”
You can now buy print version of my zines!
You can now buy print version of my zines!
Bad air quality data for a whole region
Embracing the mess at Config 2021
Watch all of the videos from Config 2021
Please don't count outages (or SEVs, or whatever)
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