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
Introducing branching: space to iterate and explore freely
Announcing branching in beta
Project Jengo Redux: Cloudflare’s Prior Art Search Bounty Returns
On March 15th, 2021, Cloudflare was sued by a patent troll called Sable Networks. Today, we are launching our efforts to fight back.
Solving The Vaccine Data Problem
VaccinateCA, the non-profit I have been running, expanded nationally to Vaccinate The States . Here's what we've learned in the last 100 days.
Text That Sometimes Turns to Emojis
There are some Unicode characters that some browsers just decide they are going to turn into emojis for you. I couldn't tell you why exactly, but here's what
Environmental sustainability at GitHub
At GitHub, we believe in the extraordinary potential and power of a diverse, collaborative developer community to accelerate human progress. Just look at the first-ever powered flight on another planet…
Sticky Headers: 5 Ways to Make Them Better
Page Laubheimer says that if you're going to do a sticky header...
Coming together at Config 2021
Everything we announced at Config 2021
Introducing FigJam
FigJam is an online whiteboard for teams to brainstorm and ideate together
Intrinsic Typography is the Future of Styling Text on the Web
The way we style text hasn’t changed much over the years. There have been numerous advancements to help make things more flexible, like layouts, but in terms
How I Built My Blog
An in-depth look at the technical stack behind this very blog! We'll see how I use Next's API routes to implement my hit and like counters, how I use MDX to add interaction and customization, and how I organize my codebase, among others.
Why I'm helping Cloudflare grow in Canada
I am incredibly excited to join Cloudflare as Head of Sales for Canada to expand the company’s growth in the region as part of its mission to help build a better Internet.
Open source goes to Mars 🚀
This morning, we watched in awe as the first Mars Helicopter, Ingenuity, took flight in the thin Martian atmosphere. This is an incredible achievement for the teams at NASA and…
Node.js support in Cloudflare Workers
Check out the current state of Node.js compatibility with Workers. We want to hear from you on which Node.js-dependent libraries and APIs we should support.
Cloudflare Stream now supports NFTs
Today, we’re introducing a new API that takes an ERC-721 token ID and contact address and sets it on a video so every video on Stream can be represented with an NFT.
A Boring Announcement: Free Tunnels for Everyone
Argo Tunnel has been priced based on bandwidth consumption as part of Argo Smart Routing, Cloudflare’s traffic acceleration feature. Starting today, we’re excited to announce that any organization can use the secure, outbound-only connection feature of the product at no cost.
Introducing WebSockets Support in Cloudflare Workers
WebSockets are a powerful new addition to the Workers platform that unlocks real-time use cases in your application.
Improve your page experience with AMP and Cloudflare Workers Unbound
Google’s new page experience measurements are going to be included in their search ranking in May 2021. Learn more about how to improve your page experience with AMP and Cloudflare Workers.
Building A Video Streaming App With Nuxt.js, Node And Express — Smashing Magazine
Instead of sending the entire video at once, a video is sent as a set of smaller chunks that make up the full video. This explains why videos buffer when watching a video on slow broadband because it only plays the chunks it has received and tries to load more. In this article, Deven Rathore will build a video streaming app using Nuxt.js and Node.js. Specifically, you’ll build a server-side Node.j
Developer Challenges
Developer week is here! Throughout the week we are running a series of Developer Challenges that give you the perfect excuse to play with our new features. See how many of the challenges you can get through.
Cloudflare Pages is now Generally Available
Today, we’re excited to announce that Cloudflare Pages is now Generally Available and ready for your production needs.
Muted spaghetti line charts with R's ggplot2
How I plot a muted-spaghetti chart with R, including facets.
Release Radar
The open source community is always hard at work. February’s projects were super hard to pick since there are so many amazing releases. These are exciting new releases from some…