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Engineering — typespecimens.io

typespecimens.io

If you’re looking for a new typeface for that side project of yours then here’s a great website by John D. Jameson that collects a bunch of the latest type

RRRobin RendleRobin Rendle·April 2, 2020Engineering
Engineering — Rethinking Code Comments

Rethinking Code Comments

Justin Duke asks if treating code comments like footnotes could help us understand the code in a file better. In his mockup, all the comments are hidden by

RRRobin RendleRobin Rendle·April 2, 2020Engineering
Engineering — Announcing the Beta for WARP for macOS and Windows

Announcing the Beta for WARP for macOS and Windows

While WARP started as an option within the 1.1.1.1 app, it's really a technology that can benefit any device connected to the Internet. In fact, one of the most common requests we've gotten over the last year is support for WARP for macOS and Windows. Today we're announcing exactly that.

MPMatthew PrinceMatthew Prince·April 1, 2020Engineering
Engineering — How We Use Backstage at Spotify

How We Use Backstage at Spotify

is Spotify’s homegrown developer portal. We’ve been using it internally for years, but only recently released the open source version. You can read more about what Backstage does, and our plans for its future, in our previous post, “”

SESpotify Engineering·April 1, 2020Engineering
Engineering — Introducing the Spotify Podcast Dataset and TREC Challenge 2020

Introducing the Spotify Podcast Dataset and TREC Challenge 2020

Podcasts are exploding in popularity. Since 2015, we’ve added hundreds of thousands of shows, and users are listening more and more. With the additions of acquisitions including Gimlet and Parcast, we have a whole host of expertly created content, and with the addition of DIY podcasting platform Anchor, now everyone has access to tools to create their own podcast and publish it to Spotify, so the

SESpotify Engineering·April 1, 2020Engineering
Engineering — Ann Clifton: Senior Research Scientist

Ann Clifton: Senior Research Scientist

I like to start the day slowly – I’m not a morning person, so my husband kindly walks the dogs while I enjoy the peace and quiet, and wake myself up with a matcha or kombucha. After that, I’m more ready to get going and start to think about the day ahead of me.

SESpotify Engineering·April 1, 2020Engineering
Engineering — RSS Stuff

RSS Stuff

Laura Kalbag wrote How to read RSS in 2020. This would be a nice place to send someone curious about RSS: what it is, what it's for, and how you can start

CCChris Coyier·March 30, 2020Engineering
Engineering — gqless

gqless

This is so cool. I mean, GraphQL is already cool. It's very satisfying to write an understandable-looking query for whatever you want and then use that data

CCChris Coyier·March 30, 2020Engineering
Engineering — How To Make Life Easier When Using Git — Smashing Magazine

How To Make Life Easier When Using Git — Smashing Magazine

You don’t need to know your trees from your dangling blobs. If you use Git every day and feel like it’s a juggling act, then here are some tricks and tips to help make your life a bit easier. There’s been a lot written about getting started with git, understanding how git works under the hood or techniques for better branching strategies. In this article, Shane Hudson will specifically target the

SHShane HudsonShane Hudson·March 27, 2020Engineering
Engineering — An Introduction to MDXJS

An Introduction to MDXJS

Markdown has traditionally been a favorite format for programmers to write documentation. It’s simple enough for almost everyone to learn and adapt to while

AMAgney MenonAgney Menon·March 25, 2020Engineering
Engineering — Different Favicon for Development

Different Favicon for Development

I bet a lot of us tend to have the production website and the development website up simultaneously a lot. It's almost a developer cliché at this point to

CCChris Coyier·March 23, 2020Engineering
Engineering — Announcing Smashing Online Workshops — Smashing Magazine

Announcing Smashing Online Workshops — Smashing Magazine

With so many people — including our workshop leaders — working from home, we thought we would bring our Smashing workshops from our home offices to yours. We hope we can help you continue to learn and interact with the speakers and each other, and also help out our workshop leaders who are losing income by being unable to run their workshops in person right now.

RARachel AndrewRachel Andrew·March 23, 2020Engineering
Engineering — CSS2JS

CSS2JS

To add inline styles on an element in JSX, you have to do it in this object syntax, like:

CCChris Coyier·March 20, 2020Engineering
Engineering — Keepalives considered harmful

Keepalives considered harmful

You’d think keepalives would always be helpful, but turns out reality isn’t always what you expect it to be. It really helps if you read Why does one NGINX worker take all the load? first.

IIvanIvan·March 19, 2020Engineering
Engineering — Flexbox and absolute positioning

Flexbox and absolute positioning

Chen Hui Jing notes that when you absolutely position a flex item, it's no longer part of the flex layout. Except... it kinda is a little bit. If you make the

CCChris Coyier·March 18, 2020Engineering
Engineering — Set up your digital classroom with GitHub Classroom

Set up your digital classroom with GitHub Classroom

Many teachers are moving to virtual solutions for managing student assignments, projects, and grading. Join webinars hosted by GitHub Education Experts to share how teachers can manage and organize their class with GitHub Classroom.

AJArelia JonesArelia Jones·March 18, 2020Engineering
Engineering — Becoming a Software Developer Without a CS Degree

Becoming a Software Developer Without a CS Degree

A look at how hundreds of developers got their start in the industry despite not having a Computer Science or Software Engineering degree. We'll sort responses into 6 categories, and detail strategies that you can use to ensure you capture the attention of potential employers!

JWJosh W. Comeau·March 16, 2020Engineering
Engineering — Cloudflare's COVID-19 FAQs

Cloudflare's COVID-19 FAQs

As the status of COVID-19 continues to impact people and businesses around the world, Cloudflare is committed to providing awareness and transparency to our customers, employees, and partners.

JVJanet Van Huysse, Joe SullivanJanet Van Huysse, Joe Sullivan·March 13, 2020Engineering
Engineering — Stay Calm And Read Smashing Magazine — Smashing Magazine

Stay Calm And Read Smashing Magazine — Smashing Magazine

It’s that time of the month! Join us as we share the latest news and highlight the things we’ve been working on and have also enjoyed reading over the past month. It’s nice to have an overview of the most important things in one place, but do feel free to follow us on Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn and subscribe to our RSS feed as well as our bi-weekly newsletter. We like helping you stay on top of t

ILIris LjesnjaninIris Ljesnjanin·March 13, 2020Engineering