Quick Hit #15
Almost missed that the WP Twenty Twenty-Five theme was approved a couple weeks ago.
Just our type: The story of creating Figma Sans
We’ve overhauled our entire visual identity from color palette to illustration style, and even commissioned a new typeface.
Governing data products using fitness functions
Decentralized data management requires automation to scale governance effectively. Fitness functions are a powerful automated governance technique we've applied to data products within the context of a Data Mesh. Since data products serve as the foundational building blocks (architectural quanta) of a data mesh, ensuring robust governance around them significantly increases the chances of a succes
Sticky Headers And Full-Height Elements: A Tricky Combination — Smashing Magazine
Sticky positioning is one of those CSS features that’s pretty delicate and can be negated by a lot of things, so here’s another one to add to your mental catalog: Sticky elements don’t play nicely if they have to coordinate with other elements to make up a combined height, like `100vh`. Philip Braunen explores why this happens and presents a solution to fix it.
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Quick Hit #14
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Another Stab at Truncated Text
Seems like we're always talking about clipping text around here. All it takes is a little browsing to spot a bunch of things we've already explored.
VACUUM: Managing and detecting bloat
We will explore the concept of VACUUM in PostgreSQL, its importance, and best practices for implementing effective vacuuming strategies.
How to build an open source metrics dashboard
How GitHub volunteers built an open source metrics dashboard for the World Health Organization and some best practices they picked up along the way.
"SRE" doesn't seem to mean anything useful any more
The Big Difference Between Digital Product And Web Design — Smashing Magazine
Designing for digital products requires a different mindset than traditional websites. It’s all about continuous adaptation, refining, and iterating as user behavior and needs evolve. Paul Boag reflects on the key differences, including how the frequency of usage impacts your design approach and what you can do about it.
Transforming customer support with AI: How Vercel decreased tickets by 31%
At Vercel, we integrated AI into our support workflow. Our AI agent reduced human-handled tickets by 31%, allowing us to maintain high support standards while serving a growing customer base.
Making progress on routing security: the new White House roadmap
On September 3, 2024, the White House published a report on Internet routing security. We’ll talk about what that means and how you can help.
Are You a Dalia? How We Created Data Science Personas for Spotify’s Analytics Platform
On Spotify’s Analytics Platform, we’re dedicated to building products that empower data practitioners to discover, analyze, and share insights — think notebooks, dashboards, and metrics. To create solutions that connect with our users, it’s critical for us to first understand who our users are. However, the evolving landscape of data roles presents a challenge.
Goodbye Summer, Hello September (2024 Wallpapers Edition) — Smashing Magazine
Let’s get ready for September with a fresh collection of desktop wallpapers! Created with love by the community for the community, they come in versions with and without a calendar. Enjoy!
Engineering with Empathy: My Journey to Understanding the User Experience
“What are your goals for this quarter?” It’s the question every manager asks, and one that often prompts a flurry of technical objectives and project milestones. Jumping into this internship, I knew my answer. I wanted to practice making informed decisions on my project, since that was one of the challenges I faced last summer.…
Integrating Image-To-Text And Text-To-Speech Models (Part 2) — Smashing Magazine
In the second part of this series, Joas Pambou aims to build a more advanced version of the previous application that performs conversational analyses on images or videos, much like a chatbot assistant. This means you can ask and learn more about your input content.
Shipping Tumblr and WordPress
Didya see that Tumblr is getting a WordPress makeover? And it's not a trivial move:
Breaking in: A guide to landing your first product design role
Curious about early career opportunities at Figma? Here are some tips on how to get your first product design job, along with insights on what we look for.
The “Other” C in CSS
I think it's worth listening to anything Sara Soueidan has to say. That's especially true if she's speaking at an event for the first time in four years,
Introducing <skelly-wc>
I created a little library at work to make those “skeleton screens” that I’m not sure anyone likes. We named it skellyCSS because… skeletons and
Useful Tools for Creating AVIF Images
AVIF (AV1 Image File Format) is a modern image file format specification for storing images that offer a much more significant file reduction when compared to
2024 is the biggest global election year in history. What’s at stake for developers?
GitHub is considering what is at stake for our users and platform, how we can take responsible action to support free and fair elections, and how developers contribute to resilient democratic processes.
