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Engineering — Q&A with the Maintainers of the Spotify FOSS Fund

Q&A with the Maintainers of the Spotify FOSS Fund

TL;DR Let’s cap the year by putting a spotlight on some of the valuable work people outside of Spotify are doing. Late last year, we announced . And just as we did in , we wanted to learn more about what kind of impact direct monetary contributions might have on keeping these independent projects going. So we asked the maintainers of Jdbi, AssertJ, and Testcontainers to share their thoughts.

DZDave Zolotusky, Principal Engineer·January 1, 2024Engineering
Frontend — Exploring the Animation Landscape of 2023 Wrapped

Exploring the Animation Landscape of 2023 Wrapped

Each year, we aim to elevate the Spotify Wrapped experience for our users, crafting captivating data stories and pushing the boundaries of what the experience delivers to users. Since 2019, Spotify Wrapped has been available through the Spotify app on both Android and iOS. In 2023, we embarked on a path to share the joy of Wrapped with a larger global audience with a complementary web experience.

ZTZela Taino·January 1, 2024Frontend
Frontend — Making Sense Of “Senseless” JavaScript Features — Smashing Magazine

Making Sense Of “Senseless” JavaScript Features — Smashing Magazine

JavaScript may be the most popular client-side language in the world, but it’s far from perfect and not without its quirks. Juan Diego Rodriguez examines several “absurd” JavaScript eccentricities and explains how they made it into the language as well as how to avoid them in your own code.

JDJuan Diego RodriguezJuan Diego Rodriguez·December 28, 2023Frontend
Security — GitHub’s top blog posts of 2023

GitHub’s top blog posts of 2023

As the year winds down, we’re highlighting some of the incredible work from GitHub’s engineers, product teams, and security researchers.

GGitHub·December 27, 2023Security
Frontend — The View Transitions API And Delightful UI Animations (Part 1) — Smashing Magazine

The View Transitions API And Delightful UI Animations (Part 1) — Smashing Magazine

The View Transitions API is a new — but game-changing — feature that allows us to do the types of reactive state-based UI and page transitions that have traditionally been exclusive to JavaScript frameworks. In the first part of this mini two-part series, Adrian Bece thoroughly explains why we need the API and demonstrates its basic usage.

ABAdrian BeceAdrian Bece·December 22, 2023Frontend
Engineering — A return to US net neutrality rules?

A return to US net neutrality rules?

Cloudflare has long supported the open Internet principles that are behind net neutrality, and we still do today. That’s why we filed comments with the FCC expressing our support for these principles

ZZZaid Zaid, Mike ConlowZaid Zaid, Mike Conlow·December 21, 2023Engineering
Engineering — The 2023 PGconf.EU in Prague

The 2023 PGconf.EU in Prague

The PGConf.eu took place 2023 in Prague. It was a great time with other CYBERTEC members and of course interesting topics.

CBChristoph Berg·December 21, 2023Engineering