The best problem-solving writing in software engineering — databases, performance, security, frontend and distributed systems, in one feed.
The problem of how to design an effective toggle button that shows the selected option clearly is a long-term open question among UI/UX designers. In this second part, Eduard Kuric explains a complex list of visual cues used by toggle buttons to communicate which of their options is active.
In 2017, Integral Studio chose Vercel & Next.js to create a site that would mirror the creativity of then-up-and-coming artist, SZA. To celebrate the 5-year anniversary and re-release of her Grammy-winning album, they once again turned to Vercel.
Enforcing stricter performance isolation across neighboring tenants who rely on our storage infrastructure
We are releasing our internal fork of PgBouncer, filled with authentication bug fixes and new features around per user and connection pool isolation
The future of software development does not exist without open source. However, to maintain today’s software and create the software of the future, the largest organizations and beneficiaries of open source need to expand their collaboration with the community and help it grow.
To prevent a misunderstanding, it’s important for developers to understand how different cultures approach reviewing codes, and how diverse teams can establish healthier communication practices when giving and receiving feedback.
Historical announcement for WebAssembly support at the edge, updated with current guidance for Vercel Functions and the WebAssembly runtime reference.
We have amazing deep dives in our blog, but also research and how the Internet works kind of stories. Here are some highlights from 2022, and before (with glimpses of our history).
Whether you’re committing 30 minutes or 3 hours a day to learning, consistency is key. Klint Finley asks 3 tech professionals at different stages in their career for more advice.
We’ve open sourced Trilogy, the database adapter we use to connect Ruby on Rails to MySQL-compatible database servers.
This month’s featured open source project, Open Sauced, connects contributors and maintainers through analytical insights.
Shopify’s guide to Opportunity Sizing, a method that data scientists can use to quantify the potential impact of an initiative ahead of making the decision to invest in it.
Error messages need to be easy to spot, but they also need to be helpful. Let’s explore when error messages should live above input fields and why toast error messages are usually not a very good idea.
If you need to deliver a large number of images and videos, a solution like [imgix](https://imgix.com/?utm_medium=banner&utm_source=smashingmag&utm_campaign=video-api-smashingmag-article-2022-08) can optimize and process both types of assets without you having to build it from the ground up or cobble together different solutions. Let’s take a closer look at how.
The GOV.UK team recently published "How and why we removed jQuery from GOV.UK". This was an insightful look at how an organization can assess its tooling and
Learn how to Dropbox as an OpenID Connect provider
We are pleased to announce the full lineup of talks and workshops for this year’s Git Merge conference in Chicago. 17 talks, 3 workshops, 1 panel, and some great company!
The story of Oxygen, Hydrogen’s counterpart that makes hosting Hydrogen custom storefronts easy and seamless on Shopify.
In this episode of the Smashing Podcast, we ask how you can prove the value of a Design System and how you can pitch it effectively to stakeholders. Vitaly talks to Ben Callahan to find out more.
In this first part of a two-part article, Eduard Kuric analyzes the characteristics of effective toggle buttons that make it error-proof and prevent confusion and frustration of users.
What happens when your distributed service has challenges with stampeding herds of internal requests? How do you prevent cascading failures between internal services? How might you re-architect your workflows when naive horizontal or vertical scaling reaches their respective limits? These were the challenges facing Slack engineers during their day-to-day development workflows in 2020. Multiple int
Most users tend to forget their passwords, so create experiences that will always be valuable for people when they use your products. In this article, we’ll discuss how to implement a password-reset feature with Next.js dynamic routes while prioritizing the UX.
That ain't rhetorical: I'm really interested in finding great use cases for CSS multi-column layouts.
A Q&A with the design and research leader on the heels of Figma’s integration with Microsoft Teams.
