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Engineering — Release Radar

Release Radar

Each month, we highlight open source projects that have shipped major updates. These include everything from world-changing technology to developer tooling, and weekend projects. Here are our top staff picks…

MDMichelle DukeMichelle Duke·May 20, 2022Engineering
Engineering — The Ultimate Free Solo Blog Setup With Ghost And Gatsby — Smashing Magazine

The Ultimate Free Solo Blog Setup With Ghost And Gatsby — Smashing Magazine

When it comes to tools for publishing a blog, it can seem like there’s never a perfect solution that mixes customization with easy admin. In this article, we will see step-by-step how you can get the best of both worlds by using Ghost as a headless CMS for a Gatsby static site. We will cover all the tricky parts in-depth and show you can do everything for free.

GDGreg DickensGreg Dickens·May 20, 2022Engineering
Engineering — Eurovision 2022, the Internet effect version

Eurovision 2022, the Internet effect version

The 66th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest, in Turin, Italy, had two semi-finals (May 10 and 12) and a final (May 14), all of them with highlights, including Ukraine’s victory. The Internet was impacted in more than one way, from whole countries to the fan and official broadcasters sites, but also video platforms.

JTJoao TomeJoao Tome·May 19, 2022Engineering
Engineering — Math support in Markdown

Math support in Markdown

Mathematical expressions are key to information sharing amongst engineers, scientists, data scientists, and mathematicians. Today we are pleased to announce that math expressions can be rendered in Markdown on GitHub using $$ as a delimiter for code blocks with math content or the $ delimiter for inline math expressions.

MWMartin Woodward, Tali HerzkaMartin Woodward, Tali Herzka·May 19, 2022Engineering
Frontend — Kubernetes For Frontend Developers — Smashing Magazine

Kubernetes For Frontend Developers — Smashing Magazine

Developers are migrating from on-premises technology and embracing the benefits cloud infrastructure offers. Moreso, there is a rapid shift from a monolithic architecture to microservices architecture; this ensures that apps have higher availability, are simple to install, and easy to upgrade with the microservices architecture approach. In this post, we introduced Kubernetes to front-end engineer

BABenjamin AjibadeBenjamin Ajibade·May 19, 2022Frontend