Have Single-Page Apps Ruined the Web? ("Transitional Apps")
A big heaping 19-minute bowl of not-too-hot, not-too-cold baby bear porridge website building from Rich Harris.
Buttons vs. Links
There are thousands of articles out there about buttons and links on the web; the differences and how to use them properly. Hey, I don't mind. I wrote my own
So, You Want to Build an @mention Autocomplete Feature?
There’s no reason a composition box has to be a dull text area. You can mention another person, a channel, a file, or some other queryable object using triggers, such as the @ or # characters.
Major errors on this blog (and their corrections)
Individuals matter
Culture matters
Game Off 2021 theme announcement
The theme for this year’s Game Off is… …BUG! Your challenge, should you choose to accept it, is to create a game between now and December 1 incorporating the theme…
Cybersecurity spotlight on bug bounty researcher @yvvdwf
We’re excited to highlight another top contributing researcher to GitHub’s Bug Bounty Program: @yvvdwf
GitHub keeps getting better for open source maintainers
Maintainers can now limit who can approve and request changes on pull requests. You can also close issues and block users via your phone.
Introducing XCRemoteCache: The iOS Remote Caching Tool that Cut Our Clean Build Times by 70%
At Spotify, we constantly work on creating the best developer experience possible for our iOS engineers. Improving build times is one of the most common requests for infrastructure teams and, as such, we constantly seek to improve our infrastructure toolchain.
The Rise (and Lessons Learned) of ML Models to Personalize Content on Home (Part I)
At Spotify, our goal is to connect listeners with creators, and one way we do that is by recommending quality music and podcasts on the Home page. In this two-part blog series, we will talk about the ML models we build and use to recommend diverse and fulfilling content to our listeners, and the lessons we’ve learned from building the ML stack that serves these models.
The Rise (and Lessons Learned) of ML Models to Personalize Content on Home (Part II)
In of this two-part series, we talked about the challenges we faced with the models we use to recommend content on Home, including:
CSS-ing Candy Ghost Buttons
Recently, while looking for some ideas on what to code as I have zero artistic sense so the only thing I can do is find pretty things that other people have
A Splash Of Color For Misty Days (November 2021 Desktop Wallpapers Edition) — Smashing Magazine
November is just around the corner, and with it, a new collection of desktop wallpapers to celebrate the beginning of the month. Designed by creatives from all across the globe, they come in versions with and without a calendar. Let’s make November colorful!
Now you can (try to) serve five terabytes, too
Create Your Own Automated Social Images With Resoc
There has been a lot of talk about automated social images lately. GitHub has created its own. A WordPress plugin has been acquired by Jetpack. There is
Some Articles About Accessibility I’ve Saved Recently IV
A guide to designing accessible, WCAG-compliant focus indicators — Sara Soueidan says you can make more accessible focus outlines by doing your own, rather
13 short and scary games plus source to play (or hack) this Halloween 🎃
It’s that time of year again where I like to share seasonally spooktacular games plus source code—a goldmine of material for (a) those looking for coffee-break entertainment, (b) those interested…
50 Resources And Tools To Turbocharge Your Copywriting Skills — Smashing Magazine
Stop wasting time and effort writing copy that falls flat. Raise your copywriting game and boost your powers of persuasion with these rich and informative online resources. If you’re ready to acquire near-mystical powers of persuasion, check out these useful resources and tools that are bound to help strengthen your copywriting skills.
Building an Angular Data Grid With Filtering
Kendo UI makes it possible to go from a basic idea to a full-fledged app, thanks to a massive component library. We're talking well over 100 components that
Behind the build: a Q&A with developer Tru Narla
A Q&A with Tru on the widget she built and what she's working on next
Get a catch block error message with TypeScript
TypeScript forces you to acknowledge you can't know what was thrown making getting the error message a pain. Here's how you can manage it.
The AWARE Development Plan - Shopify
Learn how to set, track and reach your development goals. Access templates for Engineering Managers or Individual Contributors throughout your career.
How To Build An Amazon Product Scraper With Node.js — Smashing Magazine
The wealth of data that Amazon holds can make a huge difference when you’re designing a product or hunting for a bargain. But, how can a developer get that data? Simple, by using a web scraper. Why would someone want to scrape Amazon pages? You’re about to find out! Here’s how to build your data extraction bot with Node.js.
