High Availability by Offloading Work Into the Background - Shopify
High availability and short response times are necessary, making background jobs an indispensable tool regardless of the application’s scale.
Tools And Practices To Speed Up The Vue.js Development Process — Smashing Magazine
Even though Vue.js claims to have an approachable minimalist framework that can be incrementally adaptable, it can be a little bit overwhelming when starting as a Vue.js newbie. In this tutorial, Uma Victor will take a look at some tips and tools to help you become a better Vue developer. You will start with some helpful insights on organizing your projects for scale and other great points to note
Transform Rules:"Requests, Transform and Roll Out!"
Perform URL Normalization, URL Rewriting, or Header Modification without having to write a line of code!
A Look at Building with Astro
Astro is a brand new framework for building websites. To me, the big thing is that it allows you to build a site like you're using a JavaScript framework (and
The Web’s Worst Default
There are a lot of great defaults when it comes to browsers and the web. Think about all the accessibility features that are baked into HTML so that you don’t
How News UK developed a multi-brand design system
The team at News UK shares their experience creating a design system across print, online, radio, and TV
GitHub Availability Report: June 2021
In June, we experienced no incidents resulting in service downtime to our core services.
npm audit: Broken by Design
Found 99 vulnerabilities (84 moderately irrelevant, 15 highly irrelevant)
An Introduction To Figma Interactive Components — Smashing Magazine
In this article, Emiliano explains why Figma Interactive Components (now in beta) will improve how we create prototypes. The new feature reduces the time and effort needed to create interactions by bringing down the cost of design exploration. There’s no need for previous Figma knowledge and experience — all you’ll need is a free Figma account if you’d like to try it out for yourself.
Welcoming Kathy Korevec to Vercel, our new Head of Product
We’re excited to announce that Kathy Korevec is joining our leadership team at Vercel as Head of Product to accelerate our mission to bring the best developer experience to our customers and community.
Cloudflare customers can now use Microsoft Azure Data Transfer Routing Preference to enjoy lower data transfer costs
Cloudflare customers can now choose to reduce data transfer cost via the Microsoft Azure Routing Preference Program with just a few clicks.
Body Toggle
I appreciate the clarity of this trick that Mikael Ainalem posted over on Reddit:
I've got one question about Jetpack for you.
And maybe an optional follow-up if you're up for it.
The Dilemma of Naming Font Size Variables
Normally, a project will have a set of pre-determined font sizes, usually as variables named in such a way that seeks some semblance of order and consistency.
Simulating temporal tables with dblink and replication delay
How to simulate unsupported out of the box temporal tables in PostgreSQL using delayed streaming replication and dblink extension
How To Choose A Headless CMS — Smashing Magazine
There is an array of Headless CMSes out there. In this article, we delve into headless CMS features to satisfy your content editors, marketers and yourself as a developer. For the experience headless practitioner, this could be a checklist to see what’s new out there. For those starting out on their headless journey, this could be a guide on what to look for.
USENIX LISA2021 Computing Performance: On the Horizon
Strength in Diversity: APAC Heritage Month
In the United States, May is Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month. This year, we wanted to celebrate this occasion in a more inclusive and comprehensive way, which is why we called our celebration APAC Heritage Month.
Using HSL Colors In CSS — Smashing Magazine
HSL colors are very powerful when we use them the right way. They can save us time and effort and even help us to explore options for how to apply color to design. In this article, Ahmad Shadeed explains what HSL is, how to use it, and shares some of the useful use-cases and examples that you can use right away in your current projects.
How To Add eBPF Observability To Your Product
Zero-Width Space
The name zero-width space is antithetical, but it's not without uses. In text, maybe you'd use it around slashes because you want to be sure the words are
Understanding GraphQL for Beginners–Part Two - Shopify
In the second part of Understanding GraphQL for Beginners, we’ll learn how to create a GraphQL object and root fields.
Understanding GraphQL for Beginners–Part One - Shopify
As technology evolves, one thing that contrasts REST and is gaining popularity is GraphQL. But what is it exactly? Within this post, we will learn what GraphQL is all about!
Email Testing Flow As It Should Be — Smashing Magazine
Email sending functionality is an integral part of every digital product that involves communication with its users (read: any online service). With so many tools and approaches, email still has quite a few pain points, both for developers and email marketers. Email is difficult because it has too many aspects to set and a few instances with no common rules to follow.
