Adding Shadows to SVG Icons With CSS and SVG Filters
Why would we need to apply shadows to SVG?
Web Design Done Well: Making Use Of Audio — Smashing Magazine
Design often revolves around visuals, but the other senses deserve love too. In this article, we tune in to audio features that are making sites sing. Most of us have had the misfortune of crossing bad examples (auto-playing videos being a particularly egregious example) but audio can give web experiences a whole new dimension when applied well. What follows are some astounding sounds from the Wor
Introducing Zero Trust Private Networking
Starting today, you can build identity-aware, Zero Trust network policies using Cloudflare for Teams.
Equal Columns With Flexbox: It’s More Complicated Than You Might Think
As awesome as flexbox is, what it’s doing under the hood is actually a little strange because, by default, it is doing two things at once. It first looks at the content size which is what we would get if by declaring width: max-content on an element. But on top of that, flex-shrink is also doing some work allowing the items to be smaller, but only if needed. Let’s break those two down and see how
Data warehousing: Making use of synchronized seq scans
Did you know PostgreSQL has the ability to synchronize sequential scans? If you are running data warehouses, you might have already used it without knowing.
Blacktocats turn five
What began as a small group effort in 2015 has now turned into a global initiative here at GitHub to amplify Black voices and talent in the tech community.
What’s new from GitHub Changelog? May 2021 Recap
In May, GitHub shipped a total of 20 new features. We love what we do, but we know it’s a lot to keep up with. So we’re trying something new on the GitHub Blog—a monthly recap of everything that shipped to Changelog in the past month. Check out some of the updates you might have missed.
Privilege escalation with polkit: How to get root on Linux with a seven-year-old bug
polkit is a system service installed by default on many Linux distributions. It’s used by systemd, so any Linux distribution that uses systemd also uses polkit.
Deleting the Undeletable: Managing PII at Shopify - Shopify
Building Shopify’s schematization platform for managing Personally Identifiable Information (PII) within our data warehouse.
Useful Front-End Boilerplates And Starter Kits — Smashing Magazine
We don’t need to write everything from scratch every single time. With boilerplates and starter kits, we can set up our projects faster, and get to work immediately. We’ve also just recently covered CSS auditing tools, CSS generators, accessible front-end components and VS code extensions — you might find them useful, too. This collection is by no means complete, but rather a selection of things t
Three Front-End Auditing Tools I Discovered Recently — Smashing Magazine
Building a faster website can be a rocket task these days. There are so many things to consider, so it’s challenging to get everything right. Here are some less-known tools that might help you get there.
Celebrating 7 Years of Project Galileo
Every June, we celebrate the anniversary of Project Galileo. This year, we are proud to celebrate seven years of protecting the most vulnerable groups on the Internet from cyberattacks.
A Cornucopia of Container Queries
I don't know about y'all, but my feeds have been flooded with articles about CSS Container Queries these past few weeks. The buzz about container queries
Meet :has, A Native CSS Parent Selector (And More) — Smashing Magazine
What makes relational selector one of the most requested features and how are we, as developers, working around not having it? In this article, we’re going to check the early spec of the :has selector, and see how it should improve the CSS workflow once it’s released.
Managing SCA enforcement changes in Europe
Stripe’s SCA engine helps European businesses meet requirements and maximize conversion.
Modify HTTP request headers with Transform Rules
HTTP request headers can now be modified with Cloudflare Transform Rules.
Looking at WCAG 2.5.5 for Better Target Sizes
Have you ever experienced the frustration of trying to tap a button on a mobile device only to have it do nothing because the target size is just not large
CSS-Trickz: An Experiment with Netlify's On-Demand Builders
WordPress sites have an API by default. Wanna see this site's most recent posts, with just a specific set of data... in JSON format? Here ya go. Alex Riviere
Inside Figma: How our product management team uses FigJam
Templates for you and your team to get started with everything from brainstorms to retrospectives.
Securing the open source supply chain by scanning for package registry credentials
GitHub secret scanning has been securing our users’ code by scanning for and revoking secrets since 2015. Recently, we’ve focused on scanning for package registry credentials as well—a significant and…
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Linux Kernel vs. Memory Fragmentation (Part I) - High Scalability -
(External) memory fragmentation is a long-standing Linux kernel programming issue. As the system runs, it assigns various tasks to memory pages. Over time, memory gets fragmented, and eventually, a busy system that is up for a long time may have only a few contiguous physical pages. Because the Linux kernel supports virtual memory management, physical memory fragmentation is often not an issue. Wi
Reasons why bugs might feel "impossible"
Reasons why bugs might feel "impossible"
From AVIF to WebP: A New Smashing Book By Addy Osmani — Smashing Magazine
It’s here! For the last year, we’ve been working with Addy Osmani on a new Smashing Book all around image optimization. And now it’s here. Meet “Image Optimization”, our deep-dive guide to understand how to deliver high-quality images on the web fast. 528 pages. From formats and compression to delivery and maintenance. Get the book right away!
