Inside Maker Week: more than a hackathon
A behind-the-scenes look at a Figma tradition, and some of our favorite moments
Headphones on, volume up: Introducing The ReadME Podcast
Today we’re introducing The ReadME Podcast, a GitHub podcast that takes a peek behind the curtain of some of the most impactful open source projects, and the developers who make…
How to look at the stack with gdb
How to look at the stack with gdb
How We Improved Our Core Web Vitals (Case Study) — Smashing Magazine
Google’s “Page Experience Update” will start rolling out in June. At first, sites that meet Core Web Vitals thresholds will have a minor ranking advantage in mobile search for all browsers. Search is important to any business, and this is the story of how Beau Hartshorne and his team at Instant Domain Search improved their Core Web Vitals scores. Plus, an open-source tool they’ve built along the w
Automating Cloudflare Tunnel with Terraform
An overview on how to use Terraform to automatically deploy Named Tunnels into your infrastructure with Cloudflare.
Auto-Generated Social Media Images
I've been thinking about social media images again. You know, the images that (can) show up when you share a link in places like Twitter, Facebook, or
Tree-Shaking: A Reference Guide — Smashing Magazine
Since its early days, JavaScript programs have grown in complexity and the number of tasks they perform. The need to compartmentalize such tasks into closed scopes of execution became apparent. “Tree-shaking” is a must-have performance optimization when bundling JavaScript. In this article, we dive deeper on how exactly it works and how specs and practice intertwine to make bundles leaner and more
Humanity wastes about 500 years per day on CAPTCHAs. It’s time to end this madness
We want to remove CAPTCHAs completely. The idea is rather simple: a real human should be able to touch or look at their device to prove they are human, without revealing their identity. Let's explore!
Shifting team culture at Config 2021
Some of our favorite moments from the conference
Video uploads now available across GitHub
As developers, the ability to collaborate through video (for example, pair programming, demos, etc.) is an extremely important part of a software workflow, especially for communities and teams that are…
Running Border Gateway Protocol in large-scale data centers
What the research is: A first-of-its-kind study that details the scalable design, software implementation, and operations of Facebook’s data center routing design, based on Border Gateway Protocol (BGP). BGP was originally designed to interconnect autonomous internet service providers (ISPs) on the global internet. Highly scalable and widely acknowledged as an attractive choice for routing, BGP […
Three Ways We Share Context at Shopify Engineering - Shopify
To do your best work as a developer, you need context. A development community thrives when its members share context as a habit. That's why Shopify Engineering believes that sharing context is vital to our growth and success—as a company, as a team, and as individuals. Context is an abstract term, and we use it to refer to the why, what, and how of our development philosophies, approaches, and ch
Highly available and highly scalable Cloudflare tunnels
Starting today, we’re thrilled to announce you can run the same tunnel from multiple different cloudflareds simultaneously. This enables graceful restarts, elastic auto-scaling, easier Kubernetes integration, and more reliable tunnels.
Making Disabled Buttons More Inclusive
Let’s talk about disabled buttons. Specifically, let’s get into why we use them and how we can do better than the traditional disabled attribute in HTML
PostgreSQL: Detecting slow queries quickly
UPDATED Mar 2023: How to use pg_stat_statements to detect slow queries - including examples and code - improve PostgreSQL performance
Setting up PostgreSQL streaming replication
This tutorial will show you how to setup up and configure streaming replication for PostgreSQL 13 & how to set up database servers quickly.
Achieving observability in async workflows - Netflix TechBlog
Managing and operating asynchronous workflows can be difficult without the proper tools and architecture that puts observability, debugging, and tracing at the forefront. Imagine getting paged…
Designing Birthday Picker UX: Simpler Is Better — Smashing Magazine
They are everywhere. Confusing and frustrating design patterns that seem to be chasing you everywhere you go, from one website to another. Perhaps it’s a disabled submit button that never communicates what’s actually wrong, or tooltips that — once opened — cover the input field just when you need to correct a mistake. In this new series of articles on UX, we take a closer look at some frustrating
Little Smashing Stories — Smashing Magazine
Over a decade ago, we set out to send a [truly smashing newsletter](https://www.smashingmagazine.com/the-smashing-newsletter/) with useful tips and techniques for designers and developers. The first issue was sent out in early 2009. Today marks the day we sent out our 300th edition of the Smashing Newsletter. This article is a little celebration in which we share little Smashing stories from peopl
New invoicing features to help you get paid faster
Over the past few months, we’ve added several new features to Stripe Invoicing to help any business get paid faster and streamline their collection workflows.
Sessions kicks off June 16
Join us for Sessions, our online conference happening June 16-30, for product updates, workshops, and talks.
Designing the new Cloudflare Web Application Firewall
The Cloudflare Web Application Firewall (WAF) protects websites and applications from malicious traffic attempting to exploit vulnerabilities in server software. It’s a critical piece of the broader security posture of your application.
Next Gen CSS: @container
Chrome is experimenting with @container, a property within the CSS Working Group Containment Level 3 spec being championed by Miriam Suzanne of Oddbird, and a
CSS Pie Timer Re-Revisited
Kitty reflected on an ancient blog post here on CSS-Tricks on how to make an animated pie timer. The old technique is still clever. The new technique is