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
I could build this during the weekend
How many times have you heard that (or even uttered it under your own breath)? I know I've heard it in conversations. I also know I've wondered the same thing
Join GitHub on June 5 to celebrate the Class of 2021
This year, thousands of students from around the world came together and redefined the world we live in, how we learn, and how we move forward. We are honored to…
The OSI model doesn't map well to TCP/IP
The OSI model doesn't map well to TCP/IP
Don't Solve Problems, Eliminate Them
How eliminating problems can drastically simplify your codebases and life
A Primer On CSS Container Queries — Smashing Magazine
In more recent years, design systems and component libraries have gained popularity. There is also a desire to build once, deploy anywhere. Meaning a component developed in isolation is intended to work in any number of contexts to make building complex interfaces more efficient and consistent. CSS container queries have landed and are now available for experimentation. Let’s look at what problem
The Conference Platform We Use For Our Online Events: Hopin — Smashing Magazine
At the beginning of 2020, the SmashingConf team was ready for a new year. We had so many things that excited us. New speakers, new workshops, new cities, new attendees, new experiences. And as we all know, 2020 had other ideas. With so many people working from home, we thought we would bring our [Smashing workshops](https://smashingconf.com/online-workshops/) from our home offices to yours — but h
Variable Aspect Ratio Card With Conic Gradients Meeting Along the Diagonal
I recently came across an interesting problem. I had to implement a grid of cards with a variable (user-set) aspect ratio that was stored in a --ratio custom
Migrating from Parcel to Snowpack
I find build tooling endlessly interesting, especially right now as we're in a juicy next-gen transitional period with players like Vite, wmr, Snowpack, and
Security keys are now supported for SSH Git operations
GitHub has been at the forefront of security key adoption for many years. We were an early adopter of Universal 2nd Factor (“U2F”) and were also one of the first…
