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Since its inception, Slack has fostered a culture of inclusion and diversity. The Security organization at Slack is a prime example of how women can thrive in the security space, transitioning to security from different backgrounds and expertises. With Slack’s strong commitment to diversity, it should not be a surprise that nearly a third of…
ESM, meaning ES Modules, meaning JavaScript Modules. Like, import and friends.
Netlify Edge Handlers are in Early Access (you can request it), but they are super cool and I think they are worth wrapping your brain around now. I think
Day 41: Trying to understand what a bridge is
How to make a custom hook that wraps useState with TypeScript properly
why do we need blockchain? Blockchain is a safe way to record activities and keep data fresh while maintaining a record of its history compared to the traditional records or databases where hacks, errors, and downtimes are very possible. In this article, John Agbanusi explains how you can build a Node.js API from scratch by building and deploying an Ethereum Blockchain for decentralization. He als
There are quite a few CSS animation libraries. They tend to be a pile of class names that you can apply as needed like "bounce" or "slide-right" and it'll...
We rounded up a bunch of published 2020 annual reports right before the year ended and compiled them into a big ol' list. The end of the list called out a
In this tutorial, Fortune Ikechi is going to show you how to use Grommet as a UI library for React applications. He’ll use Grommet as a UI library of choice to create a pricing component, this would help you have a better understanding of how to use Grommet. This tutorial will be beneficial to readers who are interested in developing responsive components in their React application using Grommet.
On Friday, January 8th, GitHub separated with an employee. Later that day and over the weekend, employees raised concerns about the circumstances of the separation. We took these concerns seriously.…
Day 40: screen flickering & a talk about containers
Two days ago, through its communications regulator, Uganda's government ordered the "Suspension Of The Operation Of Internet Gateways" hours before the country's general election. This action was confirmed by several users and journalists who got access to the letter sent to Internet providers.
The TLS 1.3 protocol has been around for quite some time, but it will be broken once quantum computers arrive. What can we do? In this blog post, we will examine a technique for achieving full post-quantum security for TLS 1.3 in the face of quantum computers: KEMTLS.
Robin Weser's "The Shorthand-Longhand Problem in Atomic CSS" in an interesting journey through a tricky problem. The point is that when you take on the job of
In my role as a web developer who sits at the intersection of design and code, I am drawn to Web Components because of their portability. It makes sense:
Today, we’re making GitHub Enterprise Server 3.0 available as a release candidate. Announced in the GitHub Universe Keynote, it’s the biggest ever change to Enterprise Server, bringing customers: Actions –…
Day 39: Customizing gotty's terminal
Catch up on what’s been cookin’ at Smashing and explore some of the most popular community resources featured in our newsletter over the past few weeks. Spoiler: there are also new workshops, front-end & UX audits and truly smashing podcast episodes. This article covers pretty much everything you need to build fast experiences on the web today — from metrics to tooling and front-end techniques and
2020 was anything but normal. The world has changed, and so has our role as designers. We never know what the future will bring, but ultimately we shape it, and we can contribute more positive change to the world than we often think we can. Consumers had their lives shaken up and many businesses experienced new challenges as well as opportunities thanks to the novel events of the year.
Learn about React Server Components (experimental) and how they'll change how we build React applications, creating a better end-user experience.
Today we’re excited to announce that Frost & Sullivan has named Cloudflare the Innovation Leader in their Frost Radar™: Global Holistic Web Protection Market Report.
In this article, we will discuss one of the techniques we use to fight such software complexity: simulations. Simulations are basically system tests that run with synthesized customer traffic and applications.
