Graphery SVG
I've compared SVG and Canvas before. If you're trying to decide between them, read that. I'd say the #1 difference between them is vector (SVG) versus raster
Boop!
An in-depth tutorial that teaches how to create one of the most adorable interactions I've ever created. We'll learn how to use React components and hooks to abstract behaviours, and see how to design the perfect API. Even if you're not into animations, I think you'll find it interesting!
Day 11: learning about learning rates
Day 11: learning about learning rates
A Comparison Of async/await Versus then/catch — Smashing Magazine
In JavaScript, there are two main ways to handle asynchronous code: then/catch (ES6) and async/await (ES7). These syntaxes give us the same underlying functionality, but they affect readability and scope in different ways. In this article, Bret Cameron will show you how one syntax lends itself to maintainable code, while the other puts us on the road to callback hell!
New zine: Hell Yes! CSS!
New zine: Hell Yes! CSS!
Getting to the Core: Benchmarking Cloudflare’s Latest Server Hardware
A refresh of the hardware that Cloudflare uses to run analytics provided big efficiency improvements.
A Dynamically-Sized Sticky Sidebar with HTML and CSS
Creating page content that sticks to the viewport as you scroll, something like a jump-to-anchor menu or section headings, has never been easier. Throw a
How You Might Build a Modern Day Webring
I'm sure different people picture different things when they think about webrings, so let me clarify what I picture. I see an element on a website that:
Nbdev: A literate programming environment that democratizes software engineering best practices
Learn about nbdev, a new literate programming environment for Python.
Whatcha watchin’? Custom notification controls
Earlier this year, we upgraded the notifications experience on GitHub, focusing on filters that get you straight to the updates that matter most to you. Just last week, we shipped…
Day 10: Training an RNN to count to three
Day 10: Training an RNN to count to three
What A Time To Be Smashing! — Smashing Magazine
With so much going on, it’s nice to have an overview of what’s new at Smashing — all in one place. Read on to find out what’s been keeping the team busy alongside some inspiring community resources that have made it to the top list of our newsletters!
Many services, one cloudflared
Previously, if you wanted to proxy 100 services through Argo Tunnel, you needed 100 instances of cloudflared running on your server. Today, we’re thrilled to announce our most-requested feature: you can now expose unlimited services using one cloudflared.
Behind the feature: the making of the new Auto Layout
The evolution of Auto Layout and more on the latest version
Take action: DMCA anti-circumvention and developer innovation
The Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) is a 22-year old United States law meant to strike a complicated balance between art, code, and speech on the net — impacting users…
Securing the fight against COVID-19 through open source
This blog describes a security vulnerability in the infrastructure that supports Germany’s COVID-19 contact tracing efforts. The mobile (Android/iOS) apps are not affected by the vulnerability and do not collect and/or transmit any personal data other than the device’s IP address. The infrastructure takes active measures to disassociate true positives from client IP addresses.
GitHub Archive Program: Making the archives beautiful
The GitHub Archive Program announces its latest milestone: storing collections of the most popular and depended upon open source repositories in beautiful art cases featuring 3D-printed and AI-generated artwork in significant libraries around the world.
Day 9: Generating a lot of nonsense with an RNN
Day 9: Generating a lot of nonsense with an RNN
The economic impact of subsea cables in Africa
High-quality internet connectivity gives people a voice, creates opportunities, and strengthens local and global economies. The need for widespread reliable internet connectivity and infrastructure is more apparent now than ever, as heavier reliance on remote work and online communication during the COVID-19 pandemic drives a dramatic surge in global internet usage. And yet, according to […] Read
How to Build a Production Grade Workflow with SQL Modelling - Shopify
I’ll show you how we moved to a SQL modelling workflow by leveraging dbt (data build tool) and created tooling for testing and documentation on top of it.
Adopting Sorbet at Scale - Shopify
Presenting how Shopify got from no Sorbet in our monolith to almost full coverage in the span of a few months. I’ll explain the challenges we faced, the tools we built to solve them.
Static Typing for Ruby - Shopify
A look at how Shopify adopted static typing in it's core Ruby monolith by treating type checking like a product.
Migrating Slack Airflow to Python 3 Without Disruption
Last year, we migrated Airflow from 1.8 to 1.10 at Slack (see here) and we did a “Big bang” upgrade because of the constraints we had. This year, due to Python 2 reaching end of life, we again had a major migration of Airflow from Python 2 to 3 and we wanted to put our…
A Thoughtful Way To Use React’s useRef() Hook — Smashing Magazine
In a React component, `useState` and `useReducer` can cause your component to re-render each time there is a call to the update functions. In this article, you will find out how to use the `useRef()` hook to keep track of variables without causing re-renders, and how to enforce the re-rendering of React Components.
