pgwatch2 v1.8.0 released
The most significant changes in pgwatch2 v1.8. PGWatch2 is a PostgreSQL monitoring tool - useful dashboard
How we ensure credible analytics on Dropbox mobile apps
Build your own Dropbox Extensions
Dropbox Extensions are now open to all developers. Give users the ability to trigger a workflow in your app directly from their file in Dropbox.
How organizations can tackle securing the world’s code
We all play a role in securing the world’s code. No one company can solve things alone, including GitHub, which is why it is critical to combine the energies of…
JavaScript to Know for React
What JavaScript features you should be familiar with when learning and using React
An Introduction To Stimulus.js — Smashing Magazine
In this article, Mike Rogers will introduce you to Stimulus, a modest JavaScript framework that complements your existing HTML. It allowed him to build applications in a way that feels reusable and approachable. While he doesn’t think Stimulus will take over the web like React and Vue have, he thinks it is a worthwhile tool to learn. By the end, you’ll have an understanding of the premise of Stimu
flowtrackd: DDoS Protection with Unidirectional TCP Flow Tracking
flowtrackd is a software-defined DDoS protection system that significantly improves our ability to automatically detect and mitigate even the most complex TCP-based DDoS attacks. If you are a Magic Transit customer, this feature will be enabled by default at no additional cost on July 29, 2020.
When your coworker does great work, tell their manager
When your coworker does great work, tell their manager
SmashingConf Fully Online For 2020 — Smashing Magazine
We’re moving all of the 2020 conferences online. We hope this means that more of you can join us for these great line-ups! All of our online conference events will take place on the Hopin platform. We roadtested this platform for our Smashing Meets, and we love the way it allows for social chat and side events alongside the main conference. It’s as close as we can get to an in-person experience.
Is Redesigning Your Mobile App A Bad Idea? — Smashing Magazine
The Scrabble GO, Instacart and YouTube mobile apps have recently undergone disruptive redesigns. Were they worth it in the end? Judging by their users’ reactions, the answer to that is “No”. But that doesn’t mean that redesigns or design tweaks are a bad idea after launch. In this article, Suzanne Scacca will take a look at the mistakes made and the lessons we can extract from them.
Smashing Podcast Episode 20 With Marcy Sutton: What Is Gatsby? — Smashing Magazine
We’re talking about Gatsby. What is it and how does it fit into your web development stack? Drew McLellan talks to expert Marcy Sutton to find out.
How I structure Express apps
The build/dev tools and scripts I use for Node backends.
Making aerial fiber deployment faster and more efficient
Globally, more than 3.5 billion people are still not connected to the internet. With average data usage per person growing 20 to 30 percent annually, legacy bandwidth-limited technologies have been pushed to their capacity limits. To meet this increased demand for high-capacity, low-cost networks, mobile network operators have upgraded access technologies from 2G and 3G […]
The WET Codebase
Come waste your time with me.
How We Built Size.link - Shopify
On July 20, 2020 we held ShipIt! Presents: AR/VR at Shopify. Daniel talked about what we’re doing with AR/VR at Shopify. The video of the event is available. Size.link is a free tool built by Shopify’s Augmented Reality (AR) team that lets anyone view the size of a product in the space around them using their smartphone camera. The tool came out of our April Hack Days focused on helping retailers
Crowdfunding Web Platform Features With Open Prioritization — Smashing Magazine
In this article, Rachel Andrew takes a look at a new effort to crowdfund the costs of implementing browser features. She encourage developers to use, talk about, and raise implementation bugs with browsers to try to get features implemented, however, what if there was a more direct way to do so? What if web developers could get together and fund the development of these features? This article is b
How To Create A Custom React Hook To Fetch And Cache Data — Smashing Magazine
There is a high possibility that a lot of components in your React application will have to make calls to an API to retrieve data that will be displayed to your users. It’s already possible to do that using the `componentDidMount()` lifecycle method, but with the introduction of Hooks, you can build a custom hook which will fetch and cache the data for you. That’s what Ademola Adegbuyi will cover
scanimage: scan from the command line!
scanimage: scan from the command line!
We need more inclusive web performance metrics
Scott Jehl argues that performance metrics such as First Contentful Paint and Largest Contentful Paint don’t really capture the full picture of everyone’s
Remote work: Sales and Support on being customer-centric while working remotely
Sales and Support leaders share advice and strategies to help you navigate a remote-first customer approach.
GitHub Action Hero: Jeremy Shore
The GitHub community is capable of incredible things! GitHub Actions is just one of the amazing tools made available for developers. Actions is here to help you automate your workflows,…
Twitter summary from 2020 so far
Twitter summary from 2020 so far
Private matching for compute: New solutions to the problem of enabling compute on private set intersections
Matching records is one of the most basic data analysis operations. There are many cases where data needs to be aligned across some common value — whether that’s joining between two different tables in a database or across two data sets stored in a file, or matching data sets between two separate entities. For example, […]
A Book Release For Click! And A Chance To Rethink Our Routines — Smashing Magazine
We shipped the first copies of *[Click! How to Encourage Clicks Without Shady Tricks](https://www.smashingmagazine.com/printed-books/click/)* in June, with a little extra something for preorder customers. The book is one of our most creative — beautifully designed and filled with great strategies for increasing conversion without falling into the dead-end routine of dark patterns. It’s a well-time
