Selectors Explained
Have you ever found yourself either writing a CSS selector that winds up looking confusing as heck, or seen one while reading through someone's code? That
Unfortunately, clip-path: path() is Still a No-Go
I was extremely excited when I first heard that clip-path: path() was coming to Firefox. Just imagine being able to easily code a breathing box like the one
The Elephant in the Architecture
We, and our colleagues, are often called on to perform architectural assessments for our clients. When we do this, the architects involved with these systems will talk about the performance of these systems, how resilient they are to faults, and how they are designed to evolve to easily support new capabilities. The elephant that rarely comes up, however, is how different systems contribute to bus
The Perils of Hydration
A surprisingly-common misconception can lead to big rendering issues that are difficult to debug. This deep-dive tutorial examines how React and Gatsby can be used to pre-render content, and how we can work around the constraints to build dynamic, personalized web apps.
Stop using isLoading booleans
Why using a status enum (or even better: a **state machine**) will help your app stay bug free
Project LightSpeed: Rewriting the Messenger codebase for a faster, smaller, and simpler messaging app
We are excited to begin rolling out the new version of Messenger on iOS. To make the Messenger iOS app faster, smaller, and simpler, we rebuilt the architecture and rewrote the entire codebase, which is an incredibly rare undertaking and involved engineers from across the company. Compared with the previous iOS version, this new Messenger […]
Pondering the reasons why you should work somewhere
Inspired Design Decisions With Neville Brody: Design Cannot Remain Neutral — Smashing Magazine
In this sixth instalment of Inspired Design Decisions, Andy Clarke will explore how British art director Neville Brody and in particular his work on The Face Magazine inspires his designs for the web. How do we use blend modes to add depth to our designs? How do we use vertical text for impact? How can we use clipping paths to bring in character and energy to a design? In this article, Andrew Clar
Why Cloudflare Chose AMD EPYC for Gen X Servers
Looking back at this week's posts on the design, specifications, and performance of Cloudflare’s Gen X servers using AMD CPUs. Every server can run every service. This architectural decision has helped us achieve higher efficiency across the Cloudflare network.
The growth of command line options, 1979-Present
Tony Jebara: VP of Engineering and Head of Machine Learning
Mornings start with a wake-up call from my three young children. I get them fed, dressed and ready for school. But first, I need an espresso – that’s absolutely necessary if I’m going to get anything done! I don’t really go online until I’ve dropped off the kids around 8.15am, then I hop on the subway and head downtown, checking my email and Slack messages en route.
What the Heck is Backstage Anyway?
Yesterday, we released the open source version of , our homegrown developer portal. And we learned a thing or two via the feedback we received. So, I wanted to take this opportunity to further explain what we’re trying to do with Backstage — and more importantly, what we want to give to the greater engineering community beyond Spotify.
Per Wendin: Head of Patents
I get up, have breakfast and am ready to leave the house by 7.30 am. Every day, I cycle the 12km to and from the office—it’s mostly on safe, car-free bike tracks, and I love having the time to clear my head and think freely. It doesn’t even matter what the weather’s like—I’ll cycle, rain or shine.
Spotify’s New Podcast API: From Design to Launch
This week, we launched our ! Third-party apps can now connect to Spotify and manage a user’s podcast library, search our podcast catalog, or fetch detailed information about podcast shows and episodes.
Going Beyond Black History Month
Around this time of year in the United States, African-Americans are often tasked with explaining why we spend 28 (or in the case of leap year 29) days celebrating the contributions our ancestors made to this country.
HTML: The Inaccessible Parts
<input type="number">, <input type="date">, <input type="search">, <select multiple>, <progress>, <meter>,
No more pink mustache
Embrace The Possibilities (March 2020 Wallpapers) — Smashing Magazine
Do you need a little inspiration boost? Well, then our new batch of wallpapers is for you. We embarked on this monthly wallpapers journey more than nine years ago and we’re very thankful for everyone who submits their artworks to it each month anew. Today, designed by artists and designers from across the globe, Cosima Mielke brings you versions with and without a calendar for March 2020.
Securing Memory at EPYC Scale
At Cloudflare, we encrypt data both in transit (on the network) and at rest (on the disk). Both practices address some of the most common vectors used to exfiltrate information and these measures serve to protect sensitive data from attackers but, what about data currently in use?
How to Customize the WooCommerce Cart Page on a WordPress Site
A standard e-commerce site has a few common pages. There are product pages, shop pages that list products, and let’s not forget pages for the user account,
A Follow-Up to PHP Templating
Not long ago, I posted about PHP templating in just PHP (which is basically HEREDOC syntax). I'm literally using that technique for some super basic
Where to Learn WordPress Theme Development
Over a decade ago, I did a little three-part video series on Designing for WordPress. Then I did other series with the same spirit, like videocasting the
February service disruptions
Recently, we’ve had multiple service interruptions on GitHub.com. We know how important reliability of our service is for your projects and teams. We take this responsibility very seriously and apologize…
Stuff The Internet Says On Scalability For February 28th, 2020 - High Scalability -
Wake up! It's HighScalability time: The Smithsonian has million of pieces of delicious open access content. I ate up this 3D representation of the 1903 Wright Flyer. Do you like this sort of Stuff? Without your support on Patreon this kind of Stuff won't happen. That's how important you are to the fate of the world. Need to understand the cloud? Know someone who does? I wrote Explain the Cloud Lik