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Distributed — The Split Personality Of Brutalist Web Development — Smashing Magazine

The Split Personality Of Brutalist Web Development — Smashing Magazine

No frills, or flashing neon frills with sprinklers attached? ‘Brutalist’ websites have flourished in recent years, but their guiding philosophy remains unclear. Brutalist web design has grown so quickly that there does not seem to be a clear consensus on what the style actually is. To some it means practicality, to others audacity. Love it or hate it, brutalist architecture celebrates rawness.

FOFrederick O BrienFrederick O Brien·January 8, 2020Distributed
Frontend — Cloudflare + Remote Browser Isolation

Cloudflare + Remote Browser Isolation

Cloudflare announced today that it has purchased S2 Systems Corporation, a Seattle-area startup that has built an innovative remote browser isolation solution unlike any other currently in the market.

DDarrenDarren·January 7, 2020Frontend
Security — Introducing Cloudflare for Teams

Introducing Cloudflare for Teams

Ten years ago, when Cloudflare was created, the Internet was a place that people visited. People still talked about ‘surfing the web’ and the iPhone was less than two years old, but on July 4, 2009 large scale DDoS attacks were launched against websites in the US and South Korea.

MPMatthew PrinceMatthew Prince·January 7, 2020Security
Engineering — Jetpack Slideshow Block

Jetpack Slideshow Block

One of the many (many) useful things that Jetpack does is give you extra-fancy custom blocks in the WordPress block (AKA Gutenberg) editor: a slideshow,

CCChris Coyier·January 7, 2020Engineering
AI & ML — Sponsored Post: Fauna, Sisu, Educative, PA File Sight, Etleap, PerfOps, Triplebyte, Stream - High Scalability -

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HSHigh Scalability·January 7, 2020AI & ML
Engineering — Why You Should Choose HTML5 article Over section — Smashing Magazine

Why You Should Choose HTML5 article Over section — Smashing Magazine

Browsers’ visual display of headings nested inside `` elements makes it look as if they are assigning a logical hierarchy to those headings. However, this is purely visual and is not communicated to assistive technologies. In this article, Bruce Lawson explains what use we have of `` and how authors should mark up headings that are hugely important to AT users.

BLBruce LawsonBruce Lawson·January 7, 2020Engineering
Frontend — How to Build Your Resume on npm

How to Build Your Resume on npm

Just yesterday, Ali Churcher shared a neat way to make a resume using a CSS Grid layout. Let’s build off that a bit by creating a template that we can spin up

MAMaks AkymenkoMaks Akymenko·January 2, 2020Frontend
Engineering — How To Decide Which PWA Elements Should Stick — Smashing Magazine

How To Decide Which PWA Elements Should Stick — Smashing Magazine

Are you using sticky elements on your mobile website or PWA? If so, take a moment and ask yourself this question: Do you have anything in them besides your logo, hamburger menu or search bar? If that’s not the case, then it’s time to shake things up. Your mobile visitors are primed to take action. You just need to make it easy for them to do so — and sticky bars and elements are the perfect opport

SSSuzanne ScaccaSuzanne Scacca·January 2, 2020Engineering