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Two Lessons I Learned From Making React Components
19.12.2019
Here’s a couple of lessons I’ve learned about how not to build React components. These are things I've come across over the past couple of months and thought they might be of interest to you if you’re working on a design system, especially one with a bunch of legacy technical decisions and a lot...
Australia Probes Big Four Bank Accused of 23 Million Money Laundering Breaches
18.12.2019
With stricter new regulations on the horizon for the crypto space around the world, Australians have found that it’s actually their traditional financial institutions that have been breaching well-established anti-money laundering rules and other industry standards this year. Westpac, one...
The JAMstack Landscape
17.12.2019
It's no big secret that Netlify invented the term JAMstack. While it's possible to embrace the JAMstack without using Netlify, it's notable that Netlify is at the very heart of the whole "JAMstack landscape."
What does "JAMstack landscape" even mean? I like the term because it sets the stage that...
Musicians Want to Break Free of Big Tech
16.12.2019
Decentralized platforms are the best means to solve equity problems in creative industries
lite-youtube-embed
13.12.2019
A standard copy-and-paste YouTube embed lands on your page as an <iframe> which loads a big ol' pile of other stuff to play that video. But the UX of it is still essentially an image and a play button. Click the play button and the video plays. You can build essentially the same thing with...
Hybrid intelligence crypto fund
13.12.2019
CoinMarketCap Daily Newsletter Your daily newsletter for 13 December, 2019 “Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference.” - Winston Churchill In today's newsletter, we will be covering: Hybrid AI firm Cindicator launching crypto fund based on hybrid intelligence […]
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Accusations Pile Up Against ‘Big’ South Korean Exchange
12.12.2019
The storm around an unnamed major South Korean cryptocurrency exchange is continuing to rage – with a senior politician allegedly involved, an ongoing assault/kidnapping case ongoing and now claims of artificially inflated trading volume figures.
As previously reported, the head of a major...
Crypto-Twitter Could Be the Next Big Thing in the Crypto Sphere
12.12.2019
In an interesting observation, the Angel investor and co-founder of Earn, Balaji S. Srinivasan, courted the idea of Crypto-Twitter. The thought was floated by Srinivasan on Twitter, and in response, a number of comments came from his followers – some appreciating the idea while others...
Freak Flags
11.12.2019
I don't see image sprites used that much anymore, but it's still a good technique for reducing downloaded decorative image assets when you have multiple on a page. The big idea is combining all the graphics into one and then shifting around the size and background-position to reveal one at...
Blockchain Faces Big Challenges But the Opportunity Is Enormous
10.12.2019
Western economies can lead the world by embracing decentralization and the Internet-of-Value
Bitmain Promises Big Discounts as Founder Wu Returns to Action
10.12.2019
Jihan Wu. Source: a video screenshot, Youtube, Bitcoin.com - Official Channel
Bitmain’s Wu Jihan has made his first address to clients following the conclusion of a bitter power struggle with the company’s former head – and has announced a series of measures aimed at boosting the Bitcoin (BTC)...
Bitmain Shifts Miner Sales Tactics, Betting Big on Bitcoin Halving Pump
10.12.2019
Bitmain has retooled its strategy for selling bitcoin miners, betting big that the cryptocurrency’s price will rally with next year's halving
It’s All About $7,400 for Bitcoin Price as a Big Move Is Now Imminent
9.12.2019
Whipsaw trading on Monday has set the tone for what one analyst believes will be a rocky week for Bitcoin price
Developer Flags Big-Money Loophole for Stealing All the ETH in MakerDAO
9.12.2019
An ethereum developer has flagged an attack on MakerDAO that could turn $20 million of MKR into $300 million of ETH
Firefox 71: First Out of the Gate With Subgrid
5.12.2019
A great release from Firefox this week! See the whole roundup post from Chris Mills. I'm personally stoked to see clip-path: path(); go live, which we've been tracking as it's so clearly useful. We also get column-span: all; which is nice in case you're one of the few taking advantages of...
Could Central Banks’ Digital Currency Projects Be Nothing But a Big Bluff?
5.12.2019
Contrary to the public statements, insiders at the European Central Bank (ECB) reportedly say the bank has no laboratory working on a digital euro and little intention to create one any time soon.
"Most of these comments [about the digital fiat] seem designed to jolt the private sector banks into...
Filtering Lists Dynamically With Vue on the Server Side is Easier Than You’d Think
4.12.2019
I recently attended the ARTIFACT conference in Austin, TX, and was inspired by a few talks about accessibility through the lens of site performance. It became clear to me that there is this tendency to rely on big JavaScript frameworks to handle the work — like React, Vue, and Angular — but that...
Jack Dorsey Betting Big for Bitcoin in Africa; Is Bitcoin Ready?
4.12.2019
Cryptocurrencies have been one of the most polarizing concepts of this century, and the divide seems to be growing day by day. With traditionalists like Warren Buffett and other established names criticizing Bitcoin, modern entrepreneurs, especially from the technology space, like Mark Zuckerberg...
Save Big on An Event Apart for a Limited Time!
3.12.2019
(This is a sponsored post.)
If you could get one gift from your boss this holiday season, what would you want it to be? You know, other than the usual mouse pad, picture frame or, my favorite, the ol' coffee mug and Starbucks card combo.
What if you were to receive something, hmm, more substantial?...
Save Big on An Event Apart for a Limited Time!
3.12.2019
(This is a sponsored post.)
If you could get one gift from your boss this holiday season, what would you want it to be? You know, other than the usual mouse pad, picture frame or, my favorite, the ol' coffee mug and Starbucks card combo.
What if you were to receive something, hmm, more substantial?...