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Case study: making Core Defense a solo dev success
3.12.2020
A guest post with advice galore!
How To Chip Away At A Massive Games Backlog
2.12.2020
It’s called a backlog—that long list of games you’ll “get to someday” but ignore in favor of re-running Hades yet again. Maybe yours recently swelled as a result of irresistible Black Friday or Cyber Monday deals. Maybe it’ll grow even more over the coming holidays. Whatever the case, a gargantuan...
Using JavaScript to Adjust Saturation and Brightness of RGB Colors
6.10.2020
Lately I’ve been taking a look into designing with color (or “colour” as we spell it where I’m from in New Zealand). Looking at Adam Wathan and Steve Schroger’s advice on the subject, we find that we’re going to need more than just five nice looking hex codes from a color palette...
Read Me!
12.9.2020
A fancy experiential essay from the team at Readymag, which is a tool for building… fancy experiential essays, about fancy experiential essays:
With all the technology addressing readability issues, it’s still design basics that distinguish a readable text from one that isn’t. Here are some...
Trader Who Earned USD 11m Shares Trading Techniques, Offers Advice
19.8.2020
A bitcoin (BTC) trader has shared the story about how he earned over USD 11,000 million, and offered some technical advice for beginner traders.
The trader told his story in an interview with bitFlyer Japan, a trading platform, which described him as one of "the most famous" of...
CFTC Seeks Industry Advice on Blockchain Applications
22.7.2020
The commission’s technology advisory committee made several presentations on various blockchain applications including CBDCs and digital tokens during a four-hour-long remote meeting last Thursday
Bitcoin Bull Mike Novogratz Says to Hold More Gold Than Bitcoin
10.7.2020
The billionaire investor Michael Novogratz recently detailed in an interview that he thinks global investors should hold more gold in their portfolios and own less bitcoin. Novogratz’s statements follow his recent advice last month when he said investors should “watch gold...
Grid for layout, flexbox for components
26.6.2020
When should we reach for CSS grid and when should we use flexbox? Rachel Andrew wrote about this very conundrum way back in 2016:
Flexbox is essentially for laying out items in a single dimension – in a row OR a column. Grid is for layout of items in two dimensions – rows AND columns.
Ahmad...
Advice for Complex CSS Illustrations
17.6.2020
If you were to ask me what question I hear most about front-end development, I’d say it’s“How do I get better at CSS?” And that question usually comes up to some CSS illustration I made, which is something I love to do over on CodePen.
To many, CSS is this mythical beast that can’t...
Radio Buttons Are Like Selects; Checkboxes Are Like Multiple Selects
20.5.2020
I was reading Anna Kaley’s “Listboxes vs. Dropdown Lists” post the other day. It’s a fairly straightforward comparison between different UI implementations of selecting options. There is lots of good advice there. Classics like that you should use radio buttons (single...
User agents
19.5.2020
Jeremy beating the classic drum:
For web development, start with HTML, then CSS, then JavaScript (and don’t move on to JavaScript too quickly—really get to grips with HTML and CSS first).
And then…
That’s assuming you want to be a good well-rounded web developer. But it might be that...
Advice for Writing a Technical Resume
27.4.2020
Marco Rogers asked a very good question on Twitter:
I talk to a lot of people new to tech from non-traditional backgrounds, e.g. bootcamps or self-taught. I'm looking for good information for those people on how to build out a strong resume when they don't have work experience yet. Advice...
First Mover: As Fed Assets Top $6T, BitMEX Has Some Inflation-Busting Advice
10.4.2020
The Federal Reserve has opened its lender-of-last-resort spigot and, with unemployment spiking, inflation is on the way. What are your options?
Novogratz: We Have Money-Printing Orgy Going on, Amazing Environment to Buy Bitcoin
8.4.2020
Galaxy Digital chairman Michael Novogratz said that bitcoin is his pick under the current financial situation, describing it as an “amazing environment” to buy bitcoin. With “global money printing orgy,” a possible another trillion-dollar stimulus package, and “money...
Google’s Technical Writing Guide
3.4.2020
It’s good!
I’ve written up my advice (sprinkled with great advice from others), but this is way more straightforward nuts-and-bolts training on technical writing. It’s structured like an actual course, with exercises along the way.
I’m far from an expert here. But between...
Cryptocurrency Accounting Firm Launches Library of Legal and Tax Advice
26.3.2020
Crypto accounting firm Lukka launches the ‘Lukka Library’ — a subscription-based repo of expert advice on crypto taxation and law
Bitcoin Will Need to Rebuild Confidence, Says Novogratz and Gives an Advice
17.3.2020
Mike Novogratz. Source: a video screenshot, Youtube, ConsenSysMedia
Although the recent crypto market sell-off may have been bad for those who bought at high levels, and may even scare off new potential investors, it certainly isn’t game over for crypto as an asset class, according to Mike...
Anthony Pompliano: Don’t Take Tech Advice from Warren Buffett
26.2.2020
Co-founder of Morgan Creek Digital and crypto enthusiast, Anthony Pompliano, defended Bitcoin in an interview with CNN and said that Warren Buffett was not the best person to take technology-related advice from. I spoke to @jchatterleyCNN this AM. Explained why Warren Buffett isn't a great...
Anthony Pompliano: Don’t Take Tech Advice from Warren Buffett
26.2.2020
Co-founder of Morgan Creek Digital and crypto enthusiast, Anthony Pompliano, defended Bitcoin in an interview with CNN and said that Warren Buffett was not the best person to take technology-related advice from. I spoke to @jchatterleyCNN this AM. Explained why Warren Buffett isn't a great...
iOS 13 Design Guidelines, Templates, and Downloads
21.2.2020
Erik Kennedy wrote up a bunch of design advice for designing for the iPhone. Like Apple's Human Interface Guidelines, only illustrated and readable, says Erik.
This is mostly for native iOS apps kinda stuff, but it makes me wonder how much of this is expected when doing a mobile Progressive...