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Fake Bitcoin Trading Volumes and Bitcoin Predictions
25.3.2019
The young crypto is yet to come of age, and while it prepares to do so, it will be marred by cases of manipulation, fraud, scams, etc. A recent study report shows that up to 95 percent of the reported […]
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More Capital Flows to the Crypto Sector as Bloomberg Suggests that Bitcoin is Running out of Steam
14.3.2019
A Bloomberg Intelligence analyst believes that Bitcoin’s recent momentum may be running out of steam, resulting in another sell-off and price plunge. Crypto futures exchange CoinFLEX has garnered financial support from two crypto venture firms and added more big names […]
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Designing An Aspect Ratio Unit For CSS
13.3.2019
Rachel Andrew says that the CSS Working Group designed an aspect ration unit at a recent meeting. The idea is to find an elegant solution to those times when we want the height of an element to be calculated in response to the width of the element, or vice versa.
Say, for example, we have a grid...
CSS Variables + calc() + rgb() = Enforcing High Contrast Colors
21.2.2019
As you may know, the recent updates and additions to CSS are extremely powerful. From Flexbox to Grid, and — what we’re concerned about here — Custom Properties (aka CSS variables), all of which make robust and dynamic layouts and interfaces easier than ever while opening up many other...
CSS :placeholder-shown
4.2.2019
One of the first plugins that would hit a new framework in the early days of JavaScript frameworks was a placeholder plugin, which is why we were so excited when HTML5 brought us the placeholder attribute. Then CSS lovers like me were thrilled when the CSS spec allowed us to style placeholders....
The Slow and Steady Refactor
28.1.2019
Over the past week or so, I’ve been reading Refactoring by Martin Fowler and it’s all about how to make sweeping changes to a large codebase in a way that doesn’t cause everything to break. I bring this up because there’s a lot of really good notes in this book that have challenged my recent...
Web Designs That Feel Like Ancient History, but Are More Recent Than You Think
12.12.2018
Flickr announced not long ago that they are limiting free accounts to 1,000 photos. I don't particularly mind that (because it seems like sound business sense), although it is a bit sad that a ton of photos will be nuked from the internet. I imagine the Internet Archive will swoop in and get most...
Code Challenge #14: Test Your Knowledge of React Hooks
27.11.2018
The front-end world of JavaScript keeps buzzing daily with new tools, technologies, and super updates! One of such recent release by the React.js team is React Hooks in React 16.7-alpha. Here's
Recent Videos!
27.7.2018
I've recorded a decent number of videos lately, most of which are pairing with someone and digging into a topic as I glean as much information as I can! Several of these are sponsored, in that they are a part of an advertising package. Hopefully, you know me well enough that I don't work with...
A Quick Roundup of Recent React Chatter
12.6.2018
Like many, many others, I'm in the pool of leveling up my JavaScript skills and learning how to put React to use. That's why Brad Frost resonated with me when he posted My Struggle to Learn React."
As Brad does, he clearly outlines his struggles point-by-point:
I have invested enough time...
Digging Into React Context
11.6.2018
You may have wondered lately what all the buzz is about Context and what it might mean for you and your React sites. Before Context, when the management of state gets complicated beyond the functionality of setState, you likely had to make use of a third party library. Thanks to recent updates...
Frustration
31.5.2018
Jeremy Keith talks about a couple of recent frustrating moments in his life. One regarding a musical instrument, one involving a build process:
That feeling of frustration I get from having wiring issues with a musical instrument is the same feeling I get whenever something goes awry with my...
8 Awesome New Features in Sublime Text 3.1
9.5.2018
What are developers without code editors? I can't seem to think of a clear answer to that. In recent times, code editors have evolved from traditional IDEs to smarter and faster tools. While some f
Script & Style Show: Episode 9: What’s in the News
4.5.2018
In this episode: David reveals his tree-falling-into-house nightmare, but quickly moves onto recent news, like the massive release of Dojo 2, EU privacy, service workers landing in all major browsers (finally Edge!), this tweet, and more!  
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The ride to 5
28.10.2014
Forwards In recent weeks I contacted around 40 people, a cross section of those who have banged away at, or banged on about, HTML5. I asked them for their perspectives on HTML5 becoming a W3C Recommendation. Below are the words of the 28 people who responded, pretty much in the order they hit...
The ride to 5
28.10.2014
Forwards In recent weeks I contacted around 40 people, a cross section of those who have banged away at, or banged on about, HTML5. I asked them for their perspectives on HTML5 becoming a W3C Recommendation. Below are the words of the 28 people who responded, pretty much in the order they hit...