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Using DevTools to Improve the UX Design to Development Process
7.6.2019
I’d like to tell you how I see code and design intersect and support one another. Specifically, I want to cover how designers can use code in their everyday work. I suggest this not because it’s a required skill, but because even a baseline understanding of coding can make designs better and...
Your first performance budget with Lighthouse
7.6.2019
Ire Aderinokun writes about a new way to set a performance budget (and stick to it) with Lighthouse, Google’s suite of tools that help developers see how performant and accessible their websites are:
Until recently, I also hadn't setup an official performance budget and enforced it. This isn’t...
Thailand’s Largest Commercial Bank Retracts Tweet Indicating Plans to Use Ripple’s XRP
7.6.2019
Siam Commercial Bank, Thailand’s largest commercial bank, has denied it plans to start using Ripple’s XRP token, contrary to earlier indications
McKinsey Finds Three Blockchain Use Cases in Retail Banking
7.6.2019
While it’s understandable to be wary of new and untested territories, “there are a number of areas where [blockchain] could create value for retail banks,” according to major consulting firm McKinsey and Company.
In the June 2019 article they claim that while retail banks have been quick to adopt...
How to Use the Web Share API
6.6.2019
The Web Share API is one that has seemingly gone under the radar since it was first introduced in Chrome 61 for Android. In essence, it provides a way to trigger the native share dialog of a device (or desktop, if using Safari) when sharing content — say a link or a contact card — directly from...
Visa and App Provider LINE Pay to Use Blockchain in New Fintech Offerings
6.6.2019
Japanese app provider LINE Pay Corporation has inked a deal with Visa to create new fintech services for their retail and merchant customers
New Browser Extension Enhances BCH Addresses for Easy Tipping
5.6.2019
Bitcoin cash is a great fit for tipping online creators as it offers extremely low fees which is needed for small payments with cryptocurrency to make sense. A new tool aims to make the tipping process easier, removing the need to manually copy and paste BCH addresses. Also Read: How to Use...
Belarus General Prosecutor Warns About Cryptocurrency’s Use in Tax Evasion
5.6.2019
Belarus remains worried about crypto’s role in cybercrime and tax evasion, according to comments from the country’s general prosecutor
Blockchain for Retail: Use Cases and Potential Applications
5.6.2019
Blockchain can make retail better for both businesses and customers — in many ways
Create a Custom useFetch() React Hook
5.6.2019
A custom hook is a JavaScript function with a unique naming convention that requires -
the function name to start with use and
the function may call other Hooks
Creating Animations Using React Spring
4.6.2019
Have you ever needed animation in your React application? Traditionally, implementing animation has not an easy feat to accomplish. But now, thanks to Paul Henschel, we there’s a new React tool just for that. react-spring inherits from animated and react-motion for interpolations, optimized...
How to Use a Physical Security Key to Safeguard Your Exchange Account
4.6.2019
If you are keeping funds on a cryptocurrency platform such as a centralized exchange it is highly advisable you make sure your accounts are as safe as possible. Using a physical security key can greatly help with this as well as safeguarding other private services such as email and cloud storage....
Crypto Beats Fiat in Round the World Payments Race
4.6.2019
Four contestants are currently racing their way around the globe in a quest to reach Amsterdam first. The Payments Race runs westwards from London, circling the globe before finishing at the Money 2020 event in the Dutch capital today, June 4. In keeping with its theme, each contestant must use...
Bitcoin.com’s Local Bitcoin Cash Marketplace Is Now Open for Trading
4.6.2019
The highly anticipated Local.Bitcoin.com is now available to the general public. As of right now, anyone in the world can use the service to trade bitcoin cash (BCH) securely. Since pre-launch signups were announced last month, thousands of traders have created accounts and there are over 2,200...
Encrypted Email Service Launches on Blockstack With Bitcoin Features
3.6.2019
An Egyptian web firm is building Dmail on Blockstack to bring bitcoin-friendly privacy tech to the Middle East
Reducing motion with the picture element
31.5.2019
Here’s a bonafide CSS/HTML trick from Brad Frost and Dave Rupert where they use the <picture> element to switch out a GIF file with an image if the user has reduced motion enabled. This is how Brad goes about implementing that:
<picture>
<!-- This image will be loaded if...
Chainalysis Research: Speculation Remains Bitcoin’s Primary Use Case
31.5.2019
Research from U.S.-based blockchain intelligence firm Chainalysis shows that only 1.3% of economic transactions for bitcoin came from merchants in the first four months of 2019
State Farm, USAA to Pay Each Other Insurance Claims on Blockchain by 2020
30.5.2019
Insurance giants State Farm and USAA are in advanced testing of a blockchain to automate claims processing
A Practical Use Case for Vue Render Functions: Building a Design System Typography Grid
30.5.2019
This post covers how I built a typography grid for a design system using Vue render functions. Here’s the demo and the code. I used render functions because they allow you to create HTML with a greater level of control than regular Vue templates, yet surprisingly I couldn’t find very much when...
Customer Satisfaction Surveys with Wufoo
30.5.2019
I was once tasked to create a makeshift customer service survey that would allow an employee to receive a customer call and send a survey to the custom once the call ended. The goal was to track customer satisfaction, which is a totally legit thing to want.
There are some solutions out there that...