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Using requestAnimationFrame with React Hooks
21.8.2019
Animating with requestAnimationFrame should be easy, but if you haven’t read React’s documentation thoroughly then you will probably run into a few things that might cause you a headache. Here are three gotcha moments I learned the hard way.
TLDR: Pass an empty array as a second parameter...
Bitcoin Price ‘Will Struggle’ in Big Financial Crisis, Says Investor
21.8.2019
Blockchain Capital’s Spencer Bogart is confident that BTC is a safe haven in the long term
Bitcoin As a Safe Haven Case Still Lacks Proof
15.8.2019
As the global markets went down, discussion have been lead about bitcoin (BTC) as a safe haven – with many not believing it to be so.
As bitcoin climbed while stocks were falling, some in cryptoverse argued it was acting like a safe haven in a manner similar to gold, while others denied that...
3 Reasons Bitcoin Is Turning Into a Global Safe Haven for Investors
8.8.2019
Bitcoin price will go higher, say analysts, as central banks around the world continue the interest rate race to the bottom
Bitcoin Safe Haven Sucking in Money From China, Says Blockchain Executive
8.8.2019
Bitcoin is becoming a safe haven asset during trade war
BMO Chief Investment Strategist: Too Soon to Call Bitcoin a Safe Haven
8.8.2019
A chief investment banking strategist for BMO says that, in his view, it is premature to call Bitcoin a safe haven
Shark Tank’s Kevin O’Leary Questions Bitcoin’s Use as ‘Safe Haven’ Asset
6.8.2019
The business mogul critiqued Morgan Creek Digital Anthony Pompliano's financial holdings, comparing cryptocurrencies to "Vegas games"
Mainstream Media Hails Bitcoin as Safe Haven Amidst Market Turmoil
6.8.2019
While global financial markets are in the midst of a massive turmoil, with the U.S. S&P 500 stock market index selling off more than 3%, even the mainstream media are starting to pay attention to potential bitcoin’s safe-haven properties.
Several major media outlets, ranging from Bloomberg to CNBC...
Currency War Erupts as US and China Bring Out the Big Guns
6.8.2019
What started out as a trade dispute between the world’s two largest economies is now a full-blown currency war as the U.S. and China bring their big guns to the battlefield. The impact on the global financial markets was immediate and severe, driving up safe-haven assets as ordinary people...
What Happened: Why the First US Physical Bitcoin Futures Haven’t Launched
1.8.2019
LedgerX admitted it has not launched bitcoin futures, as it previously claimed, after the CFTC said it had not approved the exchange to do so
Testing Haven, OB1’s New Social Media and Crypto Marketplace App
30.7.2019
On Monday, OB1, the development team who created the crypto-infused marketplace Openbazaar, launched a new platform called Haven. The application is a mobile version of the Openbazaar marketplace, but also includes social media, end-to-end encrypted messaging, and noncustodial wallet services for...
OpenBazaar Developers Launch a Crypto Marketplace for Mobile
29.7.2019
The developers behind decentralized marketplace OpenBazaar have released a mobile counterpart
10 Web Performance Audit Tips for Your Next Billion Users in 2018: Offline First
29.5.2019
Offline first strategy is the thing of the web right now. It has proven to boost user engagement unbelievably high. If you haven’t given it a shot, here is what it is.
The strategy
Bank of America CTO Catherine Bessant: We Haven’t Found a Blockchain Use Case in Finance
15.5.2019
Bank of America has yet to find blockchain use cases for the financial services sector, according to the bank’s CTO, Catherine Bessant
Who Are Design Systems For?
23.4.2019
Specific design systems, I mean. Design systems, as a concept, are something just about any site can benefit from.
A lot of hype goes into design systems these days. Just the other day, an organization's published their design system publicly and I got a slew of DMs, emails, and Slack messages...
Downsides of Smooth Scrolling
11.3.2019
Smooth scrolling has gotten a lot easier. If you want it all the time on your page, and you are happy letting the browser deal with the duration for you, it's a single line of CSS:
html {
scroll-behavior: smooth;
}
I tried this on version 17 of this site, and it was the second most-hated thing...
8 Little Videos About the Firefox Shape Path Editor
7.3.2019
It sometimes takes a quick 35 seconds for a concept to really sink in. Mikael Ainalem delivers that here, in the case that you haven't quite grokked the concepts behind path-based CSS properties like clip-path and shape-outside.
Here are two of my favorites. The first demonstrates animating text...
Build an Infinite Scroll Image Gallery with React, CSS Grid and Unsplash (Solution to Code Challenge #16)
25.2.2019
Last week on the code challenge we set out to build an image gallery with Infinte Scroll and consuming the Unsplash API. You can complete the challenge here if you haven't.
In this post, we
Using Dotfiles for Managing Development and Many Other Magical Things
8.2.2019
Howdy folks! 🎉 I'm Simon Owen, and over the years, I've loved being a part of and learning from the dotfiles community. I spend a lot of time teaching developers and running workshops. In those sessions, demonstrating how I set up my development environment is often one of things that folks...
The All Powerful Front-End Developer
5.12.2018
I posted a video of this talk some months back, but it was nearly an hour and a half long. Here's an updated version that I gave at JAMstack_conf that's only 30 minutes:
The gist is that the front-end stack is wildly powerful these days. Our front-end skillset can be expanded to give us power...