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How Governments Steal Your Money and Conceal It Through Inflation
5.8.2019
Dozens of countries all over the world have used the same trick called redenomination to hide how they have stolen their own citizens’ money through inflation or hyperinflation. The next nation to try this economic sleight of hand is the government of the Islamic Republic of Iran. Also Read:...
Global Crypto War Is Heating up – Iran Next in Line With Its Own Gold-Backed Coin
17.7.2019
Control of the U.S. dollar and the global financial system that depends on it gives the American government an incredibly powerful tool in shaping international affairs. As such, it is not surprising that its geopolitical rivals around the world will try to exploit the invention of cryptocurrency...
Finally… A Post on Finally in Promises
16.7.2019
“When does finally fire in a JavaScript promise?” This is a question I was asked in a recent workshop and I thought I’d write up a little post to clear up any confusion.
The answer is, to quote Snape:
...always.
The basic structure is like this:
try {
// I’ll try to execute some code...
Types or Tests: Why Not Both?
10.7.2019
Every now and then, a debate flares up about the value of typed JavaScript. "Just write more tests!" yell some opponents. "Replace unit tests with types!" scream others. Both are right in some ways, and wrong in others. Twitter affords little room for nuance. But in the space of this article we...
Bitcoin Surges While Altcoins Try to Catch Up
3.7.2019
After a strong decline, bitcoin price formed a support base near the USD 10,000 level. Finally, the bulls joined the party, resulting in a sharp upward move above USD 10,500. BTC/USD rallied more than 15% in the past three sessions and even surged above USD 11,000 and USD 11,250. On the other hand...
The (Developer’s) Growth Model
29.6.2019
I really like the post "The Designer’s Growth Model" by Dennis Hambeukers. Dennis just invented this model, but it's based on some existing ideas and it all rings true for me. Let me try to summarize the five stages as he lays them out for designers.
Producers: You learn how to design. You learn...
The (Developer’s) Growth Model
29.6.2019
I really like the post "The Designer’s Growth Model" by Dennis Hambeukers. Dennis just invented this model, but it's based on some existing ideas and it all rings true for me. Let me try to summarize the five stages as he lays them out for designers.
Producers: You learn how to design. You learn...
Sygnia Cuts Try with Consulting Giant Deloitte Over Reputational Issues
26.6.2019
The biggest consultancy firms in the world are now going through a lot of turmoil for having been mixed up in unsavory episodes over the past few years, and that is no different when it comes to their operations in South Africa. One of the biggest scandals to have hit South Africa in recent years...
Haasbot Is an Automated Trading Tool for the Crypto Market
17.5.2019
Sudden and significant changes in the cryptocurrency markets are a common occurrence. Under such choppy conditions, you might want to try an automated trading solution such as Haasbot to help minimize the risks and maximize your profit. Also read: Coincheckup Aggregator Makes It Easier to Analyze...
Deploying a Client-Side Rendered create-react-app to Microsoft Azure
10.5.2019
Deploying a React app to Microsoft Azure is simple. Except that... it isn’t. The devil is in the details. If you're looking to deploy a create-react-app — or a similar style front-end JavaScript framework that requires pushState-based routing — to Microsoft Azure, I believe this article will serve...
How to Get a Progressive Web App into the Google Play Store
19.4.2019
PWA (Progressive Web Apps) have been with us for some time now. Yet, each time I try explaining it to clients, the same question pops up: "Will my users be able to install the app using app stores?" The answer has traditionally been no, but this changed with Chrome 72 which shipped a new feature...
Make Gmail Cleaner with the Simplify Chrome Extension
16.4.2019
Google Inbox is officially gone, and for many, it's a hard pill to swallow. Hardcore fans are desperate to try and fill the void that Inbox has left. Here's a piece of good news. The
Revisiting the Rendering Tier
5.4.2019
Have you ever created a well-intentioned, thoughtful design system only to watch it grow into an ever-increasing and scary codebase? I've been working in sort of the opposite direction, inheriting the scary codebase and trying to create a thoughtful system from it.
Here's Alex Sanders on the topic...
Free Programming Courses from Harvard, MIT, Microsoft and more (Sponsored)
26.3.2019
Did you know that you can learn programming online from institutions like Harvard, MIT and Microsoft on edX.org? The nonprofit site offers 2000 online courses from 140 institutions worldwide. Courses are free to try. EdX has over 200 courses from Microsoft alone, including an 11 course program...
It’s pretty cool how Netlify CMS works with any flat file site generator
21.3.2019
Little confession here: when I first saw Netlify CMS at a glance, I thought: cool, maybe I'll try that someday when I'm exploring CMSs for a new project. Then as I looked at it with fresh eyes: I can already use this! It's a true CMS in that it adds a content management UI on top of any static site...
Extracting Text from Content Using HTML Slot, HTML Template and Shadow DOM
6.3.2019
Chapter names in books, quotes from a speech, keywords in an article, stats on a report — these are all types of content that could be helpful to isolate and turn into a high-level summary of what's important.
For example, have you seen the way Business Insider provides an article's key points...
Control Icons with Font Size
27.2.2019
Here’s a nifty trick from Andy Bell that now seems a little obvious in hindsight: if you set an SVG to have a width and height of 1em then you can change the size of it with the font-size property.
Try and change the font-size on the body element below to see the icon scale with the text:
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Collective #495
25.2.2019
Progressive React * Try GraphQL * Tech Productivity * personal-website * Onelineplayer * Pure CSS Drawing Essentials
Collective #495 was written by Pedro Botelho and published on Codrops
Grid Reveal Effects with Anime.js
13.2.2019
Some experiments with the new staggering system of Anime.js where we try different effects for hiding and showing thumbnails in an image grid.
Grid Reveal Effects with Anime.js was written by Mary Lou and published on Codrops
Quick! What’s the Difference Between Flexbox and Grid?
12.2.2019
Let's go rapid fire and try to answer this question with quick points rather than long explanations. There are a lot of similarities between flexbox and grid, starting with the fact that they are used for layout and much more powerful than any layout technique that came before them. They...