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The Cost of Javascript Frameworks
26.4.2020
I expect this post from Tim Kadlec to be quoted in every performance conference talk for the next few years. There is a lot of data here, so please check it out for yourself, but the short story is that JavaScript-framework-powered sites are definitely heavier and more resource-intensive than...
Fake Code
21.4.2020
Here’s a fun little idea from Knut Synstad. You give it the URL of a GitHub Gist and it converts the Gist into grayscale rounded blobs (SVG) that sorta look like code if you squint. Maybe fun for interesting dynamic backgrounds or for whatever you might use code-looking stock art for.
It...
Dash Core Group to Update Platform’s ‘Evonet’ Testnet Every Six Weeks
20.4.2020
The Dash Core Group plans to release a network update every six weeks starting with a release between April 22 and May 5
10 Things Every Blockchain Engineer Should Know in 2020
17.4.2020
What you should know about the current blockchain tech industry engineering in 2020
How to Add Native Keyword Aliases to Babel
16.4.2020
Those of you who follow this blog know that not every blog post is an endorsement of a technique but simply a tutorial how to accomplish something. Sometimes the technique described is probably not something you should do. This is one of those blog posts. The Babel parser is an essential tool...
5 Risk Management Rules Every Bitcoin & Crypto Investor Should Follow
16.4.2020
Global markets are taking a hit due to the coronavirus pandemic but investors who manage their risk well can profit even during an economic downturn
Pandemic Assistance: Maduro to Airdrop Cryptocurrency to All Doctors in Venezuela
4.4.2020
Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro has announced that he is airdropping cryptocurrency to every doctor in his country as a token of appreciation for their work to combat the coronavirus outbreak. The national cryptocurrency, the petro, will be distributed via the Homeland card (Carnet de...
Homeowners Can’t Pay: US Lenders Prepare for Catastrophic Real Estate Market
3.4.2020
The coronavirus has managed to seep into every facet of the global economy and it seems nothing will escape its financial wrath. During the last two weeks as unemployment levels have skyrocketed in the U.S.; analysts, economists, and wealth managers have been warning about another subprime mortgage...
Provably fair: every online casino should want to adopt it
3.4.2020
Disclaimer: The text below is a sponsored article that was not written by Cryptonews.com journalists.
Online gambling is a growing industry like few others. People love to play their favourite games of chance and, when it comes to speed and comfort, they prefer doing it from the safety of their...
In-Between Bitcoin Halvings: Analyst Proves Bitcoin’s Price Not Bound to 4-Year Cycles
29.3.2020
Crypto traders and analysts have always looked to the halvings for some kind of clues in order to predict the future price of bitcoin. A number of traders also think that BTC price movements shift every four years and speculators often use the halvings as milestone markers. On March 28, crypto...
Creating an Editable Site with Google Sheets and Eleventy
27.3.2020
Remember Tabletop.js? We just covered it a little bit ago in this same exact context: building editable websites. It’s a tool that turns a Google Sheet into an API, that you as a developer can hit for data when building a website. In that last article, we used that API on the client side, meaning...
Add Beautiful Images with the Unsplash API
26.3.2020
Perhaps you know Unsplash? I'd wager it's the most popular stock photography site out there for two big reasons:
Every photo on there is pretty darn nice
Every photo is entirely free even for commercial use. You don't have to ask permission or even credit it (although that's appreciated).
Here's...
$2 Trillion for Surveillance Capitalism – US Government Promises $1,200 to Every American
25.3.2020
On Wednesday, U.S. Congressional leaders had seemingly come up with a stimulus deal at around 1 a.m. EST. The package will cost upwards of $2 trillion and politicians are promising direct payments of $1,200 per American if they make $75,000 or less. The dollar injection will be the largest...
Elon Musk and Tesla Doing Every Bit They Can to Help Curtail COVID-19
23.3.2020
Elon Musk is known around the world for his philanthropic efforts, and in these disastrous times of the global pandemic, the Tesla chief is making a great effort to do his bit. Recently, he met with the Medtronic team to discuss the engineering of state-of-the-art, and was all praise for....
Minting Basic Income – US Lawmaker Asks Treasury to Issue Two $1 Trillion Coins With No Debt
22.3.2020
The U.S. is now facing the onslaught from the coronavirus outbreak. During the last two weeks, bureaucrats have shut down multiple industries while the Federal Reserve has injected trillions into the hands of private banks. Bipartisan members of Congress have been penning a 2020 stimulus plan,...
Playing With Particles Using the Web Animations API
18.3.2020
When it comes to motion and animations, there is probably nothing I love more than particles. This is why every time I explore new technologies I always end up creating demos with as many particles as I can.
In this post, we'll make even more particle magic using the Web Animations API to create...
15 Things to Improve Your Website Accessibility
17.3.2020
This is a really great list from Bruce. There is a lot of directly actionable stuff here. Send it around to your team and make it something that you all go through together.
Here's a little one that prodded me to finally fix...
Most screen readers allow the user to quickly see a list of links...
CSS X
17.3.2020
My name appears in an article from Bert Bos (co-author of the original CSS spec), so I'll consider that a life accomplishment. Berts makes the point that CSS has evolved and the working group versions things, but the working group hasn't been and doesn't really plan to be involved in these...
Careful with Nested `display: grid; height: 100%;`
11.3.2020
It's not every day you can feel CSS be slow at something. Reddit user jgbbrd discovered nesting grid containers that all have 100% height can cause many-seconds of rendering delay. Probably not something you'll ever have to worry about, but still, interesting. From the comments:
What a funny...
5 Crypto Cashback Solutions That Award You Satoshis to Shop
9.3.2020
Cashback is a popular ecommerce system that administers rewards and rebates for shopping. Every time you shop online, and in some cases in-store, you’ll earn up to 1% of the transaction value back. Traditionally administered in cash or rewards points, certain cashback schemes now dispense...