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3 Things Every Crypto Investor Should Know About Trading Bitcoin Futures
7.6.2020
Crypto exchanges are offering more futures and options instruments for investors, but it's crucial to be aware of funding and other fees
A Primer on Display Advertising for Web Designers
4.6.2020
A lot of websites (this one included) rely on advertising as an important revenue source. Those ad placements directly impact the interfaces we build and interact with every day. Building layouts with ads in them is a dance of handling them in fluid environments, and also balancing the need...
Blockchain Is Not a Cure-All for Every Video Conferencing Flaw
2.6.2020
Blockchain projects are developing video conferencing applications as remote working gains more popularity during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic
With Riots Erupting in US Cities, Using Tools of Peaceful Protest Can be More Meaningful
31.5.2020
During the last six days, America has been feeling the wrath of a myriad of protests and riots in nearly every major city across the nation. The U.S. is experiencing an uprising like never before, but some of the protests and demonstrations could be more peaceful. Acts like not voting for...
BigONE Exchange Unveils Star Program
25.5.2020
BigONE, one of the world’s safest cryptocurrency trading platforms, is excited to launch its new Star Program, a referral system that comes with a advanced backend platform that allows BigONE Star members to track the detail of every user they referred to BigONE, not to mention a decent...
Roll Your Own Comments With Gatsby and FaunaDB
21.5.2020
If you haven’t used Gatsby before have a read about why it’s fast in every way that matters, and if you haven’t used FaunaDB before you’re in for a treat. If you’re looking to make your static sites full blown Jamstack applications this is the back...
Unlock Your Mac with Apple Watch
13.5.2020
I convinced myself six months ago that I needed to give the Apple Watch a try. While I wear it every day and enjoy a few features, I’ve felt a bit let down by the experience. I do, however, believe that the Apple Watch makes notifications and other “little things” easier. One...
Bitcoin Is Outperforming Every Mainstream Asset Class in 2020
9.5.2020
With less than three days left until the halving, Bitcoin is currently outperforming every mainstream asset class for 2020 so far
Gibraltar MP: Unless Outlawed, Every Country Recognizes Crypto Payments
8.5.2020
Gibraltar’s financial minister says every jurisdiction recognizes crypto payments in the absence of policies explicitly outlawing them
I’m getting back to making videos
8.5.2020
It’s probably one part coronavirus, one part new-fancy-video setup, and one part “hey this is good for CodePen too,” but I’ve been doing more videos lately. It’s nice to be back in the swing of that for a minute. There’s something fun about coming back to an...
No-Comma Color Functions in CSS
4.5.2020
There have been a couple of viral tweets about this lately, one from Adam Argyle and one from Mathias Bynes. This is a nice change that makes CSS a bit more clear. Before, every single color function actually needs two functions, one for transparency and one without, this eliminates that need...
Enable Gatsby Incremental Builds on Netlify
1.5.2020
The concept of an “incremental build” is that, when using some kind of generator that builds all the files that make for a website, rather than rebuilding 100% of those files every single time, it only changes the files that need to be changed since the last build. Seems like...
[David Baron’s] Thoughts on an implementable path forward for Container Queries
29.4.2020
That’s the title of a public post from David Baron, a Principal Engineer at Firefox, with thoughts toward container queries. I know a lot of people have been holding their breath waiting for David’s ideas, as he’s one of few uniquely qualified to understand the ins and outs...
Drawbacks of Cryptocurrency Exchanges – How Non-Custodial Services Are the Solution
29.4.2020
Cryptocurrency exchanges are online platforms where one can buy, sell, or trade cryptocurrencies. The aim of crypto exchanges is to connect buyers and sellers by creating a cycle of supply and demand in one place. Centralized vs Decentralized Exchanges However, almost every exchange is prone...
$2K per Month for Every American: Andrew Yang Begs Congress to Pass Basic Income
26.4.2020
While most of the U.S. remains on lockdown, a few states across the nation are starting to open up businesses and lift restrictions. Meanwhile, politicians on the left have been trying to push a universal basic income (UBI) package through Congress, in order to give Americans in need a monthly...
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...