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“Link In Bio” is a slow knife
16.12.2019
Anil Dash:
If Instagram users could post links willy-nilly, they might even be able to connect directly to their users, getting their email addresses or finding other ways to communicate with them. Links represent a threat to closed systems.
On CodePen, we have a TextExpander snippet we use...
Domain-Driven Design With React
16.12.2019
There is very little guidance on how to organize front-end applications in the world of React. (Just move files around until it “feels right,” lol). The truth is that we can do better. Let’s take a look at one pattern you might consider using to architect your site.
At first, you might split...
Can ‘Dogfooding’ Altcoins Find Real Users in 2020?
13.12.2019
Dogfooding - or using your own product - is normal among crypto startups. Is it indicative of a lack of real demand?
Lightning Network Wiki Page Faces Removal for Lack of Notability
13.12.2019
A slew of Wikipedia editors would like to delete the Lightning Network (LN) Wiki page because the subject matter does not hold notability. Wikipedia editors use notability as a test to find out if a topic warrants its own article. The LN article debate on Wikipedia is still raging as a few editors...
Dogecoin Price Continues to Fall this Month; Fails to Find a Support Level
13.12.2019
Bulls have lost control over Dogecoin’s price trend; the coin trades with extreme bearish momentum Dogecoin has formed a lower high pattern noting a negative sign for the price trend Dogecoin clearly shows a sloppy downtrend, which it has experienced for the whole month. However, DOGE is not...
Having a Little Fun With Custom Focus Styles
2.12.2019
Every front-end developer has dealt or will deal with this scenario: your boss, client or designer thinks the outline applied by browsers on focused elements does not match the UI, and asks you to remove it. Or you might even be looking to remove it yourself.
So you do a little research and find...
Binance Acquires Major Indian Exchange Wazirx – CEO Explains the Changes
21.11.2019
A major Indian cryptocurrency exchange, Wazirx, has been acquired by Binance. News.Bitcoin.com talked to Wazirx CEO Nischal Shetty to find out the implication of this acquisition and the changes users in India can expect. Meanwhile, the “India Wants Crypto” campaign to bring about...
No, Absolutely Not
19.11.2019
I think the difference between a junior and senior front-end developer isn't in their understanding or familiarity with a particular tech stack, toolchain, or whether they can write flawless code. Instead, it all comes down to this: how they push back against bad ideas.
What I've learned this year...
JAMstack CMSs Have Finally Grown Up!
15.11.2019
This article is based on Brian's presentation at Connect.Tech 2019. Slides with speaker notes from that presentation are available to download.
In my experience, developers generally find the benefits of the JAMstack easy to comprehend. Sites are faster because the resources are static and served...
The Amazingly Useful Tools from Yoksel
15.11.2019
I find myself web searching for some tool by Yoksel at least every month. I figured I'd list out some of my favorites here in case you aren't aware of them.
Need to duo-tone an image? SVG filters can do that. Lentie Ward wrote about it for us, and Yoksel has a tool to create the filters...
Some CSS Grid Strategies for Matching Design Mockups
14.11.2019
The world of web development has always had a gap between the design-to-development handoff. Ambitious designers want the final result of their effort to look unique and beautiful (and true to their initial vision), whereas many developers find more value in an outcome that is consistent...
scrapestack: An API for Scraping Sites
12.11.2019
(This is a sponsored post.)
Not every site has an API to access data from it. Most don't, in fact. If you need to pull that data, one approach is to "scrape" it. That is, load the page in web browser (that you automate), find what you are looking for in the DOM, and take it.
You can do this...
CoinMarketCap’s The Capital Day 1: Masked Speakers, CMC’s Liquidity Metric, Top Exchanges
12.11.2019
You walk into the smallish (seats 600) late-19th century Victoria Theatre in humid, November Singapore. Find an empty spot among the plush maroon seats that slope downwards to the stage. Two seated figures — both in Guy Fawkes masks, seemingly […]
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CoinMarketCap’s The Capital Day 1: Masked Speakers, CMC’s Liquidity Metric, Top Exchanges
12.11.2019
You walk into the smallish (seats 600) late-19th century Victoria Theatre in humid, November Singapore. Find an empty spot among the plush maroon seats that slope downwards to the stage. Two seated figures — both in Guy Fawkes masks, seemingly […]
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CoinMarketCap’s The Capital Day 1: Masked Speakers, CMC’s Liquidity Metric, Top Exchanges
12.11.2019
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The Trick to Animating the Dot on the Letter “i”
4.11.2019
Here’s the trick: by combining the Turkish letter "ı" and the period "." we can create something that looks like the letter "i," but is made from two separate elements. This opens us up to some fun options to style or animate the dot of the letter independently from the stalk. Worried about...
A Look at JAMstack’s Speed, By the Numbers
1.11.2019
People say JAMstack sites are fast — let’s find out why by looking at real performance metrics! We’ll cover common metrics, like Time to First Byte (TTFB) among others, then compare data across a wide section of sites to see how different ways to slice those sites up compare.
First, I’d like...
New Tool Will Find Secrets – Including Crypto Keys – In Your Public Code
29.10.2019
A clever tool scours GitHub for secret keys and passwords that programmers inadvertently made public
Why Central Banks Are Not Designed for Democracies
29.10.2019
Through their policies, central banks exert tremendous influence over the socio-economic conditions in a country and its business environment. Their decisions are so powerful that it’s obvious they are part of the government. But most people would be surprised to find out that central banks...
Prep work
28.10.2019
CoinMarketCap Daily Newsletter Your daily newsletter for 28 October, 2019 Preparation “Prevention is better than cure.” – Desiderius Erasmus What a weekend in the crypto space! Read on below to find out more on what happened! ???? Also, happy Diwali (Deepavali) […]
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