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Blockchain Bites: Hyperledger Makes Inroads, Bitcoin Gets ‘Harder’ and Buffett’s Not ‘Halving’ It
5.5.2020
Bitcoin's difficulty has increased ahead of the halving event as more retail investors pour in. Warren Buffett has yet to be enticed
COVID-19 Crisis Weighs On Crypto M&A, Startups To Sweat Harder
2.5.2020
Several crypto M&A deals have been delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the general economic uncertainty, Torbjørn Bull Jenssen, the CEO of Arcane Research, told Cryptonews.com. Also, crypto startups will need to put more effort in order to secure fresh capital, he added.
The CEO of...
Dark mode and variable fonts
23.4.2020
Not so long ago, we wrote about dark mode in CSS and I’ve been thinking about how white text on a black background is pretty much always harder to read than black text on a white background. After thinking about this for a while, I realized that we can fix that problem by making the text thinner...
Consistent Backends and UX: What Can Go Wrong?
12.3.2020
Article Series
Why should you care?
What can go wrong?
What are the barriers to adoption? (Coming soon)
How do new algorithms help? (Coming soon)
In the previous article, we explained what strong (vs. eventual) consistency is. This article is the second part of a series where we explain how...
It’s Never Been Harder to Mine Bitcoin as Hash Rate Hits New Highs
18.1.2020
Bitcoin’s hash rate and difficulty continue to surge higher as miner confidence appears unshaken in Q1 2020
Systems, Mistakes, and the Sea
6.1.2020
Our own Robin Rendle:
[...] folks can’t talk about real design systems problems because it will show their company as being dysfunctional and broken in some way. This looks bad for their company and hence looks bad for them. But hiding those mistakes and shortcomings by glossing over everything...
Is Web Design Easier or Harder Than it was 10 Years Ago?
20.12.2019
Is it harder or easier to build a website now than 10 years ago? Has the bar gone up or down? I don't have any data for you, but I can shell out some loosey-goosey opinions.
HTML
HTML5 was the only big HTML change in the last decade, and it wasn't particularly dramatic. It's cool it's the looser...
WordPress.com: One CMS, Infinite Possibilities
11.12.2019
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Have you ever looked at a site and knew exactly what CMS powers it? You might see a distinctive design aesthetic that gives it away. Or maybe it's something even less obvious and even harder to articulate, but you know it when you see it.
That seems true with just about...
Bitcoin Bulls Pushing Harder to Cross Above $10,400; Trades with a Mixed Sentiment
9.9.2019
Bitcoin has just tested support levels below $10,100, all set to rebound The price level of $10,090.79 acted as decent support recently Another price rally above $10,600 can be anticipated if the uptrend remains intact The 4-hourly chart gives positive signs; SMA lines proceed for a bullish...
UN Official: Cryptocurrency Makes Criminals Harder to Catch
29.8.2019
Cryptocurrencies have made combating money laundering significantly harder, according to a United Nations official
Multi-Line Truncation with Pure CSS
17.7.2019
Truncating a single line of text if is fairly straightforward. Truncating multiple lines is a bit harder. Using just CSS (no JavaScript or server-side dancing) is nice for the simplicity. It's gotten a little easier lately since Firefox (since version 68) has started supporting the ultra-bizarre...
South Korea’s Shinhan Bank Is Cracking Down Harder on Anonymous Crypto Users
4.7.2019
New rules make it even harder to create anonymous crypto exchanges in South Korea
It’s Now Harder to Mine Bitcoin Than Ever Before
27.6.2019
Bitcoin mining has become competitive than ever, new network data shows
IOTA Price Analysis: IOTA Is Losing Its Worth Since Past 4 Days And It’s Getting Harder To Gain Back Its Momentum
8.6.2019
It’s raining darkness in the crypto sphere where the altcoin like IOTA had already lost its value to a great extent, and it’s still on the verge to lose its value to a very significant level. Its almost been a week since IOTA has been running in the bearish zone. This is not only indicating...
Estonian Consulting Firm Claims It’s Harder to Get a Crypto License Following Regulation
16.5.2019
It will be harder to get a cryptocurrency license in Estonia after this month’s new regulatory changes, according to Estonian consulting firm Eesti
Clever code
17.4.2019
This week, Chris Ferdinandi examined a clever JavaScript snippet, one that's written creatively with new syntax features, but is perhaps less readable and performant. It's a quick read, but his callout of our industry's fixation on cleverness is worth... calling out:
...we’ve become obsessed as...
While solving for collaboration, we built a product that our own teams love and use everyday!
11.4.2019
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Flock is a messaging and collaboration tool built for both designers and developers. With close-to-zero setup, it brings together all your team’s conversations, appointments, and files in one place, helping you spend more time on what you are best at — building...
Technical Debt is Like Tetris
21.3.2019
Here’s a wonderful post by Eric Higgins all about refactoring and technical debt. He compares giant refactoring projects to being similar to Tetris:
Similar to running a business, Tetris gets harder the longer you play. Pieces move faster and it becomes harder to keep up.
Similar to running...
React indeterminate
22.1.2019
I’ve fallen in love with React.js and JSX over the years; state-based rendering and a logical workflow have made me see the light of this modern framework. That doesn’t mean I don’t sometimes get a bit frustrated that the “simple” things seem harder than they should...
Combining the Powers of SEM and BIO for Improving CSS
4.6.2018
CSS is easy, some might argue, but that "easiness" can cause messy code. This is especially true through power of preprocessors like Sass or Less where, if you aren’t careful, your CSS can become harder to deal with instead of easier. Sass? Harder? This Gist shows a great example of Sass nesting...