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Visual. Intuitive. Unlike Anything Else.
26.7.2018
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What bit of advice would you share with someone new to your field?
18.7.2018
The most FA of all the FAQs.
Here's Laura Kalbag:
Find what you love. Don’t worry about needing to learn every language, technique or tool. Start with what interests you, and carve your own niche. And then use your powers for good!
And my own:
Buy a domain name. Figure out how to put an HTML file...
The div that looks different in every browser
13.7.2018
It's not that Martijn Cuppens used User Agent sniffing, CSS hacks, or anything like that to make this quirk div. This is just a plain ol' <div> using the outline property a la:
div {
inset 100px green;
outline-offset: -125px;
}
It looks different in different browsers because browsers...
Hide Information in Images
9.7.2018
If you’ve followed this blog, you know that I’m obsessed with figuring out every way to interact with, abuse, and convert different types of media. Whether it’s images, video, or audio, if something can be changed or exploited, I want to figure out how to do it. I remember...
Creating your own meme generator
15.6.2018
Almost every time a new meme pops up in my Twitter feed, I think of a witty version to create. I'm not alone in this. Memes are often a way to acknowledge a shared experience or idea. In a variation of the "Is this a pigeon" meme that has been making the rounds online, a designer Daryl Ginn joked...
Build live comments with sentiment analysis using Nest.js
12.6.2018
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Interestingly, one of the most important areas of a blog post is the comment section. This plays an important role in the success of a post or an article, as it allows proper interaction and participation from readers. This makes it inevitable for every platform with...
Browser Extensions I Actually Use
27.5.2018
I use around 10 at the moment and they all provide functionality to me I find extremely important. Sometimes that functionality is every day all day. Sometimes it's once in a blue moon but when you need it, you need it.
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Build live comments with sentiment analysis using Nest.js
22.5.2018
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Interestingly, one of the most important areas of a blog post is the comment section. This plays an important role in the success of a post or an article, as it allows proper interaction and participation from readers. This makes it inevitable for every platform with...
Build Nodejs APIs Using Serverless
17.5.2018
Simona Cotin did a great talk at Microsoft Build about Serverless technologies, called "Build Node APIs Using Serverless." In this talk, she addresses pretty much every major gotcha that you might run into while creating Serverless infrastructure for JavaScript applications. Some of the topics...
Detect WebVR Support with JavaScript
16.5.2018
It’s been two years since I was heavily involved with WebVR at Mozilla but, despite not contributing every day, I can see VR making leaps and bounds, from Firefox making an increased effort to Chrome pushing VR and Oculus and HTC (Vive) improving their offerings. Native games are getting...
Ship Map
14.5.2018
Interactive maps can both be functional and, when combined with data, tell a good story. Kiln released this data-driven map (make sure to hit the play button) to show the routes of every cargo ship moving about on the high seas in 2012.
Created by London-based data visualisation studio Kiln...
Animating Progress
30.4.2018
Jonathan Snook on the complexity of animating the <progress> element. If you’re unfamiliar, that’s the element that spits out a bar chart-like visual that indicates a position between two values:
This example has custom styles, but you get the point.
Jonathan's post shows off a method...
CSS Blocks
27.4.2018
A new entry into the CSS-in-JS landscape! Looks like the idea is that you write an individual CSS file for every component. You have to work in components, that's how the whole thing works. In the same isle as styled-components, css-modules, and glamorous.
Then you write :scope { } which is...
Level Up Your JavaScript Error Monitoring
26.4.2018
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4 Things Every Progressive Web App Must Have
5.4.2018
A Progressive Web App (PWA) is a web app that uses modern web capabilities to deliver an app-like experience to users. It looks and behaves as if it is a mobile app and can be kinda installed. In t
What Every Developer Should Know About Cryptocurrency
16.1.2018
We cover the basic cryptocurrency terminology, take a look at the most popular coins, and share some useful libraries and tools
I'm Loyal to Nothing Except the Dream
30.1.2017
There is much I take for granted in my life, and the normal functioning of American government is one of those things. In my 46 years, I've lived under nine different presidents. The first I remember is Carter. I've voted in every presidential election since 1992, but I do not
The Raspberry Pi Has Revolutionized Emulation
25.7.2016
Every geek goes through a phase where they discover emulation. It's practically a rite of passage.
I think I spent most of my childhood – and a large part of my life as a young adult – desperately wishing I was in a video game arcade. When I finally obtained my driver's
Why Microsoft Wants ‘Every Blockchain’ on its Azure Platform
9.2.2016
Microsoft's head of technology strategy opens up about the firm's plans to carve out a market position in the blockchain space
In a Doge-Eat-Doge World, Can Every Altcoin Survive?
26.3.2014
In the future, will we tip with dogecoin, spend 'loose change' with litecoin and make big payments with bitcoin?