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How to Disable Code: The Developer’s Production Kill Switch
25.6.2020
The following is a guest post written by Carlos Schults.
Being able to disable code in production is a power that many developers aren’t aware of. And that’s a shame. The ability to switch off some portions—or even complete features—of the codebase can dramatically improve the software development...
WebP Image Support Coming to iOS 14
24.6.2020
Apple announced a ton of new updates at yesterday’s WWDC20 keynote address, from new hardware to updated applications. There’s lots to gawk at and enough device-envy to go around.
But there’s one little line in the Safari 14 Beta release notes that caught my eye:
Added WebP image...
Meet Mistcoin – The First Mineable SLP Token Implementation Launched on Bitcoin Cash
22.6.2020
Bitcoin Cash proponents have been introduced to a new project built using the Simple Ledger Protocol (SLP) framework called mistcoin (MIST). The new token is essentially the first mineable implementation of colored coins on Bitcoin Cash. Mist allows participants to mine the SLP tokens “using...
Hundreds of Sites Now Earn Crypto Trading Fees: Exchange WordPress Plugin Sees 300 Active Installs
21.6.2020
A couple of months ago, a new WordPress (WP) plugin launched that allows anyone to host a digital currency trading platform. With the application, WP website owners can earn fees from various crypto asset trades. The developer of the plugin called “Wpcryptoexchange” tweeted on June...
Developer Who Successfully Hacked Bitcoin Wallet Ensures Bitcoin Is Still Safe
21.6.2020
John Cantrell ensures people that Bitcoin is still safe despite the fact he successfully hacked a Bitcoin wallet
Developer Successfully Hacks Bitcoin Wallet to Win a Contest
19.6.2020
A Bitcoin developer managed to crack a BTC wallet as part of a contest launched through Twitter
OKCoin, BitMEX Sponsor Bitcoin Core Developer Amiti Uttarwar
18.6.2020
OKCoin and BitMEX just sponsored another Bitcoin Core developer, Amiti Uttarwar, who is focused on privacy tech and education
Former BTC Developer Settles ‘Rapist’ Defamation Suit
17.6.2020
Former Bitcoin Core developer Peter Todd has settled a defamation suit against a cryptographer who accused him of being a rapist
Former Mt. Gox CEO Mark Karpeles: Craig Wright is 'Either a Thief or a Fraud'
16.6.2020
Former Mt. Gox CEO Mark Karpeles insists that the 80,000 Bitcoin that Dr. Wright claims were stolen from the exchange, citing expert support
Everything You Need to Know About FLIP Animations in React
16.6.2020
With a very recent Safari update, Web Animations API (WAAPI) is now supported without a flag in all modern browsers (except IE).  Here’s a handy Pen where you can check which features your browser supports. The WAAPI is a nice way to do animation (that needs to be done in JavaScript) because...
What is Developer Experience (DX)?
16.6.2020
Developer Experience¹ is a term² that has one somewhat obvious meaning — the experience of developers — but it eludes definition in the sense that people invoke it at different times for different reasons referring to different things. For instance, our own Sarah Drasner’s current job title...
Developer Activity Surrounding Eos, Tron, and Bitcoin Cash Plummets
14.6.2020
While overall developer activity is down for most leading crypto assets, core code updates appear to be on the increase
Bolstering Privacy: Human Rights Foundation Donates $50K Toward Bitcoin Mixing Development
11.6.2020
On June 10, 2020, the Human Rights Foundation (HRF) launched a fund that is dedicated to the development of tools that make the Bitcoin network “more private, decentralized, and resilient.” HRF’s initial gift of $50,000 will be given to the UK-based developer, Chris Belcher,...
Human Rights Foundation Funds Bitcoin Privacy Tools Despite ‘Coin Mixing’ Legal Stigma
10.6.2020
The Human Rights Foundation took a strong stance on bitcoin privacy tech Wednesday by announcing its new Bitcoin Developer Fund
EOS Developer Block.one Prepares Voice For July Launch
8.6.2020
Behind the Source: Cassie Evans
3.6.2020
I feel like the tech industry takes itself far too seriously sometimes. I get frustrated by all the posturing and gatekeeping – “You’re not a real developer unless you use x framework”, “CSS isn’t a real programming language”.
I think this kind of rhetoric often puts new developers off,...
A First Look at `aspect-ratio`
29.5.2020
Oh hey! A brand new property that affects how a box is sized! That’s a big deal. There are lots of ways already to make an aspect-ratio sized box (and I’d say this custom properties based solution is the best), but none of them are particularly intuitive and certainly not...
Why we at $FAMOUS_COMPANY Switched to $HYPED_TECHNOLOGY
29.5.2020
Too funny:
After careful consideration, we settled on rearchitecting our platform to use $FLASHY_LANGUAGE and $HYPED_TECHNOLOGY. Not only is $FLASHY_LANGUAGE popular according to the Stack Overflow developer survey, it’s also cross platform; we’re using it to reimplement our mobile apps as well....
Are You a Developer?
27.5.2020
“You’re not really a developer. Sooner or later people are going to realize you don’t know what you’re talking about. You’re just not good enough.” You’ve probably had thoughts like these at one point or another. You’ve never heard someone else tell you that you’re not a developer, but you’re still...
User agents
19.5.2020
Jeremy beating the classic drum:
For web development, start with HTML, then CSS, then JavaScript (and don’t move on to JavaScript too quickly—really get to grips with HTML and CSS first).
And then…
That’s assuming you want to be a good well-rounded web developer. But it might be that...