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Rethinking Code Comments
2.4.2020
Justin Duke asks if treating code comments like footnotes could help us understand the code in a file better. In his mockup, all the comments are hidden by default and require a click to reveal:
What a neat idea! Justin’s design reminds me of the way that Instapaper treated inline...
Performant Expandable Animations: Building Keyframes on the Fly
1.4.2020
Animations have come a long way, continuously providing developers with better tools. CSS Animations, in particular, have defined the ground floor to solve the majority of uses cases. However, there are some animations that require a little bit more work.
You probably know that animations should...
Cardano's Byron Reboot Goes Live, Paving Way to Shelley Mainnet
1.4.2020
Cardano’s reboot involves a series of updates to major components of the Cardano network, including its node, explorer and wallet
Overview of Software Wallets, the Easy Way to Store Crypto
29.3.2020
What is a software crypto wallet, and which stand out from the rest?
Emergency Website Kit
27.3.2020
Here’s an outstanding idea from Max Böck. He’s created a boilerplate project for building websites that fit within a single HTTP request. This is extremely important for websites that contain critical information for public safety. As Max writes:
In cases of emergency, many organizations need...
One in Four Trading Firms Have Adopted Crypto in Some Way
26.3.2020
The survey found that nearly half of the trading firms that don’t support crypto assets are planning to reconsider their position within 6 months
We’ll Never Think About the Financial System the Same Way Again
26.3.2020
Central bank digital currencies open the way to tokenized and decentralized finance, says ConsenSys's fintech co-head
Auto-Growing Inputs & Textareas
25.3.2020
By default, <input> and <textarea> elements don't change size based on the content they contain. In fact, there isn't any simple HTML or CSS way to make them do that. Kinda funny, as that seems like a reasonable use-case. But of course, there are ways, my friend. There are always...
Performance Links
24.3.2020
I've had a number of browser tabs open to articles all related to web performance and gosh darn it if blogging them is a way for me get some closure. They are all good!
Manuel Matuzovic, Why 543 KB keep me up at night:
Yes, I know, it depends. 543 KB aren't always bad, but on that specific page...
Bybit Enables Two-Way Margin Trading With Perpetual Contracts Quoted in Tether
24.3.2020
The Singapore exchange has added tether (USDT) perpetual contracts to simplify account management and allow two-way trades
2x Bitcoin: Wanna Double Your BTC to the Moon? Forget About It
23.3.2020
Amid worldwide crisis and stock market turmoil, a growing number of investment schemes advertise a way to speedily double your bitcoins. Moon Bitcoin Live, for example, claims to be a licensed bitcoin doubler, promising that investors can double their bitcoins within 24 hours, with guaranteed...
OKEx’s Lennix Lai: Passive Income in Crypto Is the New Way to Earn
22.3.2020
Crypto is the best way to earn passive income, @LennixOkex believes so
Client-Side Image Editing on Mobile
20.3.2020
Michael Scharnagl:
Ever wanted to easily convert an image to a grayscale image on your phone? I do sometimes, and that's why I build a demo using the Web Share Target API to achieve exactly that.
For this I used the Service Worker way to handle the data. Once the data is received on the client,...
You Can Now Trade CS:GO Game Items Safely for BCH Through Blind Escrow on Bitcoin.com Local
19.3.2020
Are you looking for a cool way to earn bitcoin cash privately instead of buying it directly? You can now connect your Steam account to the peer-to-peer marketplace Bitcoin.com Local and trade CS:GO game items for BCH via blind escrow. This is a great improvement for players who were previously...
Experts Say the Fed’s QE Program Will Strengthen Bitcoin – One Way or Another
17.3.2020
While QE may be anathema to crypto hardliners, some experts agree the net effect on bitcoin prices is positive
How to Cancel a Fetch Request
17.3.2020
JavaScript promises have always been a major win for the language — they’ve led to a revolution of asynchronous coding that has vastly improved performance on the web. One shortcoming of native promises is that there’s no true way to cancel a fetch…until now. A...
Sending Cash to Friends and Family Through Bitcoin ATMs Is Safer Than Crowding Bank Offices During Pandemic
16.3.2020
Transferring money over traditional channels may involve a lot of queuing in lines these days. Authorities around the world are trying to prevent large groups of people gathering in confined spaces to reduce the risk of transmitting the coronavirus infection. Remittances are a lifeline for people...
Defining Cryptocurrency Is the Best Way to Kill It
13.3.2020
We should stop trying to classify cryptocurrency as a beast from another planet. Rather, we just need to accept it as the future of money
Darknet Markets Keep Shipping as Shoppers Shun the Streets
13.3.2020
These are strange times for crypto. While it’s blood in the markets, it’s business as usual on the darknet, where marketplaces are seeing a steady inflow of cryptocurrency. They’re also seeing an inflow of new users as the repercussions of the coronavirus pandemic make online...
Two Steps Forward, One Step Back
12.3.2020
Brent Jackson says CSS utility libraries failed somewhat:
Eventually, you'll need to add one-off styles that just aren't covered by the library you're using, and there isn't always a clear way to extend what you're working with. Without a clear way to handle things like this, developers tend...