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Why does writing matter in remote work?
12.5.2020
Talk to anyone who has an active blog and I bet they’ll tell you it’s been valuable to them. Maybe it’s opened doors. Maybe it’s got them a job. Maybe it’s got them a conference invite. Maybe they just like the thrill of knowing people have read and responded to...
Dealing With Stale Props and States in React’s Functional Components
12.5.2020
There’s one aspect of JavaScript that always has me pulling my hair: closures. I work with React a lot, and the overlap there is that they can sometimes be the cause of stale props and state. We’ll get into exactly what that means, but the trouble is that the data we use to build our UI can...
The Launch of ICE-SIGMA Asia Digital Will Provide a Unique Opportunity to Rethink How We Live and Work
12.5.2020
SiGMA Group has announced that, due to the C-19 global crisis, both the SiGMA Manila and AIBC Manila expos, planned for June 8-9 2020, will now be rescheduled to May 27-28, 2021. In line with SiGMA Group’s commitment to facilitating new business opportunities for key players in the global iGaming...
Proof-of-Stake or Proof-of-Work, That Is the Question
8.5.2020
An analysis of the advantages and disadvantages of the blockchain protocols that are the basis of the entire industry
How Does Halving Work: The Code Behind The Hype
7.5.2020
Did Satoshi Nakamoto make a mistake in the Halving code?
Following Economic Trends is Vital to Making Your Trading Strategy Work
6.5.2020
In the world of trading, economics and finances go hand-in-hand. There would be little point in trading if the economy was straight-forward and never changed. Due to market fluctuation, it’s important to keep an eye on the current trends in order to make the most out of the economy. In fact,...
BTC Maximalists Are Right That 95% of Crypto Is a Scam, Says Emin Gun Sirer
1.5.2020
First ever PoW crypto creator, Emin Gun Sirer, supports Bitcoin maximalists for labeling 95% of cryptocurrencies as scams
Ethereum 2.0 Staking Upgrade Can Trigger ETH Price Rally
1.5.2020
As ETH 2.0 readies for launch, Cointelegraph dissects theories that staking may trigger a bull run
CSS-Tricks Chronicle XXXVIII
30.4.2020
Hey hey, these “chronicle” posts are little roundups of news that I haven’t gotten a chance to link up yet. They are often things that I’ve done off-site, like be a guest on a podcast or online conference. Or it’s news from other projects I work on. Or some other thing...
Track Your Keyword Placement with Ranktrackify (Sponsored)
27.4.2020
I don’t need to tell you how important search engine placement is. You either earn it with quality content, loads of SEO work, paying for placement, or all of the above. And even we you achieve best placement, you need to be wary of your content becoming stale or someone else coming along...
Advice for Writing a Technical Resume
27.4.2020
Marco Rogers asked a very good question on Twitter:
I talk to a lot of people new to tech from non-traditional backgrounds, e.g. bootcamps or self-taught. I'm looking for good information for those people on how to build out a strong resume when they don't have work experience yet. Advice...
“The title ‘Front-End Developer’ is obsolete.”
24.4.2020
That title is from the opening tweet of a thread from Benjamin De Cock. I wouldn’t go that far, myself. What I like about the term is that ‘Front-End’ literally means the browser, and while the job has been changing quite a lot — and is perhaps fracturing before our eyes — the fact that...
COVID-19 Tracing Apps Have to Go Viral to Work. That’s a Big Ask
24.4.2020
How do you make it so people actually want to download a contact tracing app?
Zilliqa To Work On Modular Network, Launch DEX in 2020
24.4.2020
Singapore-based blockchain project Zilliqa (ZIL) is starting its work on a modular network in 2020, while by the end of the year, they plan to open trading on their new Zilliqa DEX exchange.
"In 2020, our plan is to begin creating a modular network and open-sourced platform of financial...
Making Money on Lockdown: 5 Effortless Ways to Earn Cryptocurrencies Online
20.4.2020
The various government responses to the coronavirus caused a lot of havoc across the global economy and millions of people are now out of work. A number of nation states have not lifted the lockdowns and no one’s really sure when the slew of shutdown industries will open again. While people...
Front-End Challenges
17.4.2020
My favorite way to level up as a front-end developer is to do the work. Literally just build websites. If you can do it for money, great, you should. If the websites you make can help yourself or anyone else you care about, then that’s also great. In lieu of that, you can also make things...
Controversial Blockchain ‘Immunity Passport’ Could Get You Back to Work
17.4.2020
Vottun wants their Immunity Passport to provide a secure way for American workers to instantly verify their COVID-19 status
CSS Scrollbar With Progress Meter
15.4.2020
Scrollbars are natural progress meters. How far the scrollbar is down or across is how much progress has been made scrolling through that element (often the entire page). But, they are more like progress indicators than meters, if you think of a meter as something that “fills up” as...
Create a Responsive CSS Motion Path? Sure We Can!
15.4.2020
There was a discussion recently on the Animation at Work Slack: how could you make a CSS motion path responsive? What techniques would be work? This got me thinking.
A CSS motion path allows us to animate elements along custom user-defined paths. Those paths follow the same structure as SVG paths....
For Contact Tracing to Work, Americans Will Have to Trust Google and Apple
14.4.2020
Critics have doubts that Google and Apple can make their contact tracing system work. Key issue: trust