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Develop, Preview, Test
17.7.2020
Guillermo:
I want to make the case that prioritizing end-to-end (E2E) testing for the critical parts of your app will reduce risk and give you the best return. Further, I’ll show how you can adopt this methodology in mere minutes.
His test is:
Spin up Puppeteer (Headless Chrome)...
PureCSS Gaze
28.5.2020
Diana Smith with another mind-bending all HTML & CSS painting.
I love that these occupy a special place on the “Should I draw this in CSS?” curve. Things like simple shapes are definitely on the “yes” side of the curve. Then there’s a large valley where things...
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...
Tax Expert: IRS Crypto Question ‘Unconstitutional,’ Card Points, Flyer Miles Could Be Virtual Currency
19.3.2020
While its well-known that the revised Schedule 1 form for U.S. taxpayers now contains a question about cryptocurrencies, what is lesser discussed are the legal ramifications this may have for filers who answer incorrectly. The vague nature of the yes or no inquiry has one tax expert doubting...
Yes Bank Falls: Is the Banking Crisis in India a Blessing in Disguise for the Crypto Industry?
9.3.2020
The world is moving towards a big recession, and the recent banking crisis in India testifies it. In a span of a couple of years, several banks in India have either lost a significant amount of money or have shut down completely. The country is now the highest NPA ratio in the world, and the …
Yes, We’re Talking About Voting on the Blockchain
4.2.2020
With Iowa election results still unconfirmed, Markets Daily is back and digging into the question... Would a blockchain have helped?
Is it better to use ems/rems than px for font-size?
10.1.2020
The answer used to be absolutely yes because, if you used px units, you prevented the text from being resized by the user at all.
But browser zoom is the default method for making everything bigger (including text) these days and it works great even if you use px.
But... Kathleen McMahon really...
Why every website wants you to accept its cookies
6.1.2020
I'm probably in the minority on this, but I've never ever built one of those "This site uses cookies, here's some kind of explanation of why, and please click this OK button to accept that" bars that feels like they are on half of the internet.
Emily Stewart:
Most of us just tediously click “yes”...
How to Build Your Resume on npm
2.1.2020
Just yesterday, Ali Churcher shared a neat way to make a resume using a CSS Grid layout. Let’s build off that a bit by creating a template that we can spin up whenever we want using the command line. The cool thing about that is that you’ll be able to run it with just one command.
I know...
Wufoo + Zapier
31.12.2019
Wufoo has always been great with integrations. They have integrations with specific apps, like Campaign Monitor, Mailchimp, and Typekit, but they also integrate with Zapier, which is sort of like an integration inside an integration.
That's kinda meta, but the idea is actually pretty...
Volcker Might Have Said Yes to a Digital Dollar – If He Knew What It Was
12.12.2019
What would the late former Federal Reserve Chair Paul Volcker have thought about digital currencies issued by central banks?
Venture Capitalists Have Invested Over $200M in Stablecoins
6.12.2019
Does the world need more stablecoins? Yes according to VCs, who have thrown hundreds of millions of dollars at projects developing stable or low volatility digital assets. The $45 million committed in 2019 takes the past two years of VC investment to over $200M. Also read: RBI Governor Discusses...
Six Months Using Firebase Web Performance Monitoring
19.11.2019
I don't really think of Firebase as a performance monitoring tool (all I ever think about is auth and real-time data storage), but nevertheless, it totally has that feature.
Justin Ribeiro...
[A] tool to track what real users in the wild are experiencing with an easy setup? Yes, please. [...]...
US Congressman: Default Reaction to Bitcoin, Blockchain Must Be ‘Yes’
23.10.2019
U.S. Congressman Patrick McHenry, who represents North Carolina’s 10th District, has reintroduced the Financial Services Innovation Act to promote crypto innovation
Yes, Even Bitcoin HODLers Can Lose Money in the Long-Term: Here’s How
16.10.2019
Market analyst Philip Swift explains how blockchain data helps traders spot Bitcoin highs and lows for making wiser investments
Caniuse and MDN compatibility data collaboration
10.9.2019
Second only to "silly GIFs," I'd guess screenshots of caniuse are the most common slide graphic at web conferences. It's become the ultimate source for looking at web compatibility data in the hearts and minds of web developers.
Can I use CSS filter in Firefox? Yes. Can I use the filter() function?...
Paytm owner One97 in Discussions to Acquire Stake in Yes Bank
10.9.2019
There was a time when Yes Bank was one of the shining lights of the dynamic private banking sector, but over the past year or so the bank has lurched from one crisis to another. During this period, its stock price has plunged significantly as well and hence; it has gone for a range of …
The...
Is Blockchain Speed & Capacity a Problem? Vitalik says Yes, CZ says No
21.8.2019
There was a disagreement over two vital blockchain-related points earlier today between two major figures in the crypto and blockchain world. The issues: speed and capacity of existing blockchains. The figures: CEO of Binance, Changpeng Zhao (CZ), and co-founder of Ethereum, Vitalik Buterin.
The...
Can you nest @media and @support queries?
5.8.2019
Yes, you can, and it doesn't really matter in what order. A CSS preprocessor is not required. It works in regular CSS.
This works:
@supports(--a: b) {
@media (min-width: 1px) {
body {
background: red;
}
}
}
And so does this, the reverse nesting of the above:
@media (min-width:...
Bitcoin and Voluntaryism – Where Libertarian Philosophy Meets Crypto
18.7.2019
For the uninitiated, voluntaryism is a philosophy based on consent. In the simplest terms it says: “If it’s not voluntary, it’s not moral.” This basic statement is often countered with “Yes, but not everyone agrees on that, some people use violence to get what they...