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In-Browser Performance Linting With Feature Policies
26.2.2020
Here’s a neat idea from Tim Kadlec. He uses the Modheader extension to toggle custom headers in his browser. It also lets him see when images are too big and need to be optimized in some way. This is a great way to catch issues like this in a local environment because browsers will throw an error...
How to Check the Bitcoin Price, Hashrate, Data – The 21 Best Monitoring Sites
22.2.2020
As bitcoin grows in popularity and recognition worldwide, resources dedicated to providing in-depth and diverse stats on all things crypto have exploded onto the scene and continue to proliferate rapidly. This post lays out 17 of the best sites, and divides them into basic categories such...
Inspiring high school students with HTML and CSS
21.2.2020
Here’s a heartwarming post from Stephanie Stimac on her experience teaching kids the very basics of web development:
[...] the response from that class of high school students delighted me and grounded me in a way I haven't experienced before. What I view as a simple code was absolute magic...
Bitcoin Superstar and Bitcoin Era – The Latest Two Faces of the Same Scam
20.2.2020
With the rising price and popularity of bitcoin come numerous scams. Bitcoin Superstar and Bitcoin Era are two investment schemes that have recently gained much attention. News.Bitcoin.com took a look at them, and it did not take much to spot how similar they are to each other and several other...
Boerse Stuttgart: New German Crypto Regulation Poised to Attract Institutional Investors
20.2.2020
Since the new German crypto regulation went into effect, financial institutions in Germany have been preparing to offer crypto custody services. Among them is Boerse Stuttgart, the country’s second-largest stock exchange. Having obtained a provisional license from BaFin, the regulator...
Swiss Savers View Cryptocurrencies as Option, Now That Bank Accounts Don’t Save Them From Inflation
20.2.2020
Cryptocurrencies are gradually becoming a viable alternative for savers in Switzerland, according to a new poll. The Alpine nation’s crypto-friendly business climate and increasing regulatory clarity makes them a relatively easy addition to investors’ portfolios. Many Swiss people...
50 Cent, Talib Kweli, Snoop Dogg and Nas: Celebrities Who Could Be Bitcoin Millionaires
17.2.2020
Many celebrities have mentioned the benefits of bitcoin and leveraged the asset for certain projects. For instance, 50 Cent, Snoop Dogg and Talib Kweli all sold albums for BTC, but when cryptocurrency prices skyrocketed, 50 Cent told the public he sold his coins as soon as he got them. Many other...
Privacy Laws Are Only as Effective as the Companies Implementing Them
16.2.2020
Sometimes the very laws meant to enforce privacy can result in companies sharing it
How to Buy Bitcoin – 5 Quick and Simple Ways to Get Started
11.2.2020
If you’re one of the many people looking to get into bitcoin for the first time, it doesn’t have to be hard. There are more than a few easy routes to acquiring cryptocurrency and this article aims to outline five of them. By way of these simple avenues for purchasing bitcoin you can...
Design Systems Blogathon
11.2.2020
It was fun watching a bunch of back and forth blogging between a bunch of smart people quoting a bunch of smart people last week. If you missed it, you might wanna start at the end and work backward.
I only have one tidbit to add. I don't do much with design systems as someone who works on pretty...
Bitcoin Taxation Support Growing Industry – Here are 5 Useful Cryptocurrency Tax Calculators
10.2.2020
For crypto owners looking to estimate how much they owe in taxes, there are some platforms with a free crypto tax calculator. They integrate with major crypto exchanges and wallets, allowing you to import your crypto transaction data and start calculating your taxes for free. Some of them also...
What Are Altcoins and Why Are There Over 5,000 of Them?
10.2.2020
According to crypto market capitalization aggregators, there are more than 5,000 cryptocurrencies in existence today and over 20,000 different types of markets. BTC is the oldest and most known digital asset and most everything else has been typically referred to as an “altcoin.”...
Awesome Forward & Reverse Geocoding API: positionstack (Sponsored)
6.2.2020
One awesome web functionality we take for granted is geolocation. Based on geolocation data, we can get someone to their destination, provide them suggestions based on their location, and so on. One downside of native geolocation, especially in the browser, is that it’s limited in both input...
HTTPS is Easy!
5.2.2020
I've been guilty of publicly bemoaning the complexity of HTTPS. In the past, I've purchased SSL certificates from third-party vendors and had trouble installing them. I've had certificates expire and had to scramble to fix them. I've had to poke and prod hosting companies to help me ensure things...
41 German Banks Now Charge Negative Interest Rates
2.2.2020
The number of German banks charging negative interest rates has been rising rapidly. At least 41 banks now charge negative interest rates on deposits. According to reports, seven of them are imposing negative interest rates even for small deposit amounts. Also read: Survey: 58% of German Banks...
Cashfusion Far More Practical Than Other Coinjoin Protocols, Says Data Analyst
31.1.2020
On January 29, data analyst James Waugh decided to test and see if the Cashfusion protocol was really anonymous. After testing Cashfusion, Waugh explained he sifted through a number of transaction inputs and outputs and realized that it’s “not possible to establish a concrete...
Use and Reuse Everything in SVG… Even Animations!
28.1.2020
If you are familiar with SVG and CSS animations and started to work with them often, here are some ideas you might want to keep in mind before jumping into the job. This article will be about learning how to build and optimize your code with <use> element, CSS Variables and...
What does “revert” do in CSS?
28.1.2020
Miriam Suzanne has a Mozilla Developer video on the subject. The revert value is fairly new, supported in Firefox and Safari, but not yet in Chrome-world. We've already got a couple of related keywords that work on any property which are meant to help control inheritance and reset values....
Going Beyond Automatic SVG Compression With the “use” Element
27.1.2020
If you draw your own SVG files or if you download them from the internet, tools like this SVG-Editor or SVGOMG are your friends. Compressing the files with those tools takes only few seconds and reduces your file size a lot. But if you need to use your SVG inline to animate or interact with...
What’s the Difference Between Width/Height in CSS and Width/Height HTML attributes?
24.1.2020
Some HTML elements accept width and height as attributes. Some do not. For example:
<!-- valid, works, is a good idea --<img width="500" height="400" src="..." alt="..."<iframe width="600" height="400" src="..."</iframe<svg width="20" height="20"</svg<!-- not valid...