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European Football Giant SL Benfica Said Yes to Crypto (Almost)
6.6.2019
More good news came out of the merger of sport and crypto. One of the biggest names in European football, SL Benfica, started accepting crypto as payment “to buy match tickets and the entire range of Benfica products” in a “cheaper, safer and faster [way] than any other online payment method”,...
10 Web Performance Audit Tips for Your Next Billion Users in 2018: Empathy
29.5.2019
Yes, you didn’t see it coming, but empathy is really important. We are talking about the Next Billion Users here, remember? As developers, we might have the expensive resources like 4G internet to
Getting Started with React Testing Library
22.5.2019
I can guess what you are thinking: another React testing library? So many have already been covered here on CSS-Tricks (heck, I’ve already posted one covering Jest and Enzyme) so aren’t there already enough options to go around?
But react-testing-library is not just another testing library. It’s...
Yes, You May Need a Blockchain
14.5.2019
Balaji S. Srinivasan is the former CTO of Coinbase, a Board Partner at Andreessen Horowitz and a member of CoinDesk’s advisory board. The following article originally appeared in Consensus Magazine, distributed exclusively to attendees of CoinDesk’s Consensus 2019 event. There’s a certain kind...
Build a Blog Using Express.js and React in 30 Minutes
14.1.2019
Building a web server sounds complicated, but it doesn't have to be! What if I told you that you can create a web server with just a couple lines of code? Yes! You can do things like this using Exp
Build a React To-Do App with React Hooks (No Class Components)
13.11.2018
Yes, a to-do app, seems like something we’ve all done in the past. The great thing about a to-do app is that it covers all 4 aspects of CRUD; Create, Read, Update, Delete. As a developer, we need t
Build Firefox Faster with Artifact Builds
26.7.2018
Working on Firefox DevTools has always been a dream of mine, mostly because it feels like the ultimate way to give back to the development community and those that helped me become a success. And when I explain who Mozilla is and people ask “Oh, so you work on Firefox?!”, I can finally...
PSA: Yes, Serverless Still Involves Servers.
16.7.2018
You clever dog. You've rooted it out! It turns out when you build things with serverless technology you're still using servers. Pardon the patronizing tone there, I've seen one-too-many hot takes at this point where someone points this fact out and trots away triumphantly.
And yes, because...
An Almost Ideal React Image Component
21.6.2018
Yes, this is a React component, but regardless if you care about that part or not, the "ideal image component" part could be of interest. There is a lot to consider with how we put images on web pages these days. This deals with:
Placeholder space (and then flexible responsive styles after...
The Yes Votes Are In: EOS Blockchain to Launch Imminently
9.6.2018
The candidates for EOS's equivalent of "miners" have voted tonight to move the hotly anticipated blockchain to its next launch phase
Yes Yes Praise It
20.12.2017
Anna Pan is an artist based in Australia who has worked on games like Dream Daddy.Read more
Thunderbolting Your Video Card
24.3.2017
When I wrote about The Golden Age of x86 Gaming, I implied that, in the future, it might be an interesting, albeit expensive, idea to upgrade your video card via an external Thunderbolt 3 enclosure.
I'm here to report that the future is now.
Yes, that's right, I paid $500
Your Digital Pinball Machine
2.11.2016
I've had something of an obsession with digital pinball for years now. That recently culminated in me buying a Virtuapin Mini.
OK, yes, it's an extravagance. There's no question. But in my defense, it is a minor extravagance relative to a real pinball machine.
The mini is much smaller than