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If I work really hard on my Open Graph images, people will share my blog posts.
2.9.2021
Zach did that thing where each of his blog posts has a special URL with the design of social image card that is screenshat by a headless browser (like Puppeteer) and used as a true meta Open Graph image, meaning …
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Vitalik Buterin's Biggest Ethereum Regret is 'The Whole 8 Cofounders Thing'
2.9.2021
Vitalik Buterin. Source: a screenshot, YouTube/ETHWORLD.
Ethereum (ETH) cofounder Vitalik Buterin decided to do "a random twitter experiment" answering his followers' many questions - stating that his biggest Ethereum regret is the idea of eight cofounders, and that he was too confident...
Architecting With Next.js
24.8.2021
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DX, to Whom?
17.8.2021
Dave points to Sarah’s post on Developer Experience (DX) at Netlify. Part of what Sarah did there is lay out what the role means. It’s a three-part thing:
Integrations Engineering (e.g. features)
Developer Experience Engineering (e.g. building integrations
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Cutouts
16.8.2021
Ahmad Shadeed dug into shape “cutouts” the other day. Imagine a shape with another smaller shape carved out of it. In his typical comprehensive way, Ahmad laid out the situation well—looking at tricky situations that complicate things.
The first thing …
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Building a Cool Front End Thing Generator
13.8.2021
Whether you are just starting out on the front end, or you’ve been doing it for a long time, building a tool that can generate some cool front-end magic can help you learn something new, develop your skills and maybe …
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Choice Words about the Upcoming Deprecation of JavaScript Dialogs
9.8.2021
It might be the very first thing a lot of people learn in JavaScript:
alert("Hello, World");
One day at CodePen, we woke up to a ton of customer support tickets about their Pens being broken, which ultimately boiled down to …
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Youtube Superstar KSI ‘JJ’ Says ‘I’m Really Into Crypto, Bitcoin Is the Future’
9.8.2021
Youtube superstar and rapper KSI, also known as JJ, says he is “really into crypto.” Emphasizing that “Bitcoin is the future,” he said a lot of people do not understand that crypto “is a long-haul thing.” KSI Is ‘Really Into Crypto’ Famed rapper...
Crypto Mom: True decentralization is the only thing that will save DeFi projects
6.8.2021
SEC Commissioner Pierce believes that DeFi founders’ only hope to bypass financial regulation is to ensure full decentralization from launch
Three Buggy React Code Examples and How to Fix Them
5.8.2021
There’s usually more than one way to code a thing in React. And while it’s possible to create the same thing different ways, there may be one or two approaches that technically work “better” than others. I actually run into …
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In crypto, no one cares who you are: Here’s why that’s a good thing
4.8.2021
Shark Tank’s Kevin O’Leary Won’t Invest in Dogecoin, Says ‘I Don’t Understand Why Anybody Would’
1.8.2021
Shark Tank star Kevin O’Leary, aka Mr. Wonderful, says he does not consider dogecoin an investment. “I don’t participate in that kind of thing. I don’t understand why anybody would,” he said. Kevin O’Leary Won’t Invest in Dogecoin Shark Tank star Kevin...
Yet Another Mobile Context Menu With No Indication it Can Scroll
21.7.2021
Remember Tyler Hall’s personal story of a UX moment where the popup sharing context menu on iOS had no visible indication that the content inside was scrollable? The thing his mom wanted to do seemed impossible iOS isn’t alone here …
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There Is No Such Thing As A Coincidence
19.7.2021
Your thoughts create your reality in the Apex Games.Read more
A Look at Building with Astro
7.7.2021
Astro is a brand new framework for building websites. To me, the big thing is that it allows you to build a site like you’re using a JavaScript framework (and you are), but the output is a zero-JavaScript static site. …
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Ubisoft Screws Up DRM Servers, Then Somehow Makes Things Worse
6.7.2021
Last month, Ubisoft decided to end online support for a bunch of older games, but in doing so also brought down the DRM servers for Might and Magic X - Legacy, meaning players couldn’t access the game’s singleplayer content or DLC.Read more
Open Banking and DeFi: The Next Big Thing in Finance
28.6.2021
The text below is an advertorial article that was not written by Cryptonews.com journalists.
From the grain loans of ancient cities like Assyria and Babylonia to the lenders of the ancient Greek and the Roman empires, the evolution of banking services has been intricate and gradual. Like...
Safari 15: New UI, Theme Colors, and… a CSS-Tricks Cameo!
11.6.2021
There’s a 33-minute video (and resources) over on apple.com covering the upcoming Safari changes we saw in the WWDC keynote this year in much more detail. Look who’s got a little cameo in there:
Perhaps the most noticeable thing there …
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Put a Background on Open Details Elements
11.6.2021
One thing that can be just a smidge funky about the <details> element is that, when open, it’s not always 100% clear what is inside that element and what isn’t. I’m not saying that always matters or that it’s a …
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Links on Accessibility
7.6.2021
Show/Hide password accessibility and password hints tutorial — Nicolas Steenhout goes deep on <input type="password"> accessibility. For one thing, being able to toggle it to type="text" should be possible, while announcing, politely, the change. But also, put the password hints...