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Don’t Buy Bitcoin, Says Wealth Exec as Lebanon Chooses BTC Over Fiat
22.5.2020
Bitcoin and gold are “too speculative” and it’s better for investors to trust the government to pay them back, claims Peter Mallouk
Avoid Heavy Babel Transformations by (Sometimes) Not Writing Modern JavaScript
20.5.2020
It’s hard to imagine writing production-ready JavaScript without a tool like Babel. It’s been an undisputed game-changer in making modern code accessible to a wide range of users. With this challenge largely out of the way, there’s not much holding us back from really leaning into...
User agents
19.5.2020
Jeremy beating the classic drum:
For web development, start with HTML, then CSS, then JavaScript (and don’t move on to JavaScript too quickly—really get to grips with HTML and CSS first).
And then…
That’s assuming you want to be a good well-rounded web developer. But it might be that...
Pseudo-elements in the Web Animations API
14.5.2020
To use the Web Animations API (e.g. el.animate()) you need a reference to a DOM element to target. So, how do you use it on pseudo-elements, which don’t really offer a direct reference? Dan Wilson covers a (newish?) part of the API itself:
const logo...
Most Transactions on XRP, EOS and Tezos Don't Transfer Any Value
13.5.2020
Most transactions on XRP, EOS, and XTZ do not transfer any value, according to a new research study
Accepting Payments (including Recurring Payments) on WordPress.com
12.5.2020
I’m a fan of building websites with the least amount of technical debt and things you have to be responsible for as possible for what you wanna do. Sometimes you take on this debt on purpose because you have to, but when you don’t, please don’t ;).
Let’s say you need...
prerender.js
9.5.2020
This is another player in the game of rendering the page of the link that you’re about to click on before you click it. It’s like getting a decent performance boost for extremely little effort.
Instant.page is another one, and I’ve been sufficiently convinced by its methodology...
Family Offices Likely to Invest in Bitcoin; Don't Count on Banks - Coinbase Analyst
4.5.2020
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Institutional investors are far from homogenous and while some have already invested in cryptoassets others may never do this, Nick Prince, Financial Strategy Analyst at major crypto exchange Coinbase, said. Family offices are the most likely to invest in crypto,...
Don Tapscott: Blockchain Enabled P2P Trust For First Time in History
3.5.2020
In the closing keynote for Virtual Blockchain Week, acclaimed author Don Tapscott argued DLT is the foundational technology of “the second digital era.”
Creating a Gauge in React
3.5.2020
You should really look at everything Amelia does, but I get extra excited about her interactive blog posts. Her latest about creating a gauge with SVG in React is unreal. Just the stuff about understanding viewBox is amazing and that’s like 10% of it.
Don’t miss her earlier posts like...
CoinTracking Launches Two Powerful, Free Plug-ins for Crypto Traders
1.5.2020
Though the top cryptocurrency exchanges offer charts, many don’t offer the analytical features crypto traders need to make good trading decisions. To help fill this need, CoinTracking has partnered with two companies that specialize in cryptocurrency analytics: IntoTheBlock and Cryptosheets....
Enable Gatsby Incremental Builds on Netlify
1.5.2020
The concept of an “incremental build” is that, when using some kind of generator that builds all the files that make for a website, rather than rebuilding 100% of those files every single time, it only changes the files that need to be changed since the last build. Seems like...
Mike Novogratz on Telegram: ‘We Don’t Need Another Crypto’
30.4.2020
Mike Novogratz argues that Telegram app should integrate Bitcoin and stablecoins instead of creating the TON and Grams
How to Redirect a Search Form to a Site-Scoped Google Search
29.4.2020
This is just a tiny little trick that might be helpful on a site where you don’t have the time or desire to build out a really good on-site search solution. Google.com itself can perform searches scoped to one particular site. The trick is getting people there using that special syntax...
Static or Not?
27.4.2020
A quick opinion piece by Kev Quirk: Why I Don’t Use A Static Site Generator. Kev uses WordPress:
Want to blog on my iPad? I can. Want to do it on my phone? No problem. On a machine I don’t normally use? Not an issue, as long as it has a browser.
First, it’s worth understanding...
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...
Meltem Demirors on Leaving a Corporate Career for Bitcoin: ‘I Don’t Want to Be a Rat!’
24.4.2020
“Crypto Titans” is a series of personal interviews conducted by CoinMarketCap with prominent and forward-thinking minds tinkering on and behindContinue Reading
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Chrome + System Fonts Snafu
24.4.2020
There was just a bug late last year where system fonts (at least on Mac, I don’t know what the story was on other platforms) in Chrome appeared too thin and tracked-in at small sizes and too thick and tracked-out at larger sizes. That one was fixed, thankfully. But while it was a problem,...
We Don’t Need Big Brother to Beat This Virus
23.4.2020
Is there a way to reopen the economy that doesn’t involve draconian surveillance measures?