Bookmarks tagged “tech”
1112 bookmarks tagged “tech”
JavaScript APIs You Don’t Know About — Smashing Magazine
In this article, Juan Diego covers the least known yet extremely useful APIs, such as the Page Visibility API, Web Sharing API, Broadcast Channel API and Internationalization API. Together we will see what they are, where we should use them, and how to use them.
The Twisted Life of Clippy | Seattle Met
In the ’90s, Microsoft created a cartoon paperclip that it quickly retired. Its developers never imagined the virtual assistant would become a cultural icon.
Why React Re-Renders
In React, we don't update the DOM directly, we tell React what we want the DOM to look like, and React tackles the rest. But how exactly does it do this? In this tutorial, we'll unpack exactly when and why React re-renders, and how we can use this information to optimize the perf
Redis Explained - An in-depth tutorial
A deep technical dive into all things Redis. Covering various Redis topologies, data persistence and process forking.
Don’t call it a comeback: Why Java is still champ · GitHub
Java has been declared dead many times—and yet, it’s still going strong, undergoing what some might call a renaissance from both a technology and ecosystem perspective. Learn more on The ReadME Pro...
DOC • A brief history of the numeric keypad
Picture the keypad of a telephone and calculator side by side. Can you see the subtle difference between the two without resorting to your smartphone? Don’t worry if you can’t recall the design. Most of us are so used to accepting the common interfaces that we tend to overlook th
React key attribute: best practices for performant lists
Looking into how React "key" attribute works, how to use it correctly, how to improve performance of lists with it, and why array index as key is a good idea sometimes
How FedEx Influenced the React Logo — Maykel Loomans
Personal website of Maykel Loomans, a digital product designer from the Netherlands.
Faster JavaScript Builds with Metro | by Rae Liu | The Airbnb Tech Blog | M
How Airbnb migrated from Webpack to Metro and made the development feedback loop nearly instantaneous, the largest production build 50% faster, with marginal end-user runtime improvements. In 2018…
Things You Should Know About Databases
How Relational Databases Work. This post talks about how indexes and transactions work on the inside of relational databases.
Using WebAssembly (created in Rust) for Fast React Components | www.joshfin
In this blog post we will learn how to leverage the Rust programming language to compile WebAssembly which we will then use in our React application. This gives us access to low-level components to speed up our code!
Writing a simple 16 bit VM in less than 125 lines of C | andreinc
Writing a simple VM for LC3 in less than 125 lines of C
How not to learn TypeScript
“TypeScript and I are never going to be friends”. Oh wow, how often have I heard this phrase? Learning TypeScript, even in 2022, can be frustrating it seems. And for so many different reasons. People who write Java or C# and find out things are working differently than they shoul
Trailing Slashes on URLs: Contentious or Settled?—zachleat.com
A post by Zach Leatherman (zachleat)
Pay attention to WebAssembly | Harshal Sheth
Read in Japanese thanks to the folks at POSTD.
Yet Another Hot Take on "Folders versus Tags"
Ye Olde Obsidian Resources page, courtsey of the Obsidian Roundup, which is currently experiencing my (annual?) DNS glitches. If you are looking for past editions of the Roundup, I highly recommend checking them out on the hub: 🗂️ Obsidian Roundup - Obsidian Hub - Obsidian Publi
Anatomy of a JWT - FusionAuth
Technical article explains JSON Web Tokens (JWT), their component parts, and how they are used for authentication.
How sharding a database can make it faster - Stack Overflow Blog
New data: What makes developers happy at work - Stack Overflow Blog
Stop aggregating away the signal in your data - Stack Overflow Blog
