A rather geeky/technical weblog, est. 2001, by Bramus
Small, fast and scaleable bearbones state-management solution. Has a comfy api based on hooks, that isn’t boilerplatey or opinionated, but still just enough to be explicit and flux-like. import create from 'zustand' const [useStore] = create(set => ({ count: 1, inc: () => set(state => ({ count: state.count + 1 })), dec: () => set(state …
Here’s the source of a Google Cloud function that, using Puppeteer, takes a screenshot of a given website and store the resulting screenshot in a bucket on Google Cloud Storage: const puppeteer = require('puppeteer'); const { Storage } = require('@google-cloud/storage'); const GOOGLE_CLOUD_PROJECT_ID = "screenshotapi"; const BUCKET_NAME = "screenshot-api-net"; exports.run = async (req, res) => { …
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Rector is a reconstructor tool – it does instant upgrades and instant refactoring of your code. Why refactor manually if Rector can handle 80% for you? Installation per Composer: composer require rector/rector –dev For example, to upgrade the contents of the ./src folder: vendor/bin/rector process src –set php74 The cool thing is that Rector uses …
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Nice work by Alyssa X: Flowy makes creating WebApps with flowchart functionality an incredibly simple task. Build automation software, mind mapping tools, or simple programming platforms in minutes by implementing the library into your project. Flowy Source →Flowy Demo →
Rob from Tech Craft has been wild about using a Raspberry Pi 4 along with his iPad Pro. Never thought of this use case, but I was nodding in agreement whilst I was watching this. 😴 The video only gets interesting halfway through; feel free to skip the first part
Coming to the next version of Chrome is a way to emulate “Dark Mode” using the DevTools. With the DevTools open and focused, hit SHIFT+CMD+P and choose “Emulate CSS prefers-color-scheme: dark” from the menu You can also access the option via the Rendering panel. (Via @ChromeDevTools)
Photo by Jasper Garrat on Unsplash In his post “Inversion of Control” Kent C. Dodds starts off with a simple filter function and how it can quickly become a mess as features creep in. Using IoC it’s possible to keep the implementation, diverting some responsibilities away from it: We changed the responsibility of deciding which …
A new extension that comes with PHP 7.4 (which was released today 🎉) is Foreign Function Interface. On the JoliCode Paris website there’s a nice article introducing it: PHP Foreign Function Interface, or FFI for fans, is a PHP extension that allows you to include with ease some externals libraries into your PHP code. That …
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If you’re looking to spiff up your code comments with some major artwork, be sure to check out Textik. Using it you can easily draw/resize/move boxes/lines/text and export it as ASCII. Textik →
Nice experiment by Google: A lot of people feel that they spend too much time on their phones and struggle to find a balance with technology. Paper Phone helps you have a little break away from your digital world by printing a personal booklet of the key information you’ll need that day. Paper Phone →