A rather geeky/technical weblog, est. 2001, by Bramus
Chrome 84 has been released, which contains some nice additions. Pete LePage walks us through: Chrome 84 is rolling out now! Users can start common tasks within your app with App Icon Shortcuts. The Web Animations API adds support for a slew of previously unsupported features. Wake Lock, and the Content Indexing API graduate from …
Back in November I was invited to speak at Full Stack Europe 2019. At the conference I was scheduled to do a pre-conference workshop on React and a lightning talk named “JavaScript Yellow” — a talk I first presented at Frontend United back in 2018. Last week the video got released: References: javascript-yellow Robustness and …
A talk by Nickolas Means, as recorded at Fronteers 2018 (which I attended). On July 19, 1989, United Airlines Flight 232 was en route to Chicago when a mechanical failure caused the plane to become all but uncontrollable. In this unsurvivable situation, the flight crew saved more than half of those onboard. How did they …
Recoil is the State Management Library for React they use at Facebook. Recoil lets you create a data-flow graph that flows from atoms (shared state) through selectors (pure functions) and down into your React components. Atoms are units of state that components can subscribe to. Selectors transform this state either synchronously or asynchronously Best to …
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Unreal Engine 5 empowers artists to achieve unprecedented levels of detail and interactivity, and brings these capabilities within practical reach of teams of all sizes through highly productive tools and content libraries. Whether you’re a gamer or not, I think we can all agree that this is very impressive stuff! 🤯
Deno is a brand new JavaScript runtime, similar to Node.js. Use it to develop secure server-side apps with built-in TypeScript support, ES modules, and promise-based APIs. 📝 If you’re looking for a more extensive write-up on Deno, check Deno 1.0: What you need to know
Johnny Harris, whom you might know from the Vox Borders series, on how we can possibly measure the distance to things a quadrillion km away.
In his book Arcade Game Typography designer Toshi Omagari breaks down the evolution, design, and history of arcade game fonts. In this video from the Vox by Design series he’s interviewed and asked about his favorite 8-bit fonts. Video game designers of the ’70s, ’80s, and ’90s faced color and resolution limitations that stimulated incredible …
