A rather geeky/technical weblog, est. 2001, by Bramus
initial doesn’t do what you think it does
Another great video by Kevin Powell on one of those things in CSS that many may have heard of, but most likely don’t understand entirely (I know I didn’t for a very long time 😅). We often think initial sets something back to how it started, but it actually does a lot more than that. …
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grid-template-areas
When working with CSS Grid, I’m a huge fan of using Grid Template Areas. In this short video Kevin Powell builds a small layout where certain elements overlap inside a grid container. I was very glad to see Kevin also go for grid-template-areas here, showing exactly why I like using them: the ability to reshuffle …
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Interesting video from the CodePen podcast in which Shaw goes over this approach to SSR with Next and Apollo: A probably-better approach is to use the getDataFromTree method, which walks down the tree and executes the queries to fill up the ApolloClient cache. Create a shared ApolloClient instance Render the page using getDataFromTree() to fill …
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I like this video from Vertiasium on Cosmic Rays and how they can trigger bit flipping in our computers, known as “Single Event Upsets”. Tiny particles from distant galaxies have caused plane accidents, election interference and game glitches. Solid buildup, good pacing, and well explained.
Coming late October; Pretty excited about it as it’s directed by Denis Villeneuve (Sicario, Blade Runner 2049, Arrival, …) and features Timothée Chalamet (Call Me by Your Name, Beautiful Boy, …). Although subtle at times, the Teal and Orange is very present in this one …
I don’t know exactly how she does it, but apart from all the work on her side projects, newsletter, family, etc. Stephanie Eckles also hosts a show named “Dev Roulette Live” Dev Roulette is a conversation between Stephanie Eckles and up to two mystery guests about topics that are particularly important to front-end developers including: …
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Taken from the album Agor by Koreless is “White Picket Fence”. I really dig the album, and this track (whose music video was directed by FKA twigs). Prepare yourself for an uplifting vibe after about 50 seconds …
About a month ago React 18 got announced, with these new features: Automatic batching — React will now better batch state updates no matter what the context. If you do want to force an update, wrap your state change inside ReactDOM.flushSync() Transitions — A new hook named useTransition() to tell your app which updates are …
Back in May version 2.0 of Lit — a simple library for building fast, lightweight web components — was released. This little video by Rodrigo Pombo walks you through the syntax and API.