A rather geeky/technical weblog, est. 2001, by Bramus
Recording from the October 2020 edition of Laravel Worldwide Meetup where Liam Hammet (starting at 36:58) showed off some nice use cases for custom autoloaders in PHP: We use autoloaders in PHP all the time, but if you change your mindset a little, you’ll find they can do a lot more than you might’ve thought. …
Bill details the engineering choices underlying the design of a beverage can he explains why it is cylindrical, outlines the manufacturing steps needed to created the can, notes why the can narrows near it lid, show close ups of the double-seam that hold the lid on, and details the complex operation of the tab that …
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Remotion is a suite of libraries building a fundament for creating videos programmatically using React. Leverage web technologies: Use all of CSS, Canvas, SVG, WebGL, etc. Leverage programming: Use variables, functions, APIs, math and algorithms to create new effects Leverage React: Reusable components, Powerful composition, Fast Refresh, Package ecosystem Also comes with a handy player …
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The opening presentation from An Event Apart Online Together: Front-End Focus held online in August 2020 It’s a typical Jeremy Keith talk with many things mentioned, all converging to what he described before in his blog post Robustness and least power (and also covered in other talks). Definitely worth your time. Hit the link for …
I especially like the New CSS Angle Visualization Tool 🙂 What’s New In DevTools (Chrome 88) →
At the headquarters of Cloudflare, in San Francisco, there’s a wall of lava lamps: the Entropy Wall. They’re used to generate random numbers and keep a good bit of the internet secure: here’s how. How geeky! 🤩
SqUID consists of a synchronized autonomous robotic fleet that has 3-dimensional movement capabilities, allowing a fully flexible operation. A high-end embedded control system and smart real-time data analysis allow BionicHIVE’s algorithmic engine to dynamically learn problems created in one warehouse and apply resolutions to all warehouses in the network. Cool. BionicHIVE →
Next.js can do a lot for you — which means there’s features you probably haven’t used! This video covers ten tips you might not know about Next.js.
Adam Argyle looking at several techniques to center in CSS, and how they hold up in several conditions (narrow screen, rtl, etc) In today’s challenge, we’re stress testing 5 different CSS centering techniques. See what techniques should earn a place in your tool belt by watching how they react to common layout stress. The contestants: …
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