Kind: Reposts
Reposting of content from another site, often with commentary.
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Giving a Damn at Scale
Bridget Stewart encourages us to look at the mess we make of Web applications, and how COVID-19 has really shone a light on that, and Dan talks about the lessons he hopes we'll learn as a result.
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Getting Hired at Automattic
Jerry Jones writes about his experience of Automattic's recruitment process, which is a more-readable summary than Dan's was!
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Dungeon Drawers
Cory Doctorow shares photos of a roleplaying game dungeon built into a chest of drawers.
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Happy Birthday, You're Fired
Robin's latest blog sort-of reads like a contemporaneously-written "what I did on my holidays" report, except that it's pretty-much about the opposite of a holiday: it chronicles Robin's adventures in the North of England during these strange times.
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How to not make a résumé in React
I’ve seen a fair share of tutorial links floating around in newsletters and Twitter and the like recently. They all promise the same thing, namely how to use React to create a résumé.
I mean, I get it. It’s important to have something to build towards when learning a new skill, especially with … -
Coronavirus: what the hell do we do now?!
Andrew Steele's produced another COVID-19-related video, this time focussing on the endgame of the crisis, and you should go watch it.
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Ted Chiang Explains the Disaster Novel We All Suddenly Live In
In an interview with Halimah Marcus of Electric Literature, Ted Chiang shares his thoughts on how the coronavirus crisis is, and is not, like a science fiction story.
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Third-party libraries and security issues
A month or so ago Chris Ferdinandi recommended that developers avoid third-party libraries for security reasons. Dan partially-agrees, but feels the need to explain where and why he disagrees too.
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The first lines of 10 classic novels, rewritten for social distancing
Jessie Gaynor from Literary Hub rewrites the first lines of 10 classic novels for our new reality.
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idTech 4 WebAssembly port - Doom 3 Demo
Continuation Labs have compiled Doom 3 to perfectly-usable WASM. Mind blown.
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Some People
Some people aren't on this list. Shared from a post by Jason Kottke.
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That Discomfort You're Feeling Is Grief
Scott Berinato writes that the feeling of un-normalcy you're experiencing during this crisis is actually grief.
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Did You Know That Animals Eating Strawberries Look Terrifying?
Eat Liver (???) shares terrifying images of animals eating strawberries.
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Apple just killed Offline Web Apps while purporting to protect your privacy
Safari's new privacy protections are for the most part great, but Dan joins Aral Balkan in criticising their effect on offline web apps.
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Four of those people will die
Andrew shares an excellent ultra-short video that illustrates how you can kill four people in a month, and how you can avoid doing so.