Top picks — 2021 May
The 1969 Apollo Guidance Computer, The Missing Semester of Your CS Education, dead Google AMP, DOM Events explorer, Play.js acquired by CodeSandbox and more…
Read more »I built a thing - JAMstack commenting system using AWS CDK, API Gateway, Lambda and DynamoDB
A few months ago, I made a change in the way how I handle comments on this website. This solution worked for me like a charm, and many of you asked me to open source this solution. There you go!
Read more »I built a thing - an Alfred workflow for CoinMarketCap conversions
Hi, all cryptocurrencies maniacs! I recently got into it, and I found myself checking CoinMarketCap about a trillion times a day. I have great news for all users of my favourite productivity helper — Alfred. I built a quick conversion workflow using CoinMarketCap API.
Read more »All you need to know to move from CommonJS to ECMAScript Modules (ESM) in Node.js
One of the most revolutionary features introduced as part of ECMAScript 2015 specification is modules (ESM). In April 2020, Node v14.0.0 landed without experimental modules warning. Even though it was still experimental, it felt like the right timing to adopt ESM for some toy projects and insignificant clients' work. Eventually, Node v15.3.0 arrived and marked modules implementation as stable.
Read more »Top picks — 2021 April
A new HTTP client for Node.js, website carbon calculator, great explanation of JavaScript Temporal API and Netlify announced native support for TypeScript. Pretty busy month!
Read more »Book review: Feel Great, Lose Weight by Dr Rangan Chatterjee
Ever since I started controlling my weight and being more conscious about what and how I eat, the quality of my life has improved a lot. I’m just a human and snacking, like anything else that produces dopamine in our bodies, is hard to resist. A hard-working and demanding job doesn’t help. So recently, I have been slacking with my nutritional regime. I was looking for a bit of motivation to get back on the right track.
Read more »Book review: Dare to Lead by Brené Brown
At the beginning of a year, I got promoted to the position of Lead Software Engineer at Mindera. When I accepted this position, I didn’t realize what I am putting onto my shoulders. Even though I feel more comfortable with it now, the transition wasn’t easy, and I still have plenty to learn.
Read more »From Express to Fastify in Node.js
It has been almost two years since Express has been updated, and a lot of new great tools came around since then. I recently tried Fastify for the first time, and it took me no longer than a few minutes to decide to make a switch. Let me share with you a few main reasons.
Read more »Top picks — 2021 March
A bunch of free resources for developers, Material Design Icons on Google Fonts, Global Privacy Control, color vision deficiencies in the Blink renderer, Amazon S3 Object Lambda, better browser compatibility in 2021, Deno Company, Practical Go Lessons and CSS Container Queries. Enjoy!
Read more »Visual Studio Code project manager using Alfred workflow
I spend a lot of time using Visual Studio Code, jumping from one project to another. To make it more efficient, I would love to have a simple project manager baked into the editor. I have built a simple Alfred workflow that does just that.
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