Top picks — 2024 November
This is probably the shortest list that I have ever shared with you. I was just too busy with work-related stuff, some activities around NN1 Dev Club #4 meetup, and my exploration of new subjects were a bit overshadowed by the fact that I changed a code editor (again). Neovim that is now, and I truly enjoy the ride. I did not forget about the music recommendation, though.
Album of the month
Marc Mac came back with his Visioneers project! “Def Radio” is a record that has kept on spinning on my Technics turntable nonstop for the past month. It is full of incredible funky beats, b-boy breaks, and mellow jazzy sounds. One of those records that can play from the very beginning to the end, and your head cannot stop nodding. I need to hunt for some previous releases by Visioneers!
Top picks
1 dataset. 100 visualizations.
How creative that is! A simple dataset represented in 100 different ways, each of them telling a different story. This is good inspiration for diagram design in your next project. I really like the idea of the project.
kickstart.nvim
A year ago, I made a move from Visual Studio Code to Helix. It was my first experience with a modal-based text editor, but I quickly became so productive that I never returned to a conventional IDE. I hit a roadblock, though, after a while, and as much as I love Helix and its philosophy, I cannot wait for the plugin system anymore because I need some features now. So I made a move again. Neovim is my new daily driver, and since I was familiar with a modal editor, it took me only a few days to get back to the productivity level I had with Helix. Famously, the configuration of Neovim can be daunting, but luckily one of the core contributors made my life a lot easier and released kickstart.nvim. There is also a complementary video where TJ DeVries goes through the repo.
Creator of Node talks Deno 2.0 and the Future of JS
You probably have seen many interviews with Ryan Dahl before, but this conversation is a lot more technical than the rest of the technically light discussions. This one reveals a lot more details that I actually care about.
Overflow Clip
Ahmad’s deep dives into particular parts of modern CSS are my favourites. I have
never really understood the difference between the hidden and clip values of
the CSS overflow property. This is all I needed! Extending the clipping
margins around the element that contains focusable elements is by far my
favourite example and technique that I am adopting straight away.
Great picks, especially the new Marc Mac album, thank you.