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Hi friends!

I hope your week was great! Mine was packed with working on some side projects. Let’s gooo!

Web links of the week

The Double-Bang (!!) Operator And A Misunderstanding Of How JavaScript Handles Truthy / Falsy Values
Announcing TypeScript 4.0 Beta
The algorithm behind Ctrl + F
Securing Gamepad API

Something that interested me this week

This past week, I livestreamed with the React Core team! It was really interesting learning more about the devs behind the library and also about what’s coming up on the roadmap. I had a blast doing it and hope to bring them back (and other cool teams as well)!

I also spoke at an All Things Jamstack event about Next.js! I’m not sure if it was recorded, but if it was I’ll be sure to share the recording.

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Interview question of the week

Last week, I had you return a string (based on another string) with alternating characters between vowels and consonants. I think my example was confusing for some folks because I used y as a consonant. Sorry about that! Anyway, great job James, Ben, Tamás, Ten, and Kyle!

This week’s question:
Implement a draggable button that changes the page background color the further away it gets from its original position.

Cool things from around the internet

Drop ALT with GMK Peaches n Cream
Floating cup trick
1993 Land Rover Defender: A piece of automotive history
Custom keypad build

Joke

I used to really hate my hair, but it’s growing on me.

That’s all for now, folks! Have a great week. Be safe, make good choices, and don’t throw away your shot.

Special thanks to Gabor, Stephen, and Louis for supporting my Patreon and this newsletter!

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