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Helllloooo!

I hope you had a great week! Mine was packed with talks, family, and events, and I’m looking forward to a more restful one.

Also, as of this past week, there’s over 15,000 of you! Thank you so much for being here!

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Web links of the week

I changed my mind about writing new JavaScript frameworks
The Missing Math Methods in JavaScript
Screen and Webcam Mixing and Recording with Web APIs
How Does Recursion Work? Simplified in JavaScript with Examples

Something that interested me this week

This week was super busy! I recorded several podcasts and a conference talk, wrote some articles (they aren’t published yet), and got to be with a bunch of family at the end of the week. It was a really wonderful time, and I loved having spending days offline and in nature with them.

If you haven’t been watching, The Dev Morning Show (at night) has new episodes every week! Last week we had Lilly Chen, and this week we had Shaundai Person. Every dang episode has been a blast to record, and I can’t wait for you to check them out. You can watch on YouTube, or wherever you get your podcasts!

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Interview question of the week

Last week, I had you create a Fibonacci-like function. Awesome work Aodhan, Dan, Ten, Jean-François, Kelvin, Ryan, Chinar, Leyan, Miguel, Les, Daniel, Cedric, Muhammad, boatman, Saad, Mo, Robin, Gabor, Churchill, Amine, Max, Jon, Brian, Priya, and Chase!

This week’s question:
Write a function that truncates words in a string to length n.

Example:

let n = 3

> truncate('never gonna give you up', n)
> 'nev gon giv you up'

> truncate('*hello* darkness, my ~old_friend', n)
> '*hel* dar, my ~old_fri'

Cool things from around the internet

How to become an expert
Sunsetter R2 with GMK Jamón
A magical collection of interactive music theory tools & visual references to learn music online for free
Ultra Rare Diamond Suggests Earth’s Mantle Has an Ocean’s Worth of Water

Joke

I met a genie once. They gave me one wish. I said “I wish I could be you.”
The genue saud, “weurd wush, but yes, U wull grant ut.”

That’s all for now, folks! Have a great week. Be safe, make good choices, and call your loved ones!

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