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March 5, 2018

📋 "Learning never exhausts the mind." - Leonardo da Vinci

Hi friends!

A little late this week. I was working late on a keyboard project last night and got too sleepy to finish. Oops. But here we are!
 

Web links of the week

Building a Component Library from Scratch
TypeScript - JavaScript with superpowers
30 Seconds of CSS
Konva.js
 

Something that interested me this week

This week I finally did something that I've been wanting to do for a while: I learned about 3D modeling!

Back in November I wrote here that it was my goal to learn more about it by the end of the year. I missed the mark there, but I'm really excited to have the skill under my belt!

I ended up going with Autodesk Inventor. I know Blender is free and there's a lot of good options out there, but after experimenting a bit, it worked the best for me. I finished up a Udemy class to learn the basics and got experimenting, and have really enjoyed it.

What will I model, you ask? My first thing that I've been working on for HOURS this weekend (I actually am taking a break from it to type up this week's letter) is a mechanical keyboard case! I've mentioned it in a few livestreams and tweets here and there, but I'm working on a project with Massdrop to get a custom keyboard in your hands hopefully by the summer or fall. I won't say more just yet, but I am PUMPED!
 

Interview question of the week

Last week, I had y'all find whether two strings had a common substring with each other! Here's my favorite solution, complete with Spanglish comments. 

This week's question:
Use this International Space Station API to make a visualization of where the ISS is now! Get creative!
 

Cool things from around the internet

It's International Women's Day this week! So have some articles about cool women.
...and a keyboard. Just a little one though.

RAMA M-10A with PrimeCaps Deep Field SA and Omniclectic Cosmonaut by KPG
It’s almost International Women’s Day and I think we are starting to figure it out.
House, techno, grime: Did they start with these women?
The State of Women in Tech
 

Joke

I got this (great) one from one of my readers, Sumaiya!

What is a functional programmer’s favorite animal?
A lamb, duh!
 
That's all, folks! Have a great week. Be safe, make good choices, and try to do a pushup.

cassidoo
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