⛴ "Life has no blessing like a prudent friend." - Euripides

Helllllooooo!

I hope you had an awesome week! Mine was great and I'm excited to be in your inbox today. Let's gooo!

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Web links of the week

Vite 4.0 is out!
What I learned from pairing by default
Create a Static Site using VitePress for Beautiful Help Documentation
Setting up a screen reader testing environment on your computer

Something that interested me this week

I was sailing with my family with this week! It was a really cool and fun experience, but after being on a boat for a week, I am still swaying now that I'm back on land!

Also this week, if you missed it, our latest episode of The Dev Morning Show (at night) came out, featuring Chloe Shih!

This next week is the last chance you can pre-order DSA Scrabble! It'll be shipping in Q1, and we've got desk mats and artisans and fun kits for you in addition to the keycaps themselves. This set has truly been a labor of love, and the Clackeys team and I worked super hard to make it as affordable as possible!

Sponsor

📣 Atlassian is unleashing an all-new (free) event in Berlin and a developer hackathon with kick@ss prizes like $35K USD for the grand prize winner! You in?

Join the party on February 9 at Atlassian Present: Unleash →

And don't forget to register for the Devs Unleashed hackathon! Submissions open December 12, 2022.

Interview question of the week

Last week, I had you generate valid Settlers of Catan boards! This was a fun one, great job Ten, Leyan, Andy, Kareem, Saad!

This week's question:
Given a 2D array n of integers, and an array m of four (4) coordinates that represent corners of a rectangle in n, return the sum of all of the numbers in the rectangle.

Example:

n = [6,  9, -7,  3,
     8, -1, -6, -4,
     2, -7,  7, -7,
    -1,  4,  7,  9]

m = [-1, 8, -7, 2]

> rectangleSum(n, m)
> 2
> rectangleSum(n, [6, 3, 2, -7])
> 3

Cool things from around the internet

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Axiom Studios Typ65+ with GMK Dandy
Ask a DNA Expert: What Would It Take to Bring Back the Dinosaurs?

Joke

As 2022 is coming to a close, let me sum it up for you all in one word.
Six!

That's all for now, folks! Have a great week. Be safe, make good choices, and get enough sleep!

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