Hola friends!

I hope you had a good week! Mine was PACKED with RenderATL and work, and I'm admittedly now playing catch-up. But, all good things. Onwards!

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Web links of the week

Keeping type consistent in changing conditions
Making Referential Stability a Type
Improved CSS Text-Stroke
AI is removing the middle class of software engineering
A Pragmatic Guide to Browser Support (video)

Something that interested me this week

I was emceeing RenderATL this week! It was a really cool event. I was busy hosting The Commits Awards as well as the main stage itself and I am too pooped to pop now that it's all done. But, it was still really great seeing coworkers and friends in person and witnessing the thousands of developers learning and connecting with each other in Atlanta.

Also, I cut a new release of my task app, todometer! Check it out if you want something simple that works.

Sponsor

No sponsor this week! Go forth and be free of capitalism for a spell.

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Interview question of the week

Last week, I had you trim strings! Tralala good work Austin, Ten, Ross, Andrew, Ricardo, Christian, Amine, Stephen, Danny, Omer, and Andrew!

This week's question:
Given the dimensions of a large rectangle n x m and a second rectangle a x b, return the maximum number of second rectangles that can be packed into the larger one without overlapping. You may rotate the smaller rectangle 90 degrees.

Example:

> packRectangles(10, 10, 3, 4)
> 6

> packRectangles(10, 6, 2, 3)
> 10

> packRectangles(10, 6, 11, 2)
> 0

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Joke

How do you console a depressed English teacher?
there, they're, their...

That's all for now, folks! Have a great week. Be safe, make good choices, and have a solo dance party!

Special thanks to Ben, Kinetic Labs, and Marta for supporting my Patreon and this newsletter!

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