🖍️ "Whatever the problem, be part of the solution." - Tina Fey

Hey friends!

I'm back in the USA, woo! Jet lag is... bad, BUT I'm very happy to be back in my own bed and getting cozy for Fall.

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Web links of the week

CSS Music Video
How the heck does it work? Phoenix LiveView
Drag to Select
CSS min() All The Things

Something that interested me this week

USA USA USA! I'm so glad to be home from my two week stint in Singapore and Korea. It's been a fairly rough whirlwind being back at work prepping for GitHub Universe while also being jet lagged (especially with a toddler, gosh), but it's really nice to be in the comfort of my own home, able to do my own laundry and chores, and see friends I hadn't seen in a while.

Unrelated, I have been listening to the new ROSÉ + Bruno Mars song APT. non-stop, if you want something stuck in your head! "Ah-pah-teu" (or APT) is Korean slang for "apartment" and it's also a drinking game, which might help you understand some of the lyrics. DANCE WITH ME!

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Interview question of the week

Last week, I had you generate SVG circles! It was fun seeing messages from some of you having not used SVGs before. Great job Mike, Kostas, Austin, Ten, Alison, John, Josh, Muhammad, and Ricardo!

This week's question:
Write a function that takes in an RSS feed URL, and returns the title of and link to the the original feed source. You can get other things too, if you'd like!

Example:

getRSS('https://cassidoo.co/rss.xml')
"Cassidy Williams, https://cassidoo.co/"

getRSS("https://feed.syntax.fm/")
"Syntax - Tasty Web Development Treats, https://syntax.fm"

(you can submit your answers by replying to this email with a link to your solution, or share on LinkedIn, Twitter, Mastodon, or Bluesky)

Cool things from around the internet

Webb Images/Science 2024 by James Webb Space Telescope
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'How I bootstrapped The StoryGraph to nearly 3M users' with Nadia Odunayo (video)

Joke

Why was the T-Rex limping after its workout?
Because it was dino-sore!

That's all for now, folks! Have a great week. Be safe, make good choices, and do something that makes you feel nostalgic!

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

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