Yet Another Newsletter LOL: Joey

                September 4, 2022

            Yet Another Newsletter LOL: Joey

            Another week, another newsletter. Let’s get to it!

      Around the Web

I’m definitely going to swap in linkedom into my build step for my blog.

Found out about linkedom from @WebReflection, swapping JSDOM out ended up giving me a 400% perf improvement 🤯
 https://t.co/h3KFjOubJq
— Sam Saccone (@samccone) August 27, 2022

I need to dig into this more, but I’m still trying to understand the use case for the satisfies operator coming to TypeScript 4.9. I get that it’s better than casting via the as operator, but still not sure why I’d need this if things are typed correctly. 🤔

"satisfies" operator to ensure an expression matches some type (feedback reset) · Issue #47920 · microsoft/TypeScript · GitHub
Feature Update - February 2022 This is a feedback reset for #7481 to get a fresh start and clarify where we are with this feature. I really thought this was going to be simpler, but it’s turned out to be a bit of a rat’s nest! Let’s star…

github.com

I knew about a $ and some others, but I wasn’t aware of stuff like console.copy(object). 

DevTools Tips: How to speed up your workflow with Console shortcuts - Chrome Developers
Use the shortcuts provided by the Console Utilities API to quickly refer to recent elements, query objects, monitor events and function calls, and more.

developer.chrome.com

A great read on how CodeSandbox spins up things quickly.

How we clone a running VM in 2 seconds - DEV Community 👩‍💻👨‍💻
At CodeSandbox we run your development project and turn it into a link you can share with anyone…. Tagged with webdev, javascript, programming.

dev.to

      Fun Stuff

I’m dying…

Currently feeling real dumb for how hard I laughed at this pic.twitter.com/xFtBYIPqAI
— 🔥 🏠 with a Y 🏠 🔥 (@wyntermitchell) August 27, 2022

      Words of Wisdom for the Week

Tip: It’s powerful for senior engineers to admit when they don’t know something. You can learn from others who do. This normalizes admitting where you have knowledge gaps (but want to learn) and is healthy for teams to see.
— Addy Osmani (@addyosmani) September 2, 2022

      VS Code Tip of the Week

VS Code Tip of the Week: Exclude Git Ignore - Just Some Dev
This week’s tip is the Exclude Git Ignore user setting. This is a great feature to declutter the tree…

www.iamdeveloper.com

      Shameless plugs

No streams of my own this week, but I was on the Netlify YouTube channel streaming with my coworkers Prince Wilson and Brittney Postma. We talked about using Netlify forms in Remix!

Using Netlify Forms with Remix

I started adding short videos for my VS Code Tip of the Week. The first one dropped this week, so if you don’t feel like reading a blog post, you can follow along on my YouTube channel.

VS Code Tip of the Week: Exclude Git Ignore

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