Yet Another Newsletter LOL: So, a blog post?
Another week, another newsletter. Let’s get to it!
Around the Web
some nice updates to Deno!
Deno v1.23 in 60 seconds pic.twitter.com/bkKclSKIHE
— Deno (@deno_land) June 21, 2022
Another great knowledge nugget for React care of David Kourshid
⚛️ React tip: did you know that you can use the
— David K. 🎹 (@DavidKPiano) June 21, 2022key
prop to “reset” individual components? They’re not only for lists!
Changing the key creates a new instance of the component. No more useState/useEffect juggling for these resetting use-cases.
Demo: https://t.co/cKi47J6QKK pic.twitter.com/f8ETSe3pxY
Cloudflare was super proactive getting things sorted during the downtime on June 21, 2022. Here’s the postmortem
If you’re looking for an even more modern CSS reset, Elly has you covered
I put together a CSS Reset that uses modern CSS features such as :where(), logical properties, prefers-reduced-motion, etc. ✨
— Elly ✨🌱 (@ellyloel) June 20, 2022
Lots of inspiration from @JoshWComeau, @hankchizljaw, and @argyleink.https://t.co/xfloCJfqGu pic.twitter.com/OUBQTsZY89
Longer Tweets or blogposts?
✨ Introducing: Notes ✨
— Twitter Write (@TwitterWrite) June 22, 2022
We’re testing a way to write longer on Twitter. pic.twitter.com/SnrS4Q6toX
so, a blog post? https://t.co/dbN3aPHbVS
— Angie Jones (@techgirl1908) June 23, 2022
Fun Stuff
I was today years old when I found out Cloudflare has a wall full of lava lamps they feed into a camera as a way to generate randomness to create cryptographic keys pic.twitter.com/SKcuJUowJD
— Jason Choi (@mrjasonchoi) June 21, 2022
I was at Front-End Test Fest 2 this past week and at the lunch break Dan Gorelick put on an amazing visual and musical performance! I don’t know if there will be a full recording of it, but here’s a snippet of the performance on Twitter
Sharing some music with code for @Netlify and @Applitools – thanks @jlengstorf & @cassidoo for the invite 🎉
— Dan Gorelick (@dqgorelick) June 23, 2022
link: https://t.co/kKsd4UgWVU
music created live w/ @tidalcycles, viz created live with hydra (https://t.co/FRt0eOoFto) pic.twitter.com/7Ni2nFj0fy
Words of Wisdom for the Week
So many things happen simply bc one person gave a fuck
— cami ᵍᵐ (@camiinthisthang) June 20, 2022
Get after the things you care about and watch them come to life <3
Shameless plugs
I was on a panel at Front-End Test Fest 2! It was lots of fun. I’m not sure when recordings will be ready, but check out the website for that
Having some 🤯 conversations right now…
— Applitools (@Applitools) June 23, 2022
This panel is on fire 🔥🔥🔥#FrontEndTestFest @tiffafoo @nickytonline pic.twitter.com/tHPCoE7qmn
Bekah Hawrot Weigel joined me on the stream this past Wednesday to show how you can transcribe text using Deepgram’s Node.js SDK. We went through the demo code all the way to building out an app with Express that allows you to submit a URL for transcription.
Here’s an accompanying short post to the stream.
This coming Wednesday, my old co-worker and old co-host of the DEV Twitch stream, Christina Gorton, joins me on my stream! We’ll discuss OSS, DevRel, life at Scarf, all the things! Come by and say hi at 5 pm UTC!