Yet Another Newsletter LOL: So Lit!

                February 13, 2022

            Yet Another Newsletter LOL: So Lit!

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

      Around the Web

I know it sounds obvious, but…

Thinking Is Work | Daniel Eden, Designer
I’ve spoken with a lot of folks recently about a challenge imposed on us by increased remote work: losing time to think. Because of an increased need to communicate and align with peers and teammates—and few, ineffective tools for doing so (video-conferencing meetings and documents)—we find ourselves spending more time communicating than executing and, more critically, thinking about work.

daneden.me

The <dialog /> element is coming to WebKit

Introducing the Dialog Element | WebKit
Although the alert, confirm and prompt JavaScript methods are convenient, they aren’t recommended due to their script-blocking behavior.

webkit.org

If you’re an Eleventy fan, this might interest you…

Eleventy + Lit – Lit
Simple. Fast. Web Components.

lit.dev

A really smart use of Proxies in JavaScript

This REST client via JavaScript proxy is beautiful

code: https://t.co/ZxULRuaePq

via: @DipsausDennis https://t.co/ibR0sqs4YN pic.twitter.com/CmWo1i1Unj
— David Wells (@DavidWells) February 7, 2022

A great tip from Swyx

Small tip: a delightful bash alias that helped me today

alias ‘$’=’‘

lets you copy tutorials that include ‘$’ verbatim. pic.twitter.com/GywgQ6IasN
— swyx 🗽 (@swyx) February 7, 2022

A great Twitter thread on what CORS is

What exactly is CORS.

Thread 🧵👇🏻
— RapidAPI (@Rapid_API) February 8, 2022

      Fun Stuff

dentist: so, are you flossing?
me: are you using a unique password for every account?
— chompie (@chompie1337) February 11, 2022

https://twitter.com/musictvtweets/status/1489889387689226243

      Words of Wisdom for the Week

“Habit formation is better than actual goals” ~ @threepointone 

Come join us!!! we still have 35 minutes left and @MichelleBakels will start taking questions soon 🙌 https://t.co/Q0a0Qz7g0J
— Gabe Greenberg (@gabe_g2i) February 8, 2022

      Shameless plugs

I had a blast hanging with Domitrius Clark on the DEV Twitch stream this week. We  discussed the Jamstack community, community best practices, building in public, all the things!

I had a great time chatting with @domitriusclark today on the @ThePracticalDev Twitch stream.

We discussed the Jamstack community, community best practices, building in public, all the things!

Thanks for hanging Domitrius! https://t.co/6gLKX5JBCn
— Nick Taylor (@nickytonline) February 10, 2022

This week coming up on the DEV Twitch stream, I’m going to be talking to five career changers. Tune in at 5 pm UTC this Wednesday, February 16th.

I’m hanging with @codergirl1991,@redabaha12, @CarrollTenor,@sethburtonhall + @rebeccakeyphd, all career changers Wed, Feb. 16 on the DEV Twitch stream! Looking forward to learning about past careers + moving into tech! https://t.co/z8E6kmqLsA #DEVCommunity https://t.co/5YauontNgo
— Nick Taylor (@nickytonline) February 12, 2022

Twitch
Twitch is the world’s leading video platform and community for gamers.

www.twitch.tv

I gave a talk for Codementor this week! The video will be out sometime this upcoming week, but for now, here’s the slide deck.

Thanks to everyone that joined! The slide deck is up at https://t.co/jqV1PhvWLI. The recording should be up sometime next week. 😎 https://t.co/vlAQ0QBLuv
— Nick Taylor (@nickytonline) February 11, 2022

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