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"Easy is boring. That's why I love the web and browsers." - Remy Sharp
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Images are hard.
Putting images on websites is incredibly simple, yes? Actually, yes, it is. You use and link it to a valid source in the src attribute and
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Yarn 3.0
The new Yarn version is out!
Libs, Tools & References
ai/size-limit
Calculate the real cost to run your JS app or lib to keep good performance. Show error in pull request if the cost exceeds the limit.
Articles
Using console.log() debugging in Visual Studio Code
Using the new in-built JavaScript debugger in Visual Studio code you can use the browser developer tools Console right inside the editor.
Using AbortSignal in Node.js
The AbortController and AbortSignal APIs are quickly becoming the standard mechanism for cancelling asynchronous operations in the Node.js core API.
How do Chrome extensions impact browser performance?
This article looks at how 1000 popular Chrome extensions impact the performance of the browser.
Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About WebRTC
A primer around WebRTC with everything you need to get started
For beginners
Just One of Those Weird Things About CSS: Background on body
So you want to make the background of your website red eh? You'll probably put this in your CSS: body { background: red; } Done! Check out this Pen!
Hello from the server-side
Using Google Drive as a CMS
We’re going to walk through the technical process of hooking into Google Drive’s API to source content on a website.
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