What happened last week - issue #104
This week: Astro, Open Source and more
What happened last week
I spent the last week working on a side project. This project made me realize one thing - I can’t imagine being a developer full-time again. I mean, it was cool to build it, I’m proud of some solutions I introduced, but doing this full-time? Nope, never again. It’s both too stressful and a bit boring.
On the bright side - I got selected for Open Source Day in Florence - thank you. If you don’t have any plans for March, visiting Italy might be a great idea.
I also spent some time playing with OpenAI for filtering great content that would fit my newsletter. I will share how it works soon.
Interesting links
How to set up unit tests for Astro components — Angelika Cathor
Angelika wrote an amazing piece about testing Astro components. While there are some limitations, it’s a great way to make sure that your components are working properly.
Navigating The Challenges Of Modern Open-Source Authoring: Lessons Learned — Alvaro Saburido
Alvaro shares his perspective on Open-Source authoring. He has quite a lot of experience here. On one hand, he’s responsible for the TresJS library, on the other he works at Storyblok. Both cases are totally different - one is community-driven, second is company-driven.
Zero-sum games — Daniel Roe
I love Daniel’s take on Open Source. Especially the part about “Success is contagious”. That was also the WordPress approach for so many years. Build a successful product, more people will, more business around will be created, more contributors will show up.
Tailwind CSS v4.0 — Adam Wathan
Tailwind CSS 4.0 is out. I’m really happy with all the changes that happened in this version. Moving to CSS variables, faster engine, container queries and so many more. I will probably try to move my blog from v3 to v4 to see how it goes.
Container Queries Unleashed — Josh W Comeau
Again, I’m impressed with Josh’s skills in explaining CSS to me. I really feel I need to start using containers.
HubSpot’s SEO collapse: What went wrong and why? — Danny Goodwin
HubSpot blog traffic collapsed lately - that’s a fact. Many people are trying to understand what happened. But what’s more interesting HubSpot revenue is up. Overall this is an interesting case when we focused too much on the specifics (blog traffic) vs looking at the big picture (revenue).
Writing with the WordPress Block Editor — Dan Maby
Instead of sharing my thoughts, let me quote the most important part of this article:
Matt proclaimed we should "learn JavaScript deeply," I'm glad I did and continue to do so. It's opened up ways for me to build that I never had before.
Astro 5.2 is out. Including Tailwind 4 support, trailing slash redirects, and many more.
An open letter to WordPress theme designers — Brian Gardner
Brian is right - make sure that the color contrast on your themes is good. It’s a small change and usually easy to add. There is no excuse for you not to have proper contrasts.
HydePHP — Caen De Silva
If you would like a Static Site Generator and you love PHP, then HydePHP is the perfect solution for you.
Batman-Comic.CSS — Álvaro Montoro
I love this so, much - a CSS framework ready to create Batman and Robin comic stripes. I’m always amazed by people unlimited imagination.
And how was your week? Did you learn something interesting? Don’t hesitate to press the reply button or share your thoughts in the comment section.
Cheers,
Maciek