What happened last week - issue #105
This week: Astro, Open Source and more
What happened last week
It was a very eventful week. At Patchstack we worked on two amazing projects:
We’re starting a webinar series - the first episode is about Drupal and it will be premiered on 21st Feb, in the meantime you can watch a teaser. Steve from Pantheon was great and shared a lot of cool information about Drupal.
We’re doing a Capture The Flag event at WordCamp Asia. It’s online, so you don’t have to travel to Manilla to take part. All you have to do is register at ctf.patchstack.com - there are some neat prizes, and it’s also a cool opportunity to learn something new.
Apart from this, I’m enjoying Kingdom Come Deliverance 2. What an amazing game it is. It’s like KCD 1 but without most of the problems it had. I was wondering if should I go with KCD, Civilization 7, or Avowed, and based on the reviews I picked the best game.
Also, the planning of WordCamp Gdynia is in full swing. This year we’ll have an amazing surprise for you :)
Interesting links
Why .editorconfig Still Matters in the Age of Prettier — Grace Collins
Currently, there are so many tools that will make your code look good with just one click. Prettier is just one of many. Some might ask “Why should we even still use .editorconfig”. The answer is simple - they serve a bit different purpose but also work great together.
What to expect from open source — Niels Vanpachtenbeke
Great article by Niels explaining what we as users should expect from Open Source projects and maintainers. He also explains, what we can do to make the maintainer life easier.
Build a Perfect Dark Theme Toggle with Astro — Karen Sarkisyan
Karen explains how to build a perfect dark theme toggle in Astro. While it sounds simple there are a lot of tiny details that make it much more difficult than you can expect.
WASM will replace containers — Creston
I think that Creston’s prediction may come true. We’re already seeing how WordPress benefits from using WASM (in WordPress Playground). So, if a CMS, can benefit from this, I can imagine the unlimited possibilities coming from all other projects.
Astro 5.3 — Matt Kane
Yet another Astro release. But this time they managed to speed up SSR around 2x and SSG around 15%. That’s really a lot.
Orbit — tinchox5
This is something pretty unique. A CSS framework for radial designs. While, sadly, I don’t have the fantasy to use it, I’m sure some of you will find a way.
Nuxt 2 to Nuxt 3 Migration – Why Now and How to Succeed — Paweł Madeja
Paweł shares how the migration from Nuxt 2 to Nuxt 3 looked like at Coditive. If you’re facing a similar task, you should learn how others did it.
I built a way to write PHP alongside your frontend — Aaron Francis
In this video, Aaron presents how Fusion works. It’s a bridge between PHP and JS. I won’t lie - it looks pretty darn interesting.
Insights from the PHP Foundation Executive Director — Michał Kurzeja
Great interview with Roman Pronskiy about how the PHP Foundation is doing.
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