What happened last week - issue #32

This week: AI, PHP, Testing and more.

What happened last week

My last week was quite horrible. One of my cats died. Fury was the first animal I ever had, and despite the angry look, she was a very lovely and cheerful cat. I will really miss her.

Interesting links

Semantic Search With Xata, OpenAI, TypeScript, and Deno — Tudor Golubenco

Xata.io just launched a semantic search inside of their application. I must say that it really looks promising. I’m already thinking about how to use it to dive more into this.

Limited by committee — Brent Roose

Brent wrote an amazing article about why camels were probably designed by a committee. He also explained what the biggest problems with projects maintained by committees are.

On the other hand, dictators sometimes are also a cause of problems.

Learn how to test your app using Cypress.io — Ramona Schwering

Ramona and I will explore the realm of end-to-end testing using Cypress.io. Our discussion will cover the basics of getting started with Cypress.io and the reasons why it should be an essential tool in your daily testing toolkit.

Everything You Can Test In Your Laravel Application — Christoph Rumpel

Christoph did an amazing job showing what you can test using Pest and how simple it can be.

The End of Front-End Development — Joshua Comeau

Will AI take our jobs? According to Josh - not at all. The market will change, and AI will change how we work (and probably help us with many things), but that’s it. We just have to adapt and keep on learning. A day like any other, right?

We’re launching Storefront UI 2 for Vue and React — Filip Rakowski

Filip just announced the Storefront UI 2. This time it’s ready for both Vue and React. So, if you were planning to build a headless e-commerce, it might be a good moment to try Storefront UI.

What Leonardo Da Vinci Can Teach Us About Web Design — Frederick O’Brien

Fred wrote an interesting piece about what web designers can learn from Leonardo Da Vinci. Really worth checking out.

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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