What happened last week - issue #34

This week: e2e testing, Code Reviews, AI, Eleventy and more.

What happened last week

Last week I mentioned that I’m in the conference limbo state. When I sent that newsletter, I was notified that I will speak at WordCamp Gliwice. My company even prepared a nice graphic for me.

I also had the pleasure to stream this amazing episode of Code and Coffee episode with Ramona, where we showed how to start with Cypress.io

Apart from that it was Easter, so my main focus was preparing food for the Easter table.

Interesting links

Thinking About Code Review — Kent Beck

A very interesting article by Kent Beck about code reviews and different “flows” that different developers have in different teams. But the most important part is “Don’t just copy the open source pull request model just cause. Think. Experiment. Share.”

Beyond Algorithms: Skills Of Designers That AI Can’t Replicate — Lyndon Cerejo

Lyndon explains why AI still isn’t ready to become a full-blown designer. And while I agree that we still have the advantage of being empathic, emotional, etc, the industry started to cut the branch they are sitting on. They started to kill off creativity by re-using frameworks or design systems, making everything more similar to each other just to produce results faster. And guess what? AI will eventually get good enough, but quicker.

11ty Rocks! — Stephanie Eckles

Stephanie prepared a very interesting collection of tips and tutorials about Eleventy. So, if you are wondering how to start - this page might be for you.

Emoji Lists, The Good Way? — Chris Coyier

Did you ever wonder how emojis are read by a VoiceOver? Me neither, but Chris did. And it was an interesting experiment on creating a list with emojis.

Boldness in Refactoring — Shai Almog

We all know the “don’t touch it, it works” rule. Shai explains why it’s such a horrible rule. I totally agree with him that doing so will eventually bite us in the ass.

Interactive Intro to WordPress Playground Public API — Adam Zieliński

Adam shows how to use WordPress Playground Public API. I would say that this is one of the most fascinating projects that has happened in WordPress space lately, and I can’t wait to see how others will use it in their projects.

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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