What happened last week - issue #38
What happened last week - issue #38
This week: Conferences, Statamic, cloud and more
What happened last week
Conference month is starting for me. 3 conferences in a month. While I know that some people travel much more, personally, I don’t like traveling without my wife and the little one (we’ll be together in Athens).
I’m also getting a bit stressed about my upcoming WordCamp Gliwice talk. I only have 18 minutes - while training it takes me about 17:40, but without the stress of being on scene.
I got great news regarding my bike - it will be sooner than suspected. Maybe even in May. I can’t wait for it so much.
Interesting links
Statamic 4 just got released. I mentioned earlier that it’s more about evolution than revolution, which is really great, IMO. I really like the pace and the way in which Statamic evolves. I also hope to update my websites from Statamic 3 to Statamic 4 today.
Too much magic? — Matthias Noback
Matthias wrote a very interesting piece about magic in our code. It mostly happens because of frameworks (or sometimes thanks to developers trying to be too smart). And while we often know that this “magic” will bite at some point, it still can help us a lot to get started.
Scaling up the Prime Video audio/video monitoring service and reducing costs by 90% — Marcin Kolny
Prime Video moved some parts of its infrastructure from microservices to the monolith. It happens, but a company like Amazon, which is a very loud supporter of serverless, cloud, etc, switches the monolith to reduce costs is a bit ironic.
On the other hand - this is something I always say - it’s just architecture. In some cases, it will help us, and in some, it won’t.
NPM & left-pad: Have We Forgotten How To Program? — David Haney
Npm provides us with millions of amazing libraries, and we got quite used to the fact there is an npm package for everything. This created a dangerous case when we started using packages for simple one-liners. I totally agree with David here that downloading a package for everything isn’t the best way to go.
And while it’s an old article, not much has changed since then.
HTMX is the Future — Chris James
I’m a huge fan of HTMX, and I’m always surprised that it doesn’t get all the recognition it should get. So if never heard of it - read Chris’ article, maybe you’ll give HTMX a try.
Saying Goodbye to Rapid - A Reflection on Building a Successful VS Code Extension — Elio Struyf
As you probably heard, Rapid (formerly Rapid API) decide to lay off 82% of its employees. Elio is one of them. He’s an amazing developer, so if you are looking for one for your company, consider hiring him.
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