What happened last week - issue #48

This week: Astro, WordPress, UX and more

What happened last week

I love my job, but I’m slowly getting into the counting to time-off mode.

But on the other hand, together with my wife, we finished working on our first Astro theme - Pacamara. It was really fun working on this. I learned some new cool things thanks to this.

Don’t forget to leave a star on GitHub if you like it.

Apart from this, I finally downloaded Baldur’s Gate 3, and I’m a bit afraid that I will sink in for many days when the full game is released. It has this amazing balance between the classic Baldur’s Gate and Divinity.

Interesting links

Pacamara - a blog theme for Astro — Maciek & Agnieszka Palmowscy

It took us a while, but we made it. I think it’s a nice-looking blog theme that you can easily modify to fit your needs. Also, soon I will start working on Statamic, Eleventy, and Nuxt versions.

WordPress is Dropping support for PHP 5 — John Blackbourn

It’s a big moment for WordPress. We’re finally dropping the PHP 5 support. It’s amazing news. It’s only sad that it took so long. Next step - syncing WP’s PHP support with actual PHP releases.

The UX Of Flight Searches: How We Challenged Industry Standards — Robert Goesch

Booking flights isn’t fun. It’s a bad experience (to say the least), but at least it looks similar everywhere. But is it good? Maybe we should try to break the status quo by doing it differently. And why this article by Robert Goesch was created. I would really love to try such an app.

How Kinsta Improved the End-to-End Development Experience by Dockerizing Every Step of the Production Cycle — Amin Choroomi

If you ever wondered how things at Kinsta (the place where I work) work, here is a chance to take a small peek at how we’re using Docker.

Introducing Rad Pack — Joshua Blum

A really great initiative was just started in the Statamic space. The Rad Pack is something between the core and third-party addons or starter kits. They aim to ensure that some addons will be continuously maintained and have top-notch documentation.

Designing APIs for humans — Paul Asjes

A great series of posts about designing APIs. Paul works at Stripe, and let’s be honest - Stripe is amazing when it comes to designing APIs. There are a lot of useful tips inside.

Stop Being a Junior — Kent C. Dodds

Kent shares some tips about how to stop being a Junior developer. There are many useful tips inside.

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