What happened last week - issue #50
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What happened last week - issue #50
This week: Baldur's Gate, Jamstack, Eleventy and more
What happened last week
Hi, I’m back. I decided to take two weeks off and spend as least time using my computer as possible.
During those two weeks, I spent time with my family, cycled, drank amazing coffee, and played Baldur’s Gate 3.
I waited 20 years for Baldur’s Gate 3. I bought the Early Access when it was announced but decided I won’t play it until the full release. And you know what? Larian did an amazing job - this is how games should be made. There are some minor bugs, but it’s a solid 10/10. I’m already in the 3rd Act, but I’m already planning my next playthrough. This time with dark urge enabled.
I also learned that I will speak at two events:
I’m really proud of this and happy to share my knowledge about headless WordPress.
Interesting links
Is Jamstack Officially Finished? — Brian Rinaldi
Just before my PTO, Netlify decided to sunset their Jamstack Discord channel. And while everything related to Jamstack is still doing well, the term itself is losing its momentum. Even Netlify is pushing the composable web.
Pagefind is a great solution for all those SSGs needing a search engine. So, if would like to add a search for your blog but you don’t want to add Algolia, Pagefind might be a perfect solution for you.
Pacamara — Maciek Palmowski
The theme I created with my wife was added to the official Astro repository. So, if you want to start a blog with Astro and a simple theme, Pacamara might be for you.
Big Announcement: Eleventy And CloudCannon! — Zach Leatherman
Some time ago, Netlify decided not to sponsor Eleventy anymore. It was a bad decision from Netlify, in my opinion. Luckily CloudCannon stepped in, and they became an official Eleventy Partner. This means that Zach can still work on Eleventy full-time.
Designing Accessible Text Over Images: Best Practices, Techniques, And Resources (Part 1) — Hannah Milan
Hannah wrote an amazing article in which she showed a lot of great techniques to make readable and accessible texts over images.
Balancing technical debt with feature implementation for long-term success. — Anna Szałkiewicz
Anna wrote an interesting article explaining how to balance technical debt and add features. We all know what it looks like - a client wants a new feature quickly, we introduce it in a far-from-perfect way because of lack of time, and voilà - we got ourselves a nice piece of technical debt sitting in our code.
A Blog Post With Every HTML Element — Patrick Weaver
Patrick did an amazing job writing this post and explaining every HTML tag there is. There are so many of them that I never even heard of.
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