What happened last week - issue #68

This week: WordPress, Headless, Netlify and more

What happened last week

First of all - Happy New Year 🎉

Yesterday, I started working full-time again. It was quite difficult to start (and even wake up) but after a month of doing almost nothing, it was a good change. At the moment I’m focusing mostly on meeting all the people and understanding how everything works.

Also, it’s 2024. I started it by publishing my summary of 2023. It turns out, it wasn’t that bad. It had its ups and downs, but in general, it was quite OK.

As for the 2024 resolutions, I don’t have them yet, I even wanted to skip them but then I saw Marc’s goals page and I thought maybe it’s not such a bad idea to do something similar. In the worst case, I will have a week or two less to complete them.

Oh and don’t forget about the upcoming last episode of the second season of the Code And Coffee Show. This time, together with Hana Klingová we’ll talk about how developers can benefit from AI.

Interesting links

What was my 2023 — Maciek Palmowski

I summed up my 2023. There were many ups and one huge down. For me, it was a quite good year.

The new old: Jamstack and MACH's journey towards traditional CMS concepts — Dries Buytaert

I love this article. It aligns perfectly with how I see headless architecture. The part I enjoyed the most was about the “presence or absence of a core platform.". I think it sums it up much better than headless vs monolith.

React Server Components: the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly — Mayank

Mayank did a great job explaining everything one should know about React Server Components.

What is the Fastest WordPress Page Builder? — Dwi'n Rhys

Dwi’n decided to compare WordPress page builders and see which one is the fastest. The only thing that I miss here is the number of DB requests. What’s not surprising is the fact that Gutenberg won in most categories.

Netlify’s disingenuous survey-based attack on Next.js (and eleventy, too) — Zach Leatherman

It is worth reading Zach’s comment on Netlify’s The State of Web Development report. Why? Because it seems that Netlify is manipulating the data a bit.

The State of Benchmarking in Node.js — Lars Kappert

I’m really surprised that there are only so few benchmarking tools in Node.js.

Making Sense Of “Senseless” JavaScript Features — Juan Diego Rodríguez

JS is full of quirks (like any other programming language). Also, JS is very popular which makes those quirks discussed more often. Juan does a great job explaining why they happen.

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