What happened last week - issue #75
This week: Statamic, CSS Tricks, Deno and more
What happened last week
Sorry for skipping one issue, but I was at JS World in Amsterdam and I was so tired that I decided to postpone it. BTW, JS World was truly amazing and it was amazing meeting all my friends there and making some new ones. Below, you’ll find a link to my review of this event.
As I said, I was in Amsterdam and as you read this, I’m on my way to Florence for the OS Day, where I will be the MC and speaker. Am I stressed a bit? Yes, but also very excited.
I hope to have more time next week to focus on some interesting stuff.
Interesting links
I was at the JS World, VueJS and DevWorld Amsterdam — Maciek Palmowski
Spending those 5 days in Amsterdam was amazing, learning new stuff, meeting amazing people, and drinking coffee.
Where I’m at on the whole CSS-Tricks thing — Chris Coyier
A very interesting perspective from Chris about selling the CSS Tricks website. It turns out there is hope that CSS Tricks will be great again. DigitalOcean did a horrible job after taking over the website.
How To Center a Div — Josh W Comeau
As developers, we can handle a lot of difficult tasks each day. But centering a div it one the most difficult things. Luckily Josh created this amazing, interactive tutorial.
Easyblocks — Andrzej Dąbrowski
Easyblocks is an open-source visual builder framework. It looks simple but powerful. While I still didn’t have time to dive deeper, I’m sharing this link with you so you can play with it and maybe start using it.
Disillusioned with Deno — Baldur Bjarnason
Some interesting observations about Deno (and every other Node alternative). There is always a hidden cost for those environments (or a reason why Node did some things the way it did). This means that if you want stability in the long term, Node is the safest bet.
JSDoc as an alternative TypeScript syntax — Alex Harri
Alex compared TypeScript with JSDoc and the conclusion is simple - they both work and do the same thing (just with different syntax).
From WordPress to Statamic: Why Full Control is Better For the Front End — Michael LaRoy
Micheal shares why he’s moving from WP to Statamic. One of the reasons was the simpler control over the front end. And I understand him - with Statamic there is less magic happening compared to default WP blocks.
Amazing collection of simple websites. No overly animated content. No scroll jacking. No excessive storytelling. Love this.
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