What happened last week - issue #76
This week: OSDay, Astro Studio, jQuery and more
What happened last week
Last week I was in Florence speaking and MC-ing at OSDay 24. It was amazing and I already can’t wait to go back there. I learned a lot, I had a chance to meet Carlo again and enjoyed the lovely Florence. I hope to find some time this week to write a review of this amazing event.
Apart from this Astro Studio was finally released, so I had to dive into it. You’ll find my first impression in an article below.
Oh, and I’m happy to announce that Patchstack’s Discord server finally surpassed 1000 users, which means it’s finally in the discovery listing - give it a try. It’s amazing to see how everything is growing nicely.
Interesting links
Astro Studio - first impression — Maciek Palmowski
Astro Studio was released a few days ago, so I decided to skip everything else and try it out. It's really good as a database and I see a lot of potential in growing further. Overall - you should give it a try.
From idealist to pragmatist: The founder’s biggest hurdle — Lesley Sim
I love this piece written by Lesley. She covered a lot of things that every founder has to deal with. We start with an idea, but that idea has to evolve.
How I handled being laid off: my step by step guide for me — Brian Morrison II
Brian was a part of the layoffs that happened at Planetscale, good news is that he already found a new job. He shared some tips on how to handle such situations.
Especially the “Step 0: Go back in time 5 years and start creating content” is important.
Accessibility Myths — Sergei Kriger
A great collection of A11Y myths and explanations. So if you still believe in one of those, it’s time to change your mind and fix your application/website.
This is an amazing example of what jQuery can do. Puter is an example of a web OS.
Remote Astro Collections (sort of) — Queen Raae
I’m still wondering why I didn’t thought of converting API requests into Markdown and using them as collections. Luckily Queen Raae did. A great trick that makes working with Astro even more fun.
Reducing PHP's CPU usage by nearly 40% by upgrading from Ubuntu 20.04 to 22.04 — Mattias Geniar
Why it’s important to update your server’s OS? Reducing the usage of CPU by 40% is something huge.
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