The Daily Index — Friday, December 22, 2023 · TLDR Index

ARTICLES & TUTORIALS

TLDR Web Dev

TLDR Web Dev

GETTING STARTED WITH WEB PERFORMANCE

A look at how to improve your website’s performance with strategies, tools, and tips to help you make notable improvements. It’s a guide for everyone with topics for beginners, like why web performance is important and the core web vitals, advanced tips on performance techniques, and tools on testing that can help find performance gaps in websites.

htmhell.dev · 18 min

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DIVING INTO SERVER ACTIONS IN NEXT.JS 14

Next.js 14 introduced Server Actions, functions that execute on the server side. Server Actions allow developers to offload responsibilities like data fetching and mutations to the server, avoiding security concerns related to client-side data manipulation. This article provides a practical example of how to use Server Actions to handle form submissions and interact with a database, demonstrating the benefits of this approach.

blog.logrocket.com · 10 min

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I LOVE RUBY

Ruby has been a constant in the author’s extensive career as a software developer. Although Ruby has lost popularity in recent years, she still vouches for the language’s usefulness and amazing developer experience. In this article, she explains why she loves Ruby, including points that highlight its expressiveness, ease of use, and supportive community.

eliseshaffer.com · 4 min

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WHAT WE NEED INSTEAD OF “WEB COMPONENTS”

Web Components have various problems, such as their lack of semantic value for search engines, suboptimal performance, and clunky APIs like customElements.define and Shadow DOM. Browser makers should focus on solving real problems faced by developers, such as improving reactivity, optimizing DOM rendering, and addressing the need for self-sizing iframes.

blog.carlana.net · 10 min

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SVELTEKIT 2.0

SvelteKit is the official framework for creating apps with Svelte. This version release includes many highly anticipated changes. Version 2.0 adds support for Vite 5 along with many other small improvements. SvelteKit 2.0 smooths the way for Svelte 5's release in 2024.

svelte.dev · 2 min

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GOOGLE OAUTH IS BROKEN (SORT OF)

A Google OAuth vulnerability allows former employees of organizations to retain indefinite access to applications like Slack and Zoom even after they have been off-boarded and removed from the company's Google organization. The vulnerability arises from the ability to create non-Gmail Google accounts using corporate Google organization email aliases and email plus sign forwarding.

trufflesecurity.com · 5 min

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THE COMPANIES THAT SHAPED POSTHOG

There are various ways enduring companies become successful. For example, GitHub’s success was based on giving away its core product for free, which created easy developer adoption and made it easy for enterprises to pay for it. HubSpot had product diversification and great inbound marketing. Zapier is an expert in programmatic SEO and is a self-serve application. The article also mentions lessons from GitLab, Atlassian, and Y Combinator.

open.substack.com · 7 min

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DEEP CLONING OBJECTS IN JAVASCRIPT, THE MODERN WAY

The structured clone function, which is built into the JavaScript runtime, can be used to make deep copies of objects in JavaScript.

builder.io · 6 min

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HOW TO WRITE GREAT TECH SPECS

A complete guide to writing a technical specification. This article covers who should write it, what the tech spec should cover, and when/why you might or might not need one.

hybridhacker.email · 8 min

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I SALUTE EVERYONE ON CALL WORKING THROUGH THE HOLIDAYS (HACKER NEWS THREAD)

A thank you to the developers charged with keeping systems available and safe so everyone else can enjoy the holidays with ease.

news.ycombinator.com

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INTRODUCING THE NEW WASMER JS SDK

The new Wasmer JavaScript SDK makes the execution of various WebAssembly-related programs, like UNIX programs, easier in the browser.

wasmer.io · 6 min

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