The Daily Index — Monday, February 26, 2024 · TLDR Index

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TLDR Web Dev

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JAVASCRIPT BLOAT IN 2024

In 2024, JavaScript bundles on modern websites are much bigger than they need to be, even for simple functionalities. Popular websites, like ChatGPT and YouTube, have a high amount of client-side JavaScript bloat that doesn’t always match the functionality the page offers. However, certain websites, like adult websites, prioritize fast loading speeds and have small JavaScript bundles.

tonsky.me · 6 min

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HOW I BUILD AND RUN BEHAVIORAL INTERVIEWS

Well-structured behavioral interviews can be highly effective in evaluating candidates. They should have a clear rubric to evaluate specific skills and target up to three core skills to understand deeply. The most important part of a behavioral interview is getting the candidate to explain situations in detail. The more details, the harder it is to fabricate a compelling answer. The criteria for success for an interview should be determined in advance so the subjectivity of a gut feeling is removed later.

benkuhn.net · 7 min

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IT'S OK TO ABANDON YOUR SIDE-PROJECT

Many developers feel pressured to constantly ship side projects. Abandoned projects are common and that’s okay. The process of building a side project, even without ultimately shipping a finished product, still provides a valuable learning experience.

robbowen.digital · 6 min

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SCALING YOURSELF

Scaling yourself is crucial to multiplying your impact across your team. The best ways to scale yourself are increasing your influence through helping others, building tooling that improves the efficiency of your team, and sharing your knowledge through tech talks, writing, and code reviews.

developing.dev · 2 min

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TROY HUNT: THANKS FEDEX, THIS IS WHY WE KEEP GETTING PHISHED

FedEx’s legitimate SMS and email messages contain numerous red flags typical of scams: typos, strange capitalization, no currency info, and suspicious domain names for payments. Its payment site allows users to change tracking numbers and amounts via simple URL manipulation, making it feel like a phishing site.

troyhunt.com · 7 min

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HOW GOOGLE HELPED DESTROY ADOPTION OF RSS FEEDS

Google, despite initially championing and benefiting from the open RSS protocol, has systematically undermined it. It has removed RSS features and has displayed inconsistent support for RSS. The company has strategically used RSS to gain market share, just to limit it later.

openrss.org · 5 min

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HOW TO NOT DIE BY A THOUSAND CUTS. OR, HOW TO THINK ABOUT SOFTWARE QUALITY

Traditional approaches to software quality assurance often fail, leading to a "death by a thousand cuts". Instead, quality should be everyone’s job, so each person involved in a product’s lifecycle needs to care about a product’s quality. Understanding the broader system (company, market, and customers) is essential to building a high-quality product. Strictly linear design-to-production processes lead to compounding risk as errors and delays accumulate. Feedback loops are important to have.

evalapply.org · 9 min

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WHAT APPS HAVE YOU MADE FOR YOUR OWN USE ONLY, THAT YOU USE DAILY? (REDDIT THREAD)

Reddit users have built Discord bots to tell stories to their kids, scripts to find movie subtitles automatically, simple todo apps, and more.

reddit.com

TLDR Web Dev

ASK HN: WHAT DO I DO WITH MY SIDE PROJECTS? (HACKER NEWS THREAD)

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news.ycombinator.com

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THE PAST AND PRESENT OF THE SKELETON SCREEN — AND HOW TO USE THEM

Skeleton screens provide a preview of the page layout instead of a blank page or simple animation, creating a sense of progress and making wait times feel shorter. Good skeleton screens maintain layout consistency, use subtle motion effects, and focus on loading larger structural components rather than small details.

blog.logrocket.com · 6 min

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PLEASE MAKE YOUR TABLE HEADINGS STICKY

Making table headings sticky to remain visible when scrolling improves the user experience of navigating large tables.

btxx.org · 1 min

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YOUR REFERRAL LINK - https://tldr.tech/webdev?ref=2613930

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tldr.tech