The Daily Index — Tuesday, July 9, 2024 · TLDR Index

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HOW FAST IS JAVASCRIPT AT SIMULATING 20,000,000 PARTICLES?

This article explores how to simulate millions of particles in JavaScript, achieving a smooth 60 frames per second using only the CPU, particularly focusing on optimization for mobile devices. The author details their process, which involved several iterations, starting with a basic multi-threaded approach using web workers and SharedArrayBuffers. They faced challenges like flickering and performance bottlenecks in rendering and data transfer. To improve performance, they implemented strategies like double buffering and a particle grid count.

dgerrells.com · 35 min

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PYTHON HAS TOO MANY PACKAGE MANAGERS

Python's package management ecosystem is fragmented, lacking a single tool that effectively handles versioning, dependency resolution, and environment setup like Rust's Cargo. Classic tools like pip and venv have limitations in dependency management and environment isolation. Newer tools like Poetry and PDM offer improved features but still face challenges in areas like dependency resolution speed.

dublog.net · 14 min

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MAYBE YOU'RE NOT SICK OF PROGRAMMING

Some programmers who feel burned out and disillusioned with their careers may be wrongly attributing their discontent to programming itself. The real culprits are often extraneous factors that hinder creative fulfillment and lead to burnout like bureaucracy, lack of ownership, and unfulfilling work environments.

shubhamjain.co · 1 min

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WHAT'S THE QUICKEST YOU'VE SEEN A CO-EMPLOYEE GET FIRED? (REDDIT THREAD)

Redditors share stories of the coworker they had who was the fastest to get fired. For example, a newly hired senior developer at a company was working on a customer enhancement directly in the production environment and accidentally turned off a crucial setting. When asked why he didn't work on a local copy, he replied, "We can do that?". He was fired.

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ENTERING TEXT IN THE TERMINAL IS COMPLICATED

Entering text in the terminal can be confusing due to the inconsistency in text-editing capabilities across different programs. Some programs don't support arrow keys while others use the Readline library for basic editing functions, some have custom input systems, and some offer no text-editing features at all.

jvns.ca · 10 min

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AN ORIGIN TRIAL FOR A NEW HTML `PERMISSION` ELEMENT

Chrome is introducing an origin trial for a new HTML element, `permission`, designed to address the challenges of current imperative permission request methods like permission spam and lack of contextualization. The `permission` element allows developers to declaratively ask for permission to use features like geolocation.

developer.chrome.com · 13 min

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HOW TO FIX SLOW LOADING APPS

Use tree shaking, code splitting, file compression, CDNs, and lazy-loaded images to speed up web app load times.

levelupsoftwareengineering.substack.com · 8 min

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WHAT ARE THE MOST COMMON LIES TOLD BY WEB DEVELOPERS? (REDDIT THREAD)

Developers commonly say yes to things when asked if they can do them, then figure out how to actually do them after saying yes.

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