TLDR WEB DEV 2023-06-23

CRAFTING A BETTER, FASTER CODE VIEW

The new GitHub Code View brings users many new features to improve the code reading and exploration experience. GitHub’s engineering team overcame a number of unique technical hurdles in order to deliver these features without compromising performance. The team had a few guiding principles on which they refused to compromise while building the new Code View, such as the importance of speed, intuitiveness, and ease of use. In this article, they dive through the challenges they faced and how they solved them in detail.

CREATING ANIMATED LOGOS WITH LOTTIE AND VUE

There are many different ways to create animated logos, for example, using SVG or GIF files with animated icons. However, these types of animations can be demanding on website performance and can slow down your website. Lottie is a JSON-based animation format that is only half the size of other animation formats. This article introduces Lottie’s features and walks readers through the process of creating a Lottie animation and integrating it into a Vue 3 application.

This article provides a comprehensive overview of the Transmission Control Protocol (TCP), a key protocol in client-server communications. It explains the process of establishing and terminating a TCP connection, known as the 3-way handshake, and how TCP handles lost segments during this process. The article also discusses TCP keepalive, a mechanism for checking client status, and how TCP manages various edge cases, such as when the client or server goes offline.

BEFORE YOUR NEXT FRONTEND PULL REQUEST, USE THIS CHECKLIST

Frontend pull requests often contain common mistakes which can cause nasty bugs, jangled nerves, and wasted time. But they can be easily avoided by following this list of 7 small (but crucial) rules.

3 RED FLAGS THAT MEANS YOUR TEAM IS BURNT OUT

Sometimes, a team collectively hits a wall and experiences burn out. There will always be signs that lead up to this. This article outlines what some of the tell tale indications of burnout are and how you can help your team get out of a slump.

ANNOUNCING SVELTE 4

Svelte 4 has been released. Svelte is a JavaScript framework that’s an alternative to React and Angular. Its goal is to be efficient, tiny, and extremely easy to write. Svelte 4 results in a 75% reduction in package size, a better developer experience, updated docs, and many other features.

UNKEY

Unkey is an open source API key management solution. It allows you to create, manage, and validate API keys for your users. It’s built with security and speed in mind.

AI GETTING STARTED

The venture capital firm a16z has published AI Getting Started, a Javascript “AI getting started stack” for weekend projects, including image/text models, vector stores, auth, and deployment configs.

THE TRIMODAL NATURE OF SOFTWARE INTERNSHIP SALARIES

Doing an internship is a great way to start building your future career, but there's something that often confuses people - the fact that software engineer internship salaries are usually split into three groups. By understanding the trimodal nature of internship salaries, you can make better choices about your career path and income expectations. Most internship salaries fall into 3 categories: “most companies” pay $15-30/hour, top big tech, finance, and consulting pay $40-$70/hour, and the top trading firms and hedge funds pay $60-150/hour.

ULTIMATE GUIDE TO MASTER PROMPT ENGINEERING

As Al becomes universally integrated into our digital lives, learning prompt engineering - the art and science of instructing AI effectively - is as vital as learning to code was at the dawn of the digital revolution. Well-crafted prompts can mean the difference between receiving useful insights or artificial gibberish. This article will teach you how to get the most out of AI and successfully execute prompt engineering.

VR MARKET SHARE & HEADSET SHIPMENTS

This article lays out the history of the VR headset market from the first Oculus headset in 2011 to today explained with 11 charts. It demonstrates market interest over the years, how the Vision Pro’s specs compare with the existing headsets in the market, and how the gaming market uses VR headsets.

VISIONOS | APPLE DEVELOPER DOCUMENTATION

Apple has released their developer documentation for VisionOS, the operating system for the Apple Vision Pro.

EXPLORING GITHUB WITH THE REDESIGNED NAVIGATION, NOW IN PUBLIC BETA

GitHub’s redesigned navigation is enabled for all users as a public beta. The navigation has been designed to make it easier to find your way around the site and quickly access your most-used features and functionality.

USING TYPESCRIPT GENERATORS

Normal functions run from top to bottom and then exit. Generator functions also run from top to bottom, but they can be paused during execution and resume later from the same point. This article will teach you how to use generator functions in TypeScript and cover a few different examples and use cases.

Nigerian engineering students are increasingly turning to Indian YouTubers for supplementary academic support. Though the Indian educational channels weren’t created to cater to Nigerian students, they’re now trying to make their lessons accessible to all.