TLDR WEB DEV 2024-01-26

EXPLORING THE ANIMATION LANDSCAPE OF 2023 WRAPPED

12 MODERN CSS ONE-LINE UPGRADES

12 one-line CSS upgrades that will help reduce technical debt, remove unnecessary lines of JavaScript, and score easy wins for user experience. Examples include pairing `object-fit` with `aspect-ratio` to ensure images are not distorted when you apply a custom aspect ratio and using `width:fit-content` over `display: inline-block` to reduce an element’s width to the content size - this maintains the same effect while leaving the display value available, thereby not changing the position of the element in the layout.

DEFINING OUR ICP IS THE MOST IMPORTANT THING WE EVER DID

Defining an Ideal Customer Profile (ICP) is critical for startups. Having a clear ICP is crucial for achieving product-market fit as it helps in targeting the right customers and shaping the product, marketing, and sales strategies accordingly. Startups should define their ICP early and continuously refine it as they gather more relevant data and recognize genuine enthusiasm from potential customers.

HOW TO GROW PRODUCT-MINDED ENGINEERING TEAMS

A product-minded engineer can build products more efficiently by focusing on the features that matter and avoid over-engineering. These engineers understand the broader goals of the company, bridge communication gaps between technical and non-technical stakeholders, and make data-driven decisions. Teams with product-minded engineers often hire the right individuals, establish a collective vision, promote collaboration between engineering and product teams, and provide innovative solutions.

VIROREACT

ViroReact is a library for developers to swiftly create augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) applications. It ensures seamless native execution across various mobile VR platforms (such as Google Daydream, Samsung Gear VR, and Google Cardboard for both iOS and Android) as well as AR platforms (iOS ARKit and Android ARCore).

MARKER

Marker converts PDF, EPUB, and MOBI files to Markdown. It has support for a range of PDFs, removes headers/footers and other artifacts, converts equations to LaTeX successfully, formats code blocks, and tables, and supports multiple languages.

JINT

Jint is a JavaScript interpreter designed for .NET environments. It is compatible with various .NET platforms, including .NET Standard 2.0 and .NET 4.6.2 onwards. Its primary use cases involve running JavaScript securely within a .NET application, enabling the interaction between JavaScript and native .NET objects, and supporting scripting in .NET applications to allow customization using JavaScript, similar to how Unity games use it.

APPLE IS BRINGING SIDELOADING AND ALTERNATE APP STORES TO THE IPHONE

Apple is set to introduce significant changes to its iPhone app ecosystem in March in response to the European Union's Digital Markets Act. iOS users in the EU will be able to download apps from third-party app stores. Developers can choose whether to use Apple's payment services or integrate third-party payment systems. Apple is introducing a hefty Core Technology Fee for developers that integrate third-party payment systems or distribute their apps on third-party app stores. It will charge developers €0.50 (around 54 US cents) per annual app install. This fee only kicks in after a million annual installs in the EU.

HOW DOES VISA/MASTERCARD MAKE MONEY?

The credit card is often called the "most profitable product in banking" because it generates significant revenue through the payment flow process. When a cardholder pays a merchant $100 using a credit card, the merchant compensates the acquiring bank with a "merchant discount fee." The acquiring bank then keeps a portion (e.g., $0.25) as the acquiring markup and pays the issuing bank an interchange fee (e.g., $1.75) to cover the transaction. The issuing bank incurs costs like managing accounts, fraud detection, and clearing, which justify its compensation. Card networks like VISA charge banks for their services, but the interchange fee may vary for different merchants, typically being higher for smaller merchants.

USING ALTERNATIVE BROWSER ENGINES IN THE EUROPEAN UNION

Apple has introduced alternative browser engines for iOS in the EU, allowing users to use browser engines other than WebKit.

LUMOS

Lumos is a RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation) LLM Chrome extension for browsing the web. It is powered by local LLMs, so inference is done locally on your own machine.

ANNOUNCING ADONISJS V6

AdonisJS is a fully-featured web framework for Node.js. Version 6 adopts TypeScript and ESM for new applications and adds type-safe routes and controller bindings.

MEMORY FRAGMENTATION. DOES IT AFFECT PERFORMANCE?

Memory fragmentation is an unwanted problem that occurs in the OS in which a process is unloaded and loaded from memory and the free memory space gets fragmented. Fragmentation impacts performance negatively.

BUILD A NEXT.JS APP IN STORYBOOK WITH REACT SERVER COMPONENTS AND MOCK SERVICE WORKER

Learn how to develop, document, and test React Server Component applications in isolation using Storybook, using Mock Service Worker to mock network requests.

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