As we wrap up the year, this edition of the Collective is our final gift to you for 2023.
We sincerely hope you’ve enjoyed delving into the array of frontend articles and learning resources we’ve curated throughout the year.
Your presence in our little tribe means the world to us, and we’re grateful for your continued engagement. Wishing you not just a wonderful holiday season but also a fantastic kickoff to 2024!
Here’s to more discoveries, growth, and exciting adventures in the coming year!
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Anton Zhiyanov writes about Codapi’s new feature called code cells, enabling the creation of interactive code snippets with declarative dependencies for consistent execution in technical documentation, emphasizing the elimination of hidden states and supporting any programming language.
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Kenichi Yoneda discusses the relationship between the physical intensity of a stimulus (such as light, sound, or size) and human perception, emphasizing the non-linear nature of this relationship and its applications in various fields like design, animation, music, and architecture.
In this article, Manuel Matuzovic addresses the significance of container queries in CSS, specifically focusing on the ability to query the size and style of a parent container rather than just the viewport, and exploring how container style queries can offer a more global and systematic solution for styling components in a flexible and scalable manner.
Julio Merino reminisces about programming in the late 1980s and early 1990s, highlighting the simplicity and efficiency of text-based IDEs, particularly Borland Turbo series, and expresses nostalgia for their features.
Facundo Olano shares his journey of building a personal feed reader named feedi as a way to reconnect with the joy of software development and regain control over information consumption.
Lea Verou discusses the challenges of designing creator tools, emphasizing the need for eigensolutions—general solutions that address diverse use cases, contrasting them with overfitting, and highlighting the importance of a composability mindset in the design process.
Lara Aigmüller writes about the misconception that HTML and frontend development are easy, highlighting the challenges, skills, and importance of writing clean and maintainable code for user interfaces.
Simon Willison discusses concerns and criticism surrounding Dropbox’s new AI features, which users fear may compromise their privacy by sending data to OpenAI for training, highlighting a broader issue of mistrust in companies’ handling of user data in the context of AI.
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We’ve wrapped up our special calendar for this year! Catch up on all of the highlights and don’t miss the discounts, most of them are valid until the end of December and beyond!.
❓Did you know that…
…the Y2K bug, a.k.a. the Millennium Bug or Y2K scare, freaked out folks as the year 2000 approached. It was all about computer programs mistaking ’00’ for 1900. People stockpiled supplies, expecting an apocalypse, but thanks to tech wizards, the transition to 2000 went surprisingly smooth!
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