Friday Issue Nr.72

2023-07-21

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Happy Friday, and happy reading! This is probably the earliest post ever. 🙂 Starting early, I will cover 1400 miles driving through Europe. Therefore, I’m posting this early and switching my machine off!

JavaScript News

pkg-size

Find out the true size of an npm package, and installation is happening in-browser using WebContainers.

https://pkg-size.dev/

https://webcontainers.io/

TypeScript and the dawn of gradual types

Fascinating long read about the Typescript journey and alternatives.

https://github.com/readme/featured/typescript-gradual-types

Also, this one https://oida.dev/5-truths-about-typescript/

CSS News

CSS library based on CSS variables

Quite a different approach for styling.

https://open-props.style/

Writing CSS in 2023

https://www.smashingmagazine.com/2023/07/writing-css-2023/

Icon collection

This icon collection is great, as you can use it in Notion too. You can adjust colour and path size and copy as JSX, SVG or string. Also, as a component for React, Svelte, Angular and Vue.

https://lucide.dev/icons/

Animated SVG logo

https://antfu.me/posts/animated-svg-logo

Mixed News

What is page bloat?

https://www.speedcurve.com/blog/page-bloat-web-performance/

Create entire websites from prompts

https://techcrunch.com/2023/07/17/wixs-new-tool-can-create-entire-websites-from-prompts/

I'm sceptical about Wix; so far, the result of their product is very clumsy. Try to resize the website built by Wix, and it just doesn't work well. However, it is interesting to see how they are evolving; who knows, maybe web development will be very different soon enough.

mdxEditor

I think this is one of the best I've seen online:

https://mdxeditor.dev/

Check the demo link, too!

Andris Švarcs

Somehow, I've survived over 15 years as a web developer without losing my interest in the craft. Quite the opposite, with so many great improvements in the Web standards, what was nearly impossible now is easy to make.

My career has been a wild ride through small agencies and big corporations, building everything from finance apps to health dashboards.

I'm that annoying person who needs to understand products beyond just slinging code. I ask questions like 'Why is this feature important?' and 'How will this improve the customer journey?' – you know, the kind of questions that make project managers reach for the pint aspirin. This curiosity has led me down the rabbit holes of design, accessibility, and SEO. Because apparently, making websites pretty, usable, and findable wasn't challenging enough on its own.

P.S. If this bio sounds too polished, blame my evil AI twin. I'm still working on teaching it sarcasm.

Copyright © since 2021, Andris Švarcs. All rights reserved.

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