Back to the Future

Size Limit, learn Vim, Ember 3.0, SpaceX and more. No Images? Click here Warning Shot Front-end First up: how to use warnings and errors in Sass effectively [sitepoint]. How to create interactive 3D visuals with three.js [creativebloq]. Image effects with CSS [bennettfeely]. A look at Bootstrap 4's new browser reset approach [scotch]. A documentation theme for your WordPress themes [github].   Ballpark It For Me Back-end/programming How to speed up WordPress development and maintenance with WP-CLI [developerdrive]. The right way to select technology for your product or project [alistapart]. How to think like a programmer [freecodecamp]. How to improve engineering estimates [hackernoon]. By a lot.   A Real Piece of Work Jobs, positions, engagements, duties and assignments (mainly jobs) Senior full-stack JavaScript developer [Bigscreen VR], remote. Rails engineer [Aha!], remote in the US. Support engineer [Fog Creek Software], remote. Want your next open position here? You should! 45,000 very qualified, discerning, cool readers will see it and a slightly smaller number of those will apply! Go here and place your ad [sitepoint].   Back to the Future Design/UX/product Avoiding psychological biases in your UX feedback [smashingmagazine]. Creating vertical rhythm with the 8-point grid [builttoadapt]. Oculus' Inventing the Future looks at the company's product design and development process [oculus]. Atlassian's approach to building UX teams at scale [speckyboy]. And some neat looking experiments in creative coding [whitevinyldesign].   Gonna Get the IRS News/business At the peak of its success, Samsung's CEO has stepped down [thenextweb]. Bitcoin has passed US$5,000 and sustained it [techcrunch]. In fact, it has shot up to $5,600 at the time of writing, probably on the back of news about it passing $5,000. That part seems less sustainable. The IRS has temporarily suspended its $7.2m contract with Equifax [politico], which was bizarrely awarded after the original breach. Google says Customer Lifetime Value is the new Metric To Rule All Metrics [thinkwithgoogle]. Sounds pretty reasonable to me. Building a 'well system' to help your startup or agency retain talent and thrive [trackchanges]. Artificial Brain Candy Everything else A look at the programmers who want to change the way programming is done for more reliable software [theatlantic]. We almost gave up on building artificial brains [discovermagazine]. Teachers need to use technology, not blame it, to reverse declining adolescent literacy trends [medium]. Ev Williams wants to save media (again): a look at Medium's latest strategy [buzzfeed].           And that's Versioning for another week. I'll be spending the weekend working on an artificial brain to replace my own unreliable gelatinous blob, mostly basing it on code from the '90s a-life game Creatures. I'll see you on Monday, describing links in a strange creole of English and monkey-toddler. Enjoy your weekend! Curated by Joel. Wait, why am I here, what is this?   You're receiving this email because you've signed up for Versioning, SitePoint's daily email for web developers. Manage your preferences to stop receiving Versioning, or unsubscribe from all SitePoint emails below.   Like    Tweet    Forward  Preferences  |  Unsubscribe