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A Bit PreppyFront-endNow, a guide to debugging the front-end with Chrome’s console [blog.pragmatists]. How and why to advocate for accessible UI design [css-tricks]. Stylable [stylable] is a preprocessor that lets you build reusable, performant components that get converted to vanilla CSS for the browser. React UI Kit [reactsymbols] is a purchasable set of common UI elements set up as React components. And Lona [github/airbnb] is a tool for generating UI code, Sketch files and images by defining design systems. Rust BeltBack-end/programmingHow to write fast, safe Node modules with Rust [blog.risingstack]. Another thing Rust can do? Improve Ruby performance [blog.codeship. Shout out to Rust. AI-Blocks [github/mrnothing] is a WYSIWYG interface for creating machine learning models sans coding knowledge. Black GoldBonus Black Friday dealsHey, remember two sections above this where we had that amazing SitePoint deal? Well, turns out a few companies are doing similar things today - must be a coincidence. Here are a few that caught my eye, but visit literally any site to see a million more! Good luck! Amazon Echo devices are all cheaper today, with a 40% saving on the Echo Dot [amazon]. Also, all Amazon devices. Smart Mockups, a service that helps you generate nice marketing images [app.smartmockups] has a 35$-off deal today! That’s a few percent! That’s also an affiliate link, so you’ll help us out by taking advantage of it. Adobe Creative Cloud [adobe] is 20% off for Black Friday! If you don’t have it already, and want it, this seems like a rather good opportunity. And 13% off the Oculus Rift, via Amazon [amazon]. Laser FocusDesign/UX/productOne designer’s five favorite Sketch plugins of the year [medium/@willd]. An argument against the modern idea of precision in design [daneden]. Five cities with amazing, up-and-coming UI and UX design communities [blog.figma]. There’s your next holiday destination sorted. Tapwater [tapwater] is a place to put all your project details. Flip a CoinNews/businessTesla did it! They installed a massive, 100 megawatt, 129 MWh battery down under, up the road from me in South Australia [arstechnica]. And by “up the road from me”, I mean an eight hour drive away, because Australia is quite big. For Uber and its 2016 data breach: the lawsuits have begun [arstechnica]. How someone could hijack Bitcoin [btc-hijack]. An accessible intro to how Apple’s on-device deep neural networks - used for face detection - work[machinelearning.apple]. A column arguing that Twitter would benefit in ending its “anything goes” culture: it’d help the company survive/not ruin the world [nytimes]. An outline of how Spotify’s engineering culture works [labs.spotify]. The wrong way to manage time [thesweetsetup]. Colloq [colloq] is a way to find conferences you might enjoy! Tribal CouncilEverything else (apps, fun tools, gaming, culture, funny stuff)Code [coda] is a new way to think about/create documents. Tribe [tribe] is a group-call service where you play games while chatting and yeah, there goes every spare moment you’ll ever have. Glowstone [glowstone] is an open-source Minecraft server that doesn’t use any of Mojang’s code and therefore can evolve freely! The Oatmeal explains net neutrality like only the Oatmeal can [theoatmeal]. I assume for Versioning subscribers, this a bit of preaching to the choir. But choirs do enjoy preaching! Finally, it’s the holidays for a lot of people - and holidays mean one thing: you’re gonna be doing some family tech support: here’s how to handle it [thesweetsetup]. There's a Black Friday Versioning for ya. I do hope your Thanksgiving, if you had one, was full of enjoyment, and your Black Friday, if you indulge, is positive and great. Only a few sleeps until Cyber Monday, what a time of year this is! I think I'll spend the weekend catching my breath from the consumption, and preparing for more on Monday. Maybe I'll check out this Tesla battery, seems like a fun roadtrip to reflect and re-charge the batteries! I'll get my coat. See ya Monday!  Curated by Adam. |
Friday, November 24, 2017
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