Web Design: Should I unsubscribe you?

Wednesday, January 17, 2018

Should I unsubscribe you?

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Nectar of the Gods

Back-end Tools

NectarJS [codeburst] lets you compile JavaScript code into native binaries for every platform.

A massive list of public datasets from a variety of sources and fields [github/caesar0301].

CryptoList [github/coinpride] is a curated list of blockchain cryptocurrency resources.

Rainglow [rainglow] offers themes for text editors and tools to make your day slightly brighter (or darker, if you prefer).

Twirp [blog.twitch] is Twitch’s RPC framework, written in Go, that they use for communication between back-end servers].

Cloudinary [sitepoint] is a complete video management solution for devs.

Micromachines

Back-end Resources and Tutorials

A fullstack tutorial for learning GraphQL [howtographql].

The sane way to test microservices [medium/@copyconstruct].

A good idea: we should build machine learning tools for ML engineers to use [oreilly].

All Singing, All Dancing

Fun stuff

Steam’s hidden gems [steam250] - 250 highly-rated games that few people know about.

Finally, I’ve shared this endlessly since I saw it, but it still makes me smile every time I watch it: a marble run perfectly choreographed to “Waltz of the Flowers” by Tchaikovsky [youtube/doodlechaos].

I hope you enjoyed this week's edition - from Twirps to waltzing, I feel it kinda summed up the back-end world in early 2018.

Also, how about that fancy logo up-top, huh? Not bad!

While we're talking graphics, I thought it would be more than fair to offer a visual representation of my face, which you can see below. Usually appearing in my daily newsletter, Versioning, I thought I'd use it here too so you can put a face to the name. I look exactly like this by the way.

Back with more links for your consumption next week!