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Lazy Man's Load
Front-end
First up, a look at better naming practices for code elements [css-tricks].
A React component for lazy loading with a fade-in effect [github].
The future of state in React [jwheatley].
JMESPath is a query language for JSON [jmespath].
Instead of prioritizing placement of AMP pages in search results, Google should boost all sites that meet a set of standardized, objective performance targets [css-tricks].
Watching Grass Grow
Mobile/back-end/programming
Get real-time performance analytics and comparisons on hundreds of DNS providers [dnsperf].
Troy Hunt releases half a billion anonymized, breached passwords so you can ensure your users don't re-use them at signup [troyhunt].
Crypto bigwigs Andreas M. Antonopoulos and Gavin Wood are writing their Mastering Ethereum [github] book in public.
Marco Ament talks about the limits WatchKit places on developers [marco], and consequently the entire Apple Watch app ecosystem's ability to thrive.
The Big List of Naughty Strings [github] is a collection of strings that often cause issues when used as input, to help you with QA testing.
Best-Laid Plans
Design/UX/product
Smashing Mag is back with the second part of its comprehensive guide to website planning [smashingmagazine].
When you need to make design decisions but can't afford to go learn design theory, these 7 tips will get you through [medium].
Dropbox on prototyping for the desktop [medium].
An interview with Tristan Harris on the anti-user design problems with current software [vox]. Harris is worth paying attention to for anyone involved with product design who wants to fix the mess of distraction and addiction we've created.
Super Mario Tax
News/business
Bloomberg sources say Apple is preparing three new phones - its biggest iPhone ever, another the same size as the X, and a budget model for this year's release [bloomberg].
The hacker who stole 37,000 ETH from Coindash last year has suddenly returned 20,000 of them [cryptonews].
Dave Winer makes a pretty good argument that we shouldn't allow Google to deprecate HTTP [this].
Why self-taught AI has trouble with the real world [quantamagazine].
OpenAI has published a paper on preparing for malicious uses of AI in the future [openai].
Craig Wright, who has claimed to be Satoshi Nakamoto, is being sued for $10 billion [motherboard].
Some advice on what you should value in a job [benkuhn] when you're looking for your next one.
Should you pay the platform tax? [sriramk]
Stripe has published a neat guide on SaaS businesses, and how to grow one [stripe].
You're Making a Chicken Out of a Feather
Everything else (apps, fun tools, gaming, culture, funny stuff)
The five top moments of the Pyeongchang Olympics, as described by a predictive keyboard [botnik].
Those new Things 3 automation features mean you can use Bear as a Things note attachment repository [thesweetsetup].
New teasers suggest Overwatch's 27th hero could be Brigitte Lindholm, Torbjörn's daughter [pcgamer].
Markdown to HTML converters are a dime a dozen, but HTML to Markdown? Not so much. Turndown is likely to wind up in my daily workflow [github].
That's Versioning for Tuesday. I'll catch you tomorrow, after I've had a chance to catch up on the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics. I didn't pay any attention to them while they were on, but now that I know a nation called The Horror Zone swept every event and an unstoppable Ice Elvis stole all the wine from the village, I need to know more. What a world we live in!
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