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Off the Chain Front-end First up, CSS-Keylogging [github/maxchehab] is a Chrome extension and Express server that uses CSS to keylog, which is a thing I didn't know was possible and now am vaguely concerned by. An exhaustive intro to CSS Variables [medium.freecodecamp]. Firefox Dev Tools now displays a flex flag when an element is a flex item [twitter/mozwebcompat]. Optional chaining may be on the way to JavaScript - a good rundown of exactly what it is, and why it'd be pretty handy [dev.to]. A guide to copying text to clipboard with JavaScript [hackernoon]. Not in a keylogger kind of way. A starter kit for making apps with Vue in the front-end, powered by Ethereum [github/redacademy]. New book alert! HTML5 Games: Novice to Ninja [sitepoint] is an awesome, creative guide through the world of HTML and JavaScript game creation. It's written by Earle Castledine, and he's put a lot of work into this one (as all our authors do, of course!). A guide to understanding media queries in HTML email [litmus]. Whisked You Off Your Feet Mobile/back-end/programming A 20-page zine on making web apps with Node [glitch]. And our latest (excellent) book - 9 Practical Node Projects [sitepoint]. How to build serverless state machines [stackery]. The state of compiling Typescript to WebAssembly [wanago]. How to maintain your database while also maintaining the size of your bank account [marlonribunal]. Apache OpenWhisk [openwhisk] is an open source, serverless cloud platform that'll execute functions in response to events - at any scale. Jar Jar Binks Design/UX/product IconJar [geticonjar] is a handy place to store your icons. SitePoint designer Alex just leaned across our desks to wax poetic about it, so you know it's good! A series of video tutorials on design systems [youtube/christopherdeane]. Like Clockwork News/business Tesla's servers were hacked to run cryptocurrency mining malware [arstechnica]. It's starting to feel like if you're platform isn't hacked to run crypto malware, it's an insult to your cloud operations. Spotify's set to build some hardware [arstechnica], for some reason. There have been a lot of concerns about social media's effect on individuals and society-at-large, and the role it's played in destabilising governments or affecting election results. Facebook's taking that seriously, and that's why they are working hard on a new feature: 3D Posts, incorporating VR and AR into the Newsfeed! [techcrunch] This will fix everything, I'm so relieved. Construction has begun on Jeff Bezos' 10,000 year clock [theverge]. I can't decide whether this is a visionary project, or just standard hubris. Using AI, this phone can tell whether its user is an adult or a child, and change up access or content accordingly [technologyreview]. A article on WeWork, set to transform the way we work, play, and live in general [nytimes]. Airbnb is putting AMP at the center of its digital strategy, here's how [medium/swlh]. Some black holes erase your past [news.berkeley]. Best. Blackhole. Ever. A comprehensive guide to planning a website build [smashingmagazine]. TokenTax [tokentax] is an easy way to report cryptocurrency capital gains and income taxes. Now there's no excuse! 14 ways to get your site blacklisted from desktop Chrome, thanks to its new built-in ad blocker [designmodo]. Ghostwriter Everything else (apps, fun tools, gaming, culture, funny stuff) Imaginary Worlds is apparently "NPR for sci-fi fans" [theverge]. Subscribed! A top secret US military base will soon melt out of the Greenland ice sheet [motherboard.vice]. Everyone get ready for Captain America! GhostText [github/ghosttext] is a fancy extension that lets you write in the browser using your text editor. Opportunities for devs to get swag [github/swapagarwal]. The best kind of opportunities. Kutt [github/thedevs-network] is a modern URL shortener. Finally, a curated selection of video games perfect for people who don't often play [gamesforfriends]. There are your links for today, and my last email for a lil while - my boy Joel will be manning the Versioning fort tomorrow 'til the 5th of March. I was stoked to see more of you signed up for a Versioning membership overnight - welcome and congratulations! Joel will be back with more tomorrow - I'll be spending the next week or so reading back-issues of Captain America, I feel like somebody needs to step up as a decent real-life side-kick for him. Have a good week-ish, be good to Joel! Curated by Adam

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