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Don't You Sass Back Front-end First up, how to build a responsive Bootstrap website [sitepoint]. basicScroll [basicscroll.electerious] lets you use CSS variables for precise control of parallax scroll animations. A beginner's guide to GreenSock Animation Platform [freecodecamp], or more memorably GSAP, for those who want to animate more than a bit of parallax. Get your Sass-based Bootstrap project setup and customized with this guide [sitepoint]. Stimulus is a modest JavaScript framework for fans of HTML [tutsplus]. Leaky Buckets Mobile/back-end/programming Some top resource picks for JavaScript learners in 2018 [css-tricks]. Gitleaks [github] searches your full repo history for secrets and keys, ensuring that when your account credentials are inevitably pastebinned, at least it isn't your fault. An introduction to multiprocessing in Python [tutsplus]. Some things to watch out for when publishing modules to npm and Bower [css-tricks]. The first npm update in a while brings a bunch of new features [npmjs] to the table. Olympic Game Plan Design/UX/product Mike Monteiro, not usually an opinionated guy, has some thoughts on how the design industry needs to move forward [medium]. Nvidia has open-sourced this cool program [github] that transfers the style of one photo onto the content of another photo. An inside look at Netflix's approach to branding itself [medium]. Landbot, the 'conversational website builder,' has released a version 2 [landbot] with analytics, Zapier integration, conditional logic and more. How Yahoo's PyeongChang Winter Olympics icons were designed [medium]. Pay Attention News/business Twitter has updated its API [blog.twitter] to stop users from performing the same actions across multiple accounts and limiting automation. Elon Musk has left the board of the AI safety organization he co-founded [theverge] due to a conflict of interest with Tesla's machine learning research, where apparently he's building Skynet. Intel has shipped a second set of Spectre patches for Skylake, Kaby Lake and Coffee Lake processors [arstechnica], and ostensibly they won't be as good at crashing as the first attempt. WhatsApp co-founder Brian Acton has put a sizeable chunk of his fortune into the newly-formed Signal Foundation [wired], which will build and maintain Signal, the surveillance-resistant communications protocol that many large messaging vendors use. Uber Express Pool will make fares cheaper [theverge] if you're willing to carpool with others and walk a little to get to the car. Mark Pesce reckons the Basic Attention Token has the potential to redefine advertiser/audience relationships [medium]. Are you a big fan of retro games? Game companies are trying to make it much harder for you to get your fix of nostalgia in the future [torrentfreak]. A look at the data on how blockchain technology could disrupt the banking industry [cbinsights]. Alexa's Toilet Mouth Everything else (apps, fun tools, gaming, culture, funny stuff) Alexa can control your toilet [techcrunch], if you're willing to put a little effort (and cash) in. Assassin's Creed Origins has a new mode that'll give you an educational tour of ancient Egypt [theverge]. Freely downloadable as a standalone, too. Taskade will let you make lists and get organized on your New Tab page [chrome.google]. And finally, some really beautiful pixel art depicting scenes from your favorite TV shows [behance]. Hey Versioning readers! Adam keeps leaving you all in my hands and it's a wonder that Protective Services haven't been involved yet. I'm not sure what that cheeky sod is off doing this time - is it a thing to renew one's vows within the first year of marriage? But I promise to try and emulate him as best as I can. We'll all get through this, no worries. Sit back, relax, and throw another sausage on the hāngi! Catch ya tomorrow. Temporarily curated by Joel

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