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Keeping It Stupendously Simple

Phasers Set to Stun Front-end First up, Pushy Buttons [github/iraul] is a lil CSS library that makes your buttons behave pushable. A guide to using multiple backgrounds in CSS [css-tricks]. How to use CSS Grid for app UI layouts [hacks.mozilla]. Phaser [github/photonstorm] is a 2D framework for building HTML5 games for desktop and mobile. A guide to using Stencil to create and publish web components [twilio]. How to optimize web performance with webpack [developers.google]. How to hand-code SVG [webdesign.tutsplus]. Chasing Rainbows Mobile/back-end/programming IceCream [github/gruns] is a sweet little Python library to help with debugging. An intro to Hyperapp, a library worth investigating for anyone growing disenchanted with Redux [medium/hyperapp]. A deep dive into Expo, a collection of tools for React Native [matwrites]. ARKit first steps [novoda]. Put away the ideology: You should decide between native apps and PWAs based on the project you're working on [smashingmagazine]. Also, just put away the ideology in general. Facebook released Tensor Comprehensions [research.fb], a C++ library and mathematical language to make it easier for researchers and engineers to work together on machine learning research. How and why to do Rainbow deploys on Kubernetes [brandon.dimcheff]. Who Killed the Junior Developer? [medium/@melissamcewen]. It's always the butler. I'm With Stupid Design/UX/product The principle of "Keep It Simple, Stupid", when applied excessively, is stupid [heydesigner]. Does this mean we can't trust glib marketing phrases anymore? But I've been Just Doing It for years! I thought I was genuinely Lovin' It!? How to take your idea from concept to reality, using Moqups [sitepoint]. Very bad UX mistakes that even very good teams make [appcues]. Paddy [medium/sketch-app-sources] is a Sketch plugin that handles your padding problems. Ears Ringing News/business Chrome's ad blocker arrives today (Feb 15), here's how it works [theverge]. It looks like Apple doesn't respect wood* - as it turns out the company's precious new HomePod smart speaker is marking wooden tables with a white ring [theverge]. Maybe put it on a (Jony Ive voice) a-lu-minium coaster, to fit in with the whole aesthetic? Microsoft's come up with a compiler-level Spectre fix that kinda doesn't always work and just shows how hard this thing is to guard against [arstechnica]. What AMP does for the web, Google wants to do for email. Lots of people aren't cool with that [techcrunch]. (Me? Yeah, nah, I'm not amped for it at all.) Facebook just launched Messenger Kids, its messaging app aimed at children as young as 6. Turns out some of the experts who signed off on it not being terrible for children received a little funding from Facebook [wired]. Doesn't look good! A look at Facebook's increasingly spammy methods to try to prevent users leaving [gizmodo]. I guess to be annoyed, you have to first be engaged. A growing movement of Zebras - founders of companies that are profitable and help to improve society, as opposed to disruptive Unicorns - is beginning to take shape [medium/@sexandstartups]. * That's a Curb Your Enthusiasm reference [youtube]. That's a very good video compilation, a bit sweary at times because the show is. Easy Layup Everything else (apps, fun tools, gaming, culture, funny stuff) Magic Leap will show live NBA games on its app [techcrunch]. As an avowed NBA enthusiast who lives overseas, I'm thinking that surely, it has to be better than Leaguepass. Not a high bar. Facebook wants you to spend more time with your friends, is being kinda weird about it [bloomberg]. But, come to think of it, your mother and I are worried - why haven't you seen Chad since camp? He was a nice kid, a good influence. Drop him a line after soccer practice one day, why dontcha? Florence, a new iOS game from the lead designer of Monument Valley, sounds very amazing [toucharcade]. Finally, Pocketcoach [pocketcoach] is a Facebook Messenger chatbot to help users manage anxiety. If that's something you struggle with, I hope this helps. There you have it for Thursday. I'll have some more for ya next time. But think about what we talked about earlier, about Chad. We really think it would do you good to spend more time with him. I'm so glad we can talk about these things. Alright, off to school now - you can't get another tardy note! Curated by Adam

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