A big day for blocks/blocking thingsDragon's DenFront-endFirst up, an examination of the four layers of single-page apps, via a React app example [hackernoon]. Gestalt [github/pinterest] is a set of React UI components that supports Pinterest's design language. A cool demonstration of how Preact and Glimmer each approach maximizing web performance [engineering.linkedin]. How to work with a whole bunch - thousands, really - of DOM nodes [codeburst]. Dragon Drop [github/schne324] is an accessible drag-and-drop list reorder module. Phoenix [phoenixframework] is a framework leveraging Erlang and Elixir, promising speed and reliability. How to add authentication to your PWA using Stencil [scotch]. Node Way!Mobile/back-end/programmingAwesome Node [github/sindresorhus] is a massive, but curated, list of Node packages and tools. Hours of fun. TypeScript Starter [github/bitjson] is a command line tool for easily building JavaScript libraries and Node apps. Once you've chosen some of those packages, Emma [github/maticzav] is a terminal assistant that'll help you find and install them. 4 steps for using Webpack with your Node app [stackchief]. An intro to recurrent neural networks with Pytorch [cpuheater]. A guide to making an AWS S3 static site with SSL [josephcombs]. Champagne SupernovaDesign/UX/productHere's the macOS UI library Sketch uses to build Sketch [sketchapp]. Prototypr have announced Supernova Studio [blog.prototypr], a tool they say bridges the gap between designers and developers. It can convert designs from Sketch, then handle fiddly things like foreign languages and varying resolutions, and then exports the resulting code, assets, fonts, and everything you need for native apps. Future Fonts [futurefonts] is a place to sell your type designs before they're even finished. 7 steps for achieving the state of flow in UX design [uxdesign]. 5 ways to better manage your time as a designer [buditanrim]. Big Little LiesNews/businessPlattsburgh, a city in New York State, has passed an 18-month ban on cryptocurrency mining, citing increased energy bills [motherboard.vice]. A Snapchat ad making light of Chris Brown's 2009 assault on then-girlfriend Rihanna has led her to call for people to delete the app [theverge]. (The ad is in that article, by the way, and there are also descriptions of the original incident itself.) A good summary of the biggest lies Theranos told [buzzfeed]. I think "audacious" is the word here? Google open-sourced the AI tool that powers its Portrait Mode for Android [theverge]. Airtable raised a bunch of money to produce tools for non-coders to build complicated apps [techcrunch]. They're calling the platform Airtable Blocks [airtable]. Here's the full unveiling of Larry Page's self-flying planes [cora] (they were tested in New Zealand, just saying). Knowing what your competitors are doing is vital, here's why [medium/swlh]. How to build and manage a remote engineering team [medum/initialized-capital]. Hold the FortniteEverything else (apps, fun tools, gaming, culture, funny stuff)This week's Versioning Weekend Reads post features Hawking, blockchain, Cuban media networks and Alejandro Jodorowsky [versioning.substack]. Apply to Date [itunes.apple] is an app for building a landing page for people to jump in and apply to date you. Dating is weird these days. The internet is finally closing in on the Office's Scranton Strangler [avclub]. Sideways Dictionary [sidewaysdictionary] is like a dictionary for tech terms, but it explains what something is via analogy. What's an analogy? It's like a way of explaining something new using a simile mentioning something you might already know. What's a simile? Look, maybe we should just stop defining things at this point. A guide to breaking up with social networks [wired]. Way more than you wanted to know about Fortnite, the super popular game that got Drake onto Twitch [digg]. Finally, a Kansas cattle farmer carefully arranged his cows to spell out a message to space [motherboard.vice]. If you're a farmer and you're not working on replicating this, what are you even doing? There's Versioning for Friday and the week! It's been a big week - not only have we seen the fall of a fraudulent blood-testing start-up, the birth of a brain-freezing start-up, and an FBI bust of a start-up selling phones to drug cartels, we've also seen that Drake enjoys playing video games! Nothing Was the Same. Back with more next week! Free members - hi, how are you? I hope you've been well!
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