Collective #264
True Lies Of Optimistic User Interfaces
A really interesting article by Denys Mishunov on understanding and using optimistic UI design.
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How CSS pseudo-classes work, explained with code and lots of diagrams
An excellent article by Nash Vail on CSS pseudo-classes with beautiful visualizations.
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Blueprint
A React UI tollkit which helps you with building complex, data-dense interfaces with ease.
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A.I. Experiments
A fantastic site by Google where you can explore machine learning by playing with pictures, language, music, code, and more.
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Build Things Visually with Divi 3.0
Divi 3.0 introduces a completely new visual interface that will forever change the way you build websites.
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Awesome Hacking
A collection of awesome lists for hackers, pentesters and security researchers.
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Lumber
With Lumber you can easily plug an admin interface alongside your existing project.
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The Coming Revolution in Email Design
Jason Rodriguez gets us excited about the future of email.
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for..in versus for..of Loops
Ire Aderinokun investigates the differences of JavaScrit loops and shows how to use for..in and for..of properly.
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Lazy Loading Responsive Adsense Ads
Osvaldas Valutis shows how to fix the broken nature of Google Adsense's loading behavior and lazy-load ads.
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Christmas Line Icon Set (EPS, AI, SVG, PNG)
A lovely icon set all about Christmas with a slick line design.
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The code I'm still ashamed of
Bill Sourour's honest and important assessment of how developers need to be more responsible and think about the ethical implications of their code.
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WebGL Masking & Composition
Szenia Zadvornykh shows how to do some pretty nice stuff with WebGL masking.
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Next.js
Is Next.js the next big thing in JavaScript? Arunoda Susiripala explores the new JS framework.
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JavaScript books by Dr. Axel Rauschmayer
Superb books packed with JS knowledge that are free to read online.
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Freebie from Swifticon: Episode 1
Free icons form the epic Swifticons set.
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Chartify
React.js plugin for creating all kinds of charts for React. Inspired by kinopoisk.ru's chart and made by Kirill Stepkin.
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Create a Dynamic Point Mesh Animation with HTML5 Canvas
A great tutorial by Dudley Storey where he teaches how to master a dynamic point mesh animation using Canvas.
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SVG Line Animation for the Uninitiated
Evan Dennington shows how to use SVG and CSS to make a line drawing animation in this easy to follow tutorial.
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Free Font: Five Boroughs
An ultra gritty handwriting font designed by MakeMediaCo for The Creative Feed.
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Dash
Dash is a free and open-source API Documentation Browser that gives your iPad and iPhone instant offline access to 150+ API documentation sets.
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Cubes Advent Calendar
In cased you missed our latest Playground demo: A 3D cubes Advent calendar with fun hover effects.
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