Collective #284
Inspirational Website of the Week: Harvard University Graduate School of Design
A great design with lovely details and balanced typography. Our pick this week.
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Opinions of Leaders Considered Harmful
A thoughtful article on the problematic of so-called industry leaders' naive opinions which originate from antiquated theoretical knowledge rather than substantial work experience.
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Refactoring 30000 lines of JS with types
A very interesting article by Nicholas Kariniemi on refactoring a complex project.
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Illustrated Algorithms
Inspired by Grokking Algorithms and python-execution-trace, this project aims to make common algorithms easier to grasp through interactive visualizations of their execution.
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How to Make Uploading 10x Faster
Faster uploads? Maciek Głowacki explains how.
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The Bleeps, Sweeps and the Creeps
A really cool radar animation demo.
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Let's Look at 50+ Interesting CSS Properties & Values
A great collection on interesting CSS properties with use cases by Greg Hovanesyan.
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A 6 Minute Intro to AI
Understand AI and its impact on technology better with this great introduction by Snips.
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Align SVG Icons to Text and Say Goodbye to Font Icons
Elliot Dahl shows how to work with an SVG icon system for easy and efficient icon styling.
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TMDb Movie Search
A ReactJS app for searching 'The Movie Database' (TMDb). Check out the GitHub repo here. Made by Stephen Kempin.
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How making hundreds of hip hop beats helped me understand HTML and CSS
Lawrence Yeo's fascinating journey that connects web development and music production.
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Gaming the System…and Winning
Graham Herrli's interesting guide on how to use game design models for crafting more engaging web experiences.
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30 Sugar-Sweet Valentine's Day Icons
Some super-cute Valentine's day icons design by Roundicons for Smashing Magazine.
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The end of the clearfix hack?
Learn how the new display: flow-root might end the clearfix hack.
How Mail.Ru Reduced Email Storage From 50 To 32 PB
A very insightful case study on how one of the biggest email service providers reduced their storage drastically.
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Citii
A React app that helps you compare the cost of living between cities worldwide. By Hassan Djirdeh.
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Free Font: Vinograd
A lovely handwritten display font by Typemate.
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Site Reliability Engineering
A book on how Google runs some of the largest software systems in the world.
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Home Automation with RPi and Javascript
Raspberry Pi 3 based home automation with NodeJS and React Native. By Viktor Kirilov.
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Implementing "Save For Offline" with Service Workers
A tutorial on how to save blog posts for offline reading. By Una Kravets.
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Freebie: Drone Icons
A free drone icon set in solid and line style with 50 easy-to-adjust icons in AI, Sketch, SVG, PNG and Iconjar format.
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