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Stay ahead in web development: latest news, tools, and insights #64

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weeklyfoo #64 is here: your weekly digest of all webdev news you need to know! This time you'll find 38 valuable links in 8 categories! Enjoy!

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šŸ“° Good to know

  • Map of Github: 400k projects visualized on a map by Andrei Kashcha / github / 1 min read
  • State of Node.js Performance 2024: This article exclusively compares Node.js versions without drawing parallels to other JavaScript runtimes. The intent is to highlight the platform's internal progressā€”its performance gains, regressions, and the factors driving these changes. by Rafael Gonzaga, Lizz Parody / nodejs, performance / 16 min read
  • 15 Best Leadership Books: That made a better leader from me. by Milan Milanović / leadership / 28 min read
  • Founder Mode and the Art of Mythmaking: What a read! by Charity Majors / rant, airbnb / 41 min read
  • After 3 Years, I Failed. Here's All My Startup's Code.: And by all, I mean everything: core product, failed pivots, miscellaneous scripts, deployment configurations, marketing website, and more. Hopefully the codebase is interesting or potentially helpful to somebody out there! by Dylan Huang / startups / 4 min read
  • Warp for Windows: The modern terminal for developer productivity is coming to Windows soon. Be the first to know when itā€™s available to download. by warp.dev / terminal, windows / 4 min read
  • State of JavaScript 2024: Results are out! by stateofjs.com / javascript / 3 min read
  • CSS Wishlist 2025: CSS Wishlist time! by Adam Argyle / css / 1 min read
  • Git - Beyond the Basics: Useful advanced git (and github) commands by Anders Sundman / git / 11 min read

šŸ§° Tools

  • nuqs: Type-safe search params state manager for React frameworks - Like useState, but stored in the URL query string. by 47ng / react
  • OG Image Maker: Template-based og image creator. by Eddy Vinck / images
  • SVG Repo: 500.000+ Open-licensed SVG Vector and Icons by svgrepo.com / svgs, icons
  • Hero Patterns: A collection of repeatable SVG background patterns for you to use on your web projects. by Steve Schoger / svgs, patterns
  • Background Image Remover: Upload your image and let our AI remove the background instantly. Perfect for professional photos, product images, and more. by Addy Osmani / ai, background-remover, images
  • bolt.diy: Prompt, run, edit, and deploy full-stack web applications using any LLM you want! by Stackblitz / ai, llm
  • Leapcell: Build, Deploy, and Scale Your Applications with Ease. Experience Serverless Web Hosting, Serverless Redis, Asynchronous Tasks, and Robust Observabilityā€”all in one seamless platform. by leapcell.io / infra, serverless
  • IsometricShot: Create Isometric Screenshots by isometricshot.com / images, isometric
  • OpenAuth: Universal, standards-based auth provider. by openauth.js.org / auth
  • Genezio: Experience the autoscaling of near-zero latency serverless without rewriting your code. by genezio.com / infra, serverless
  • PixiJS: Create beautiful digital content with the fastest, most flexible 2D WebGL renderer. by pixijs.com / images, webgl
  • Arcjet JS: Bot detection, rate limiting, email validation, attack protection, data redaction for Node.js, Next.js, Deno, Bun, Remix, SvelteKit, NestJS. by arcjet.com / headers, http
  • yadm: Yet Another Dotfiles Manager by yadm.io / dotfiles
  • Musoq: SQL Syntax without any database by Jakub Puchała / search, sql
  • Superhero: Curated collection of beautiful website hero sections. by supahero.io / hero, ui, gallery
  • JerryScript: Ultra-lightweight JavaScript engine for the Internet of Things. by jerryscript.net / javascript, iot
  • Base UI: Unstyled UI components for building accessible web apps and design systems. by base-ui.com / ui
  • Vivus: JavaScript library to make drawing animation on SVG by maxwellito / svgs
  • ni: Use the right package manager by Anthony Fu / npm
  • Groq Appgen: Build a micro-app at Groq speed by groqlabs.com / groq, ai

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šŸ¤Ŗ Fun

  • Douglas Crockford Is Not Your Dad: I know what you've been told. Douglas Crockford said that JSON can't have comments. And you accepted that. Understandable mistake; we've all been there. by Phil Hagelberg / json / 2 min read
  • Library of Babel: At present it contains all possible pages of 3200 characters, about 10^4677 books. by Jonathan Basile / characters / 1 min read

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