A Netflix engineer discusses the importance of reliability and performance in developer tools, sharing principles for building great software.
A developer shares his first impressions of Warp, a new Rust-based terminal, comparing its performance and features to iTerm2.
A proposal for browser dev tools to toggle CSS size units (px, em, rem) like color values, improving designer-developer workflow.
A developer shares detective-like strategies for debugging software, including reading error messages, changing one thing at a time, and confirming assumptions.
A developer discusses the limitations of Xcode extensions and proposes improvements, using their Sourcery Pro tool as an example.
Announcing Sourcery Pro, a new macOS app that extends Xcode's capabilities, built from over 1000 hours of development work.
A developer shares useful Bash/Zsh commands, aliases, and terminal tips for improving daily workflow and productivity.
Introduces the Azure Mask browser extension, an open-source tool for automatically masking sensitive data in the Azure Portal for safer screen sharing and content creation.
A guide to practical npx packages that streamline daily developer tasks like cleaning node_modules, killing ports, and serving local files.
Explores the drawbacks of using TypeScript for library development and proposes an alternative approach to gain type safety without the build step.
Predictions for cloud native trends in 2021, focusing on cloud IDEs, Kubernetes at the edge, and WebAssembly integration.
A comprehensive 2021 list of hosted headless CMS providers offering free or developer tiers, including small-scale alternatives and self-hosted options.
A guide to setting up Prettier for automatic code formatting in VSCode, covering both the extension and CLI.
A developer shares how they overcame a repetitive-strain injury (RSI) and now codes using voice commands and an eye-tracker.
Firefox DevTools shortens long HTML attributes like srcset, which can confuse developers. A setting exists to disable this truncation.
A developer shares their favorite command-line interface (CLI) tools for productivity, including shells, search utilities, and system monitoring.
A discussion on the importance of balancing practical tool learning with theoretical computer science concepts for web developers.
Explains how to use WebPageTest custom metrics with request data to analyze script loading behavior in web performance testing.
Explores the challenge of mapping .NET Core framework assemblies back to their original NuGet packages, focusing on an issue in ReSharper/Rider's auto-reference feature.
An introductory guide explaining what Git is, its purpose for version control, and the basics of commits for developers.
