Melanie Ashby
@_traversing_
Front-end dev / UI engineer. From design to code and back again: notes, overheards and fag-ends from the codeface.
GitHub launches Copilot to power pair programming with AI venturebeat.com/2021/06/29/git… via @VentureBeat
An ode to the ternary operator. Love the poetry and depth in Sinclair’s appreciation of the #javascript operator @jrsinclair jrsinclair.com/articles/2021/…
jrsinclair.com
Rethinking the JavaScript ternary operator
Lots of people treat the ternary operator with suspicion. At first glance, ternaries appear unnecessary. Nothing more than a tool for the overly clever to trim some characters from their code. A...
Great session from @MollyWattTalks for our internal On Top of the World webinar. We all take so much for granted and it’s our responsibility to use technology to make the world a better place and more inclusive for everyone. @nexergroup @Nexer_Digital #a11y
Sweet and cool Snow Quotes app by @rolandjlevy - cdpt.in/NTMyNTM= #node #express #pug #javascript #css
The State of CSS 2020 - looking forward to a bit of reading this weekend... 2020.stateofcss.com/en-US/
'We waste time endlessly debating minutiae that has little impact , but we should instead focus on the tech choices that make a significant impact: solid design patterns, linting, testing, continuous integration, delivery and deployment" kentcdodds.com/blog/why-users…
kentcdodds.com
Why users care about how you write code
Your coding practices and technology choices impact user experience...
Excellent visual storytelling from @washingtonpost tracking social media output to map the complex realities of civil unrest in Minneapolis and challenge Trump's trumpeting of violent hoards and criminal antifa. (thanks to @SidebarIO)
body > * { position: relative; max-width: 40rem; margin: 2rem auto; } body img { max-width: 100% } Pleasing simplicity for full-width image / constrained text layout. (thx @kilianvalkhof )
Small Manchester charity against Goliath overprivileged bigot. Happy to give my support to aid a media intervention to combat highly-funded hijackers. —/ Stop Laurence Fox taking our name #ReclaimRECLAIM gofundme.com/f/reclaimrecla…
For those with a love of card decks (@Poetech3) this looks an interesting set for agile product design workshopping workshoptactics.com
Because backend is such a different space. You are in control. You tell the computer to do something, and it does it. Frontend is a constant battle. It's like raising a teenager who is always talking back and doing whatever they wanna do.
The alternative to date-handling in JS, Temporal API, seeking feedback. Proposal alternative to Date() added in a 10-day code hack way back when... tc39.es/proposal-tempo…
A little burst of positivity in furlough: I am really loving LevelUp Tutorials (JS, React, CSS) in particular the light, calming, upbeat tone of tutor Scott Tolinski - so thank you! @stolinski
When Mum was transferred from a Herts hospital to a carehome in March, you were flippantly shaking hands. I saw the risk, healthcare professionals knew the risk, the carehome made sane decisions before your tune changed (@bandmcare Tremona ♥). Whose procedures @BorisJohnson?
Tech on the Tyne Meetup: 'Automate Yourself' meetup.com/Tech-on-the-Ty… #Meetup via @Meetup @Poetech3
Peak 2020 content. Imagine pitching this to a TV exec in the 90s: “So it’s an Irish lad with a bag on his head, improvising disco music in a virtual environment set in the Wild West and you watch it on your telephone”. It’s a dystopia for sure, but there are upsides.
A song called Cowboy Fashion Show. Written and produced live on twitch while I play red dead redemption.
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