Programming

Making GitHub’s new homepage fast and performant https://github.blog/2021-01-29-making-githubs-new-homepage-fast-and-performant/ https://redd.it/l86gk3 @programmingreddit

Rewriting git history / removing files permanently. Cheatsheet & guide https://blog.gitguardian.com/rewriting-git-history-cheatsheet/ https://redd.it/l7x63t @programmingreddit

New aspect-ratio CSS property supported in Chromium, Safari Technology Preview, and Firefox Nightly https://web.dev/aspect-ratio/ https://redd.it/l7f56s @programmingreddit

Learn vim in the browser with interactive exercises designed to help you edit code faster https://www.vim.so/ https://redd.it/l7pl00 @programmingreddit

Your source code is worthless https://hiringengineersbook.com/post/autonomy/ https://redd.it/l7a6eb @programmingreddit

"there is currently no plan for PWA support in Firefox." - Mozilla gives up on PWAs in Firefox 85 https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1682593#c8 https://redd.it/l77eq7 @programmingreddit

Why You ACTUALLY Need Math for Programming (response to dev youtubers) https://youtu.be/7H30s7xE4jU https://redd.it/l77zxu @programmingreddit

MMPX Style-Preserving Pixel Art Magnification - MIT-licensed 2D scaler with better results for pixel art than current scalers https://casual-effects.com/research/McGuire2021PixelArt/ https://redd.it/l63k0l @programmingreddit

Stack Overflow 2019 hack was guided by advice from none other than... Stack Overflow https://www.theregister.com/2021/01/27/stack_overflow_2019_hack_was/ https://redd.it/l6tnn3 @programmingreddit

GitLab removes its 'starter' tier: Users must either pay 5x more or lose features https://www.theregister.com/AMP/2021/01/27/gitlab_removes_starter_tier/ https://redd.it/l6s6ld @programmingreddit

A dependency-free chess engine that has implementations for the terminal, a desktop GUI, and the web! https://github.com/adam-mcdaniel/chess-engine https://redd.it/l65erk @programmingreddit

WebRTC is now a W3C and IETF standard https://web.dev/webrtc-standard-announcement/ https://redd.it/l6czhe @programmingreddit

A Quest to Find a Highly Compressed Emoji :shortcode: Lookup Function https://prilik.com/blog/post/emoji-shortcodes/ https://redd.it/l69yfq @programmingreddit

January brings us Firefox 85 https://hacks.mozilla.org/2021/01/january-brings-us-firefox-85/ https://redd.it/l5k7dq @programmingreddit

Gitlab changed its pricing model. It has greatly reduced the CI quota from 2000 CI minutes to 400 CI minutes in Free tier and removed the $4 per month option. https://about.gitlab.com/blog/2021/01/26/new-gitlab-product-subscription-model/ https://redd.it/l5yusg @programmingreddit

The unreasonable effectiveness of simple HTML https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2021/01/the-unreasonable-effectiveness-of-simple-html/ https://redd.it/l5rdlm @programmingreddit

Working fewer hours and getting more done https://www.uptheretheylove.com/blog/production/working-fewer-hours-and-getting-more-done https://redd.it/l5d8hy @programmingreddit

Firefox 85 Cracks Down on Supercookies https://blog.mozilla.org/security/2021/01/26/supercookie-protections/ https://redd.it/l5liah @programmingreddit

Load balancing and its different types https://www.wisdomgeek.com/development/software-architecture/load-balancing-and-its-different-types/ https://redd.it/l5hxo8 @programmingreddit

AskGit - an open-source project that makes it possible to run SQL queries on data in git repos. Try it out using this basic Web UI https://try.askgit.com/?repo=https%3A%2F%2Fgithub.com%2Faugmentable-dev%2Faskgit&query=--+AskGit+is+a+tool+for+running+SQL+queries+on+data+in+git+repos%3A%0A--+https%3A%2F%2Fgithub.com%2Faugmentable-dev%2Faskgit%0A--+Use+this+page+to+try+out+queries+in+your+browser%2C+URLs+are+share-able%0A%0ASELECT+author_name%2C+count%28*%29+FROM+commits+GROUP+BY+author_name+ORDER+BY+count%28*%29+DESC%0A https://redd.it/l46j57 @programmingreddit