Another week, another newsletter. Let's get to it!
Around the Web
Modern Font Stacks because the fastest fonts are already on your machine.
I discovered namae while watching Daniel Roe's Twitch stream this week. He mentioned it in the chat during a conversation about Nettle tea. Namae is a useful tool for checking social handles, website domains, and more in one place.
The keynote from Tailwind Connect is up! Lots of great stuff in there. There are many improvements to Tailwind, including faster builds, thanks to Lightning CSS.
A Comprehensive Guide to Deno KV. Craig gives the rundown on all things Key Value (KV) Store for Deno, including many examples.
Fun Stuff
Dance party for 1,000 dinosaurs follows Dundurn, Sask., challenge to world record. Folks in my country making us proud lol.
Words of Wisdom for the Week
If you want to achieve different results, you sometimes must be willing to make changes to your current actions. We can't always expect to get different results by doing the same things we've always done.
Shameless Plugs
The stream recording with Andy Piper is up on YouTube. We discussed making, IoT messaging (MQTT), MicroPython and Mastodon. Thanks again for hanging Andy!
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Also, it was awesome hanging with Graham Ritchie this week on nickyt.live. We discussed accessibility, provided some tips and tools to leverage, and even squeezed in a mini-audit.
Here's a highlight showing the Chrome DevTools contrast checker in action. Thanks again for hanging, Graham!
Lastly, I'm attending (not speaking) Refactor DX 2023 in Toronto this coming week. If you're attending, don't be shy and come say hi!
Jobs
- Runway is looking for a Staff Frontend Engineer as well as a Sr. Backend Engineer.
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