# 111. New Year Sunset

> The cover photo shows a New Year’s Day sunset at Xixi Wetland. The silhouette of the trees against the evening sky was beautiful—wishing you all a safe and happy new year.

- Issue: 111
- Published: 2023/01/03
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<small>The cover photo shows a New Year’s Day sunset at Xixi Wetland. The silhouette of the trees against the evening sky was beautiful—wishing you all a safe and happy new year.</small>

> **Record the down-to-earth trending technologies seen every week, and publish them here after screening. If you find it good, you can follow this weekly to get update notifications.**

## Technical Related

**What Makes a Good Low-Code Product?**  
<https://tw93.fun/2023-01-02/low-code.html>  
Low-code is a polarizing topic. for me, I like it—but only when applied to specific domains where it truly allows an engineer to fulfill a requirement faster than writing code.

**Modern Guide to Bundling JavaScript Libraries**  
<https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/m-i_Et6YqkZ0aj537vN2_A>  
A practical guide to the latest tools and best practices for packaging JS libraries for modern web consumption.

**Core Concepts of Modern Frontend Frameworks**  
<https://juejin.cn/post/7183639661246414909>  
A breakdown of the essential concepts in modern web architecture, including State, Effects, Memoization, and Templating.

## Trending Tools

**GitHub Wrapped: Your Year in Code**  
<https://wrapped.run/>  
See a beautiful visualization of your GitHub activity from the past year. it’s a fun way to look back on what you’ve accomplished.  
<img src="https://cdn.tw93.fun/blog/upic/TPVbZG.png" width="800" />

**UIVerse: A Library of Unique Components**  
<https://uiverse.io/>  
A massive collection of creative, pre-styled UI components that you can easily copy and paste into your own projects to add some flair.  
<img src="https://cdn.tw93.fun/blog/upic/vnIkSq.png" width="800" />

**XMind Mindmap Gallery**  
<https://xmind.app/share/?category=zh>  
A gallery of interesting and informative mindmaps shared by users. it’s a great place to find inspiration for organizing your own complex thoughts and research.  
<img src="https://cdn.tw93.fun/blog/upic/hdyjV1.png" width="800" />

**Web Design Museum: Digital History**  
<https://www.webdesignmuseum.org/>  
Explore over 2,000 carefully selected websites, software, and logos from 1991 to the present. it’s a fascinating way to trace the evolution of digital design.  
<img src="https://cdn.tw93.fun/blog/upic/zp8ivk.jpeg" width="800" />

## Just Looking Around

**Traveling through Japan: An Experience Share**  
<https://sspai.com/post/77549>  
A detailed summary from a designer’s trip to Japan in late 2022. "Coming back with nothing but white clouds in one's heart." I definitely need to visit again soon.

**The Death of the PPT?**  
A huxiu article arguing that being able to explain things clearly is more important than flashy slides—and why Markdown might be the superior presentation tool.

**Xiaomi: Thinking Like an Entrepreneur**  
<https://book.douban.com/subject/36057097/>  
The first book I read in 2023 was Lei Jun’s "Xiaomi Entrepreneurship Thinking." his insights on the role and growth of engineers were particularly inspiring.

**Code Effect of the Week: Sparkly Skull ✨**  
<https://codepen.io/Mamboleoo/pen/yLbxYdx>  
An incredible 3D effect built with Three.js from the ground up. the complexity and delicacy of the sparkly skull are truly mesmerizing—definitely check out the source code.  
<img src="https://cdn.tw93.fun/blog/upic/XOb0KT.gif" width="800" />