012. Dali Rice Fields 中
The cover shows rice fields in Dali. The sound of the wind through the stalks is beautiful—it’s full of hope.
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Good Reads and Learning
Meituan’s Solution for Mobile UI Consistency
https://tech.meituan.com/2020/11/26/consistency-in-ui-design.html
How Meituan handles UI discrepancies across multiple business lines—a perfect companion to previous articles we’ve shared.
Model-Driven Frontend Architecture
https://juejin.cn/post/6899647897508577294
A deep dive into the evolution of wireless frontend architecture, from current approaches to future challenges.
Building a JS Interpreter in JS
https://juejin.cn/post/6898093501376905230
Less about the code and more about understanding how interpreters actually work under the hood.
Preventing Financial Loss in 100-Billion RMB Venues
https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/ZKtS47uOtjEHdEjKw0Y-uQ
How Taobao developers replaced manual checks with automation to prevent disaster on Double 11.
10 Ideas for Your Next Frontend Project
https://dev.to/simonholdorf/10-inspiring-ideas-for-your-next-front-end-project-11bh
A curated collection of great UI/UX ideas from CodePen. Perfect for sharing with your designer and implementing.
Tools and Open Source
Custom Icons for macOS Big Sur
https://macosicons.com/
If the mix of old and new icons in Big Sur bothers you, this site is a lifesaver. (Pro tip: use Cmd+Opt+I on the app and drag the .icns file over the icon to change it).
GPing: Ping, Now with Graphs
https://github.com/orf/gping
Visualizes your connection latency in real-time.
ODIFF: The World’s Fastest Pixel-by-Pixel Image Comparison Tool
https://github.com/dmtrKovalenko/odiff
Designed for large images with millimeter-perfect precision.
Holiday: China’s Official Public Holiday Data
https://github.com/NateScarlet/holiday-cn
Automatically scraped data from government announcements, available as a clean JSON API.
iOS and Multi-Platform
Upgrading PopLayer’s R&D Model in the Taobao App
https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/yYsWHv0kq7HK54e1kPBprw
Taobao’s mastery of pop-up layers is unmatched. Learn how they built a visual, cross-platform solution for rapid deployment.
Real-Time Voice Recognition in Taobao Live Sessions
https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/jX7utUnk0BOnu7cVnjNe1w
A collaboration between DAMO Academy, Alibaba Cloud, and the Taobao team to bring industry-first mobile speech recognition to live streaming.
Apple Announces 15% Commission Rate for Small Businesses
https://www.apple.com.cn/newsroom/2020/11/apple-announces-app-store-small-business-program/
A huge win for independent developers starting November 18.
Inspiration and Fun
Skypack + CodePen
https://blog.codepen.io/2020/11/18/skypack-codepen/
CodePen now supports Skypack imports. Pure magic for rapid prototyping.
Gamification: Why Do Users Love Farming in AliBaba’s Apps?
https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/d4X8IhqvOoPcEwsCWydfMw
An inside look at the design and world-building that makes the “Baba Farm” feature so addictive.
Git Flight Rules
https://github.com/k88hudson/git-flight-rules/blob/master/README_zh-CN.md
A guide for “astronauts” (developers) to navigate the crisis when things go wrong in Git.