# 12. Dali Rice Fields

> The cover shows rice fields in Dali. The sound of the wind through the stalks is beautiful—it’s full of hope.

- Issue: 12
- Published: 2021/02/09
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<small>The cover shows rice fields in Dali. The sound of the wind through the stalks is beautiful—it’s full of hope.</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.**

## 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).  
<img src="https://gw.alipayobjects.com/zos/k/we/lq1LT7.png" width="800" />

**GPing: Ping, Now with Graphs**  
<https://github.com/orf/gping>  
Visualizes your connection latency in real-time.  
<img src="https://gw.alipayobjects.com/zos/k/6t/QWPb4k.gif" width="800" />

**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.  
<a href="https://codepen.io/chriscoyier/pen/vYKvEQx" target="_blank"><img src="https://gw.alipayobjects.com/zos/k/43/HToFCj.png" width="800" /></a>

**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.