028. Orange Isle 中
The cover shows the statue of young Mao Zedong at Orange Isle in Changsha. Our team had an outing there—mostly to drink all the Sexy Tea (Chayan Yuese).
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.
Front-End Technology
The Evolution of CPU and GPU for Heterogeneous Computing
https://draveness.me//heterogeneous-computing
A look back at how engineers have added increasingly sophisticated features to our processors over the last few decades.
JavaScript ES2021 Features You Need to Know
https://towardsdev.com/javascript-es2021-features-d864eccad081
A quick summary of the latest additions to the language.
Serverless is Ready; Developers are Not
https://dev.to/aws-builders/serverless-is-ready-developers-are-not-12f9
A controversial take on the gap between technical availability and developer adoption.
Comparing the New Generation of Build Tools
https://css-tricks.com/comparing-the-new-generation-of-build-tools/
A technical showdown between the current “trendy” tools: esbuild, snowpack, vite, and wmr.
10 Essential CSS Features for 2021
https://juejin.cn/post/6946231151874801695
If you’re still writing CSS like it’s 2018, this is a great refresher.
Trending Open Source
XRender: Out-of-the-Box UI Solutions from Fliggy
https://github.com/alibaba/x-render
The evolution of FormRender—now featuring a comprehensive suite of tools for rendering complex forms, tables, and charts with minimal boilerplate. Highly recommended.
State of the Vuenion 2021
View the Slides
Evan You’s roadmap and status update from VueConf US 2021.
Headless UI: Unstyled, Accessible UI Components for Tailwind CSS
https://headlessui.dev/
Beautifully built and incredibly versatile. Their approach to cross-platform compatibility is a masterclass in modern UI design.
Docker-OSX: Run macOS inside a Docker Container
https://github.com/sickcodes/Docker-OSX
A wild and impressive project for when you need to run Apple’s OS in a virtualized environment.
Just Looking Around
Native macOS Input Methods: Why We Struggle to Adapt
Read the V2EX Thread
A fascinating discussion on why we often force ourselves to use native tools for privacy reasons, even when third-party alternatives (like Sogou) feel “smarter” initially.
Data Governance at Meituan Travel
https://tech.meituan.com/2021/04/15/data-governance-in-meituan-jiulv.html
From collection and processing to application and deletion—why governing the entire lifecycle of data is critical for any large tech company.
Neuralink: Brain-Controlled Gaming is Here
https://www.jiqizhixin.com/articles/2021-04-09-4
Musk’s latest update shows a monkey playing video games with its mind. Truly incredible (and slightly terrifying) progress.
The Underground Market for Face Recognition “Cracks”
As face data becomes more prevalent, the tools to exploit it are also becoming more sophisticated. a wake-up call for biometric security.
Threat Modeling in Practice
https://tech.meituan.com/2021/04/08/threat-modeling-security.html
A deep dive from the Meituan security team on how to systematically identify and mitigate potential vulnerabilities.