039. Red Slogans 中
Taken at Hongshan Park in Urumqi. The sunlight was perfect, and the red characters were incredibly crisp. For an engineer, what is your “Original Aspiration”?
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
Comprehensive Roundup of Essential Linux Commands
https://segmentfault.com/a/1190000040222932
A very solid summary. I personally practiced through these to sharpen my memory—it’s incredibly useful for Mac terminal users, too (though maybe don’t try the shutdown commands).
Leveraging Machine Learning for Smart Web Pre-fetching
https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/S1Yg6wiYkK2lN-5aTp2dqQ
A very “trendy” approach to performance: using ML to predict which pages a user will visit next and pre-loading them at just the right time.
How to Design a Task Scheduler from Scratch
https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/O6fAOodJq6pyJnqy1IuqEg
Starting from real business needs, this article breaks down the role of a scheduler, defines the key interfaces, and provides a clean implementation.
Deep Dive Into Modern Browsers
https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/XN9wUM-FdWbE1m66jkEgIg
The final entry in a great series. You can find links to the previous deeper technical dives at the bottom of the article.
Making List Markers Meaningful with CSS ::marker
https://segmentfault.com/a/1190000040175019
As we spend more time in JS frameworks, we often forget the small but delightful possibilities of modern CSS.
Trending Open Source
DoraemonKit: A Platform for Full-Lifecycle App R&D
https://github.com/didi/DoraemonKit
The marketing name is a bit vague, but essentially it’s a powerful “Swiss Army knife” overlay for debugging and testing apps on the fly.
petite-vue: A 5kb Subset of Vue for Progressive Enhancement
https://github.com/vuejs/petite-vue
A very trendy move by Evan You—perfect for small projects where you want the “one-man army” speed of jQuery but with modern reactivity.
<body>
<script src="https://unpkg.com/petite-vue" defer init></script>
<div v-scope="{ count: 0 }">
<button @click="count--">-</button>
<span>{{ count }}</span>
<button @click="count++">+</button>
</div>
</body>SolidJS: Declarative UI Library with No Virtual DOM
https://github.com/solidjs/solid
An impressive look at how the next wave of frameworks is moving away from the VDOM for massive performance gains.
tiptap: The Headless Rich-Text Editor Framework
https://github.com/ueberdosis/tiptap
A headless framework for building rich-text editors for almost any JavaScript framework. Highly recommended.
MonitorControl: Control External Monitor Brightness via macOS
https://github.com/MonitorControl/MonitorControl
Just run brew install --cask monitorcontrol to finally control your external display volume and brightness using your Mac keyboard keys.
Just Looking Around
Rust for Node.js Developers: A Deep Dive
https://itnext.io/deep-dive-into-rust-for-node-js-developers-5faace6dc71f
A great guide that explains Rust concepts by comparing them to familiar patterns in Node.js.
Fixing Bugs in Third-Party Libraries via Bitcode on iOS
https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/BuDnfl1ZbUtiZBhy8_Z7wA
A technical tour-de-force on patching compiled machine code when you don’t have access to the source of a third-party SDK.
Why is Airline Food Getting Worse?
https://www.huxiu.com/article/440281.html
I agree—beef or chicken? beef or chicken? even the names sound tired. Check out the Zhihu discussion for some legendary bad meals.
The “Iron Fist” of Regulation on App Pop-up Ads
The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology is finally cracking down on the aggressive pop-up behavior that plague mobile apps. Hopefully, my post on “Why Apps from Two Years Ago Felt Better” will soon be a relic of the past.
Why Use Go? What are the Advantages?
https://www.zhihu.com/question/21409296
I’ve been eyeing a new language to learn recently, and Go is looking like a very strong candidate.