051. Tree of the Elder 中
Taken at the Xishuangbanna Botanical Garden—a tree planted by an Elder. It felt quite exciting to capture this with a long exposure.
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
Everything You Need to Know About Base64 Encoding
https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/Xc4v21d5qcbpMcSZF-N6AQ
A detailed breakdown of how Base64 works and how it’s used across frontend development.
Implementing Seamless Token Refresh
https://juejin.cn/post/6983582201690456071
Best practices for handling expired tokens without interrupting the user experience or requiring frequent re-logins.
What We Talk About When We Talk About Front-End Deployment in 2021
https://juejin.cn/post/7017710911443959839
A developer from Bytedance traces the entire journey from a code push to the final page load.
Trending Open Source
cloc: Count Your Lines of Code
https://github.com/kentcdodds/cloc
A handy tool for quickly getting stats on the scale and composition of your codebase.
Pure CSS Data Cable
https://codepen.io/comehope/pen/RBjdzZ
A clever demonstration of what’s possible with CSS. While most would just use an image, this version is entirely programmatic.
Appsmith: Low-Code Platform for Internal Tools
https://github.com/appsmithorg/appsmith
A powerful model-driven framework for building business applications and admin panels with minimal code.
Footnotes Now Supported in GitHub Markdown
https://github.blog/changelog/2021-09-30-footnotes-now-supported-in-markdown-fields/
GitHub adds support for formal footnotes in all Markdown fields—a great addition for technical documentation.
MockingBird: Real-Time Voice Cloning for Mandarin
https://github.com/babysor/MockingBird
Clone your voice within 5 seconds and generate any speech content. The results are startlingly accurate.
SwiftFormat: Formatting Extension for Xcode
https://github.com/nicklockwood/SwiftFormat
An essential tool for keeping your Swift code clean and consistent.
Just Looking Around
The Crossroads for Automotive Chips
https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/xbhYyxxE7xGjx2FZq4y9Lg
An overview of the current semiconductor landscape and what it means for the future of the auto industry.
The Landscape of Internet Platforms in 2021
https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/HBX0LzY65cessaH5WmxdMA
Analyzing the “five circles” of digital platforms based on user demographics and behavior.
Why Participate in the “Squid Game”?
https://www.huxiu.com/article/464319.html
I caught up on the series recently—it’s an incredibly compelling look at high-stakes societal pressure.