# 51. Tree of the Elder

> Taken at the Xishuangbanna Botanical Garden—a tree planted by an Elder. It felt quite exciting to capture this with a long exposure.

- Issue: 51
- Published: 2021/11/09
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<small>Taken at the Xishuangbanna Botanical Garden—a tree planted by an Elder. It felt quite exciting to capture this with a long exposure.</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.**

## 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.  
<img src="https://cdn.tw93.fun/blog/upic/M3iJhM.jpg" width="800" />

**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.  
<img src="https://cdn.tw93.fun/blog/upic/MDe5HR.jpg" width="800" />

**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.  
<img src="https://cdn.tw93.fun/blog/upic/mqpjlh.jpg" width="800" />

**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.  
<img src="https://cdn.tw93.fun/blog/upic/3mtTMX.gif" width="800" />

**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.