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Spotted this unconventional blessing on a board at a temple in Xishuangbanna. It’s actually quite sweet.
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
Bracket Pair Colorization 10,000x Faster
https://code.visualstudio.com/blogs/2021/09/29/bracket-pair-colorization
The VS Code team completely refactored their bracket pair colorization feature, and the performance gains are staggering. Here is a look at how they achieved it.
Installing npm Packages Directly in the Browser Console
https://segmentfault.com/a/1190000040875211
A very handy trick for quickly testing libraries without needing to set up a local project.
Product Ranking Practice in Meituan Search
https://tech.meituan.com/2021/11/19/exploration-and-practice-of-multi-business-commodities-ranking-in-meituan-search.html
A case study on how Meituan handles complex searches that span multiple business units and product categories.
Trending Open Source
TopNotch: Hide the MacBook Pro Notch
https://topnotch.app/
I don’t have the machine to test it on yet, but the result looks very clean—it basically blacks out the menu bar to blend with the notch.
KalidoKit: Sync Face and Body Tracking to Avatars
https://github.com/yeemachine/kalidokit
The results are impressively smooth, especially considering it’s all running in the browser.
xterm.js: A Terminal for the Web
https://xtermjs.org/
Bringing a full, high-performance terminal experience to your web application.
microdiff: Lightweight and Fast Comparison Library
https://github.com/AsyncBanana/microdiff
The example code says it all—a minimal way to get granular diffs between objects.
import diff from "microdiff";
const obj1 = { originalProperty: true };
const obj2 = {
originalProperty: true,
newProperty: "new",
};
console.log(diff(obj1, obj2));
// [{type: "CREATE", path: ["newProperty"], value: "new"}]Just Looking Around
A Discussion on Team Knowledge Sharing
https://www.v2ex.com/t/815876
A V2EX thread on the pros and cons of Friday sharing sessions. Lots of interesting perspectives from different engineering cultures.
Insight into the Lifestyles of Gen Z (00s)
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A report from Tencent that dives into the preferences, consumption habits, and values of the younger generation.