057. Xi An 中
A candid shot of the Xi’an Bell Tower from my car window while heading back to the hotel during a business trip. My first time back in the city 6 years after graduation.
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
A Guide to Sketch Plugin Development
https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/NLyCKEuTEiVMXMrHVDcvHQ
A foundational introduction for frontend developers interested in building tools for Sketch.
Meituan’s Framework for Containerless Terminal Development
https://tech.meituan.com/2021/11/11/meituan-waimai-containerless-framework.html
A look into the reasoning process behind their architectural shifts. Meituan’s tech team definitely loves a good complex architectural diagram.
Practicing Integrated Rich Text Management Across Platforms
https://tech.meituan.com/2021/11/25/page-webide-thrift.html
Insights into how Meituan handles rich text consistency across different platforms. The scope is ambitious, though it still feels like it’s in the early stages.
Bundling Your Node.js Express App with esbuild
https://devtails.medium.com/bundling-your-node-js-express-app-with-esbuild-5aecc36c5047
A simple case study on how to leverage the speed of esbuild for Node.js Express applications.
Trending News
Fleet: JetBrains’ Answer to VS Code
https://blog.jetbrains.com/zh-hans/blog/2021/11/29/fleet/
This looks incredible. Currently in preview, it’s a massive shift for JetBrains towards a lightweight, high-performance editor.
Automa: An Extension for Browser Automation
https://github.com/Kholid060/automa
I tested this out—it’s very effective for automating repetitive browser tasks without writing full scripts.
CasaOS: A Slick Open Source Home Cloud System
https://www.casaos.io/
A great way to manage your home server or NAS with a very polish user interface.
LunarVim: An IDE Layer for Neovim
https://github.com/LunarVim/LunarVim
If you want the power of Neovim with the “batteries-included” feel of a modern IDE.
NUWA: A Unified 3D Transformer Pipeline for Synthesis
https://github.com/microsoft/NUWA
Impressive research from Microsoft on visual synthesis. check out the paper for the deep technical details.
Just Looking Around
Historical Figures Imagined in the Modern Day
https://mossandfog.com/artist-imagines-what-famous-historical-figures-would-look-like-today/
A fun look at how classic works of art or sculptures might look if those people lived today.
The Vision Gaps in User-Centered Design
http://www.woshipm.com/user-research/5231618.html
Breaking down the blind spots and limitations of the purely “user-centric” design approach from a designer’s perspective.