# 57. Xi An

> 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.

- Issue: 57
- Published: 2021/12/21
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<small>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.</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

**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.  
<img src="https://cdn.tw93.fun/blog/upic/TFHt6H.jpg" width="800" />

**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.  
<img src="https://cdn.tw93.fun/blog/upic/HkL4dd.gif" width="800" />

**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.  
<img src="https://gw.alipayobjects.com/zos/k/tysiel/20211129203340.png" width="800" />

**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.  
<img src="https://cdn.tw93.fun/blog/upic/4o1eQf.jpg" width="800" />

**NUWA: A Unified 3D Transformer Pipeline for Synthesis**  
<https://github.com/microsoft/NUWA>  
Impressive research from Microsoft on visual synthesis. check out the [paper](https://arxiv.org/abs/2111.12417) for the deep technical details.  
<img src="https://cdn.tw93.fun/blog/upic/YVyrnM.gif" width="800" />

## 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.  
<img src="https://cdn.tw93.fun/blog/upic/MxLdl7.jpg" width="800" />

**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.