061. Little Fat Duck of West Lake

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A little fat duck on West Lake after a snowfall. There’s something very comical and nimble about these little guys in the cold.

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

From WebGL to WebGPU: The New Era of Web Graphics
https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/4LfaNHP77s9n9SghucYoaA
A detailed transcript of a GMTC presentation on how WebGPU is set to revolutionize high-performance rendering in the browser.

My Struggle with AdBlockers
https://www.v2ex.com/t/824476
A hilarious warning for frontend devs: always avoid using “ad” in your CSS class names, or your users might find half their UI missing!

What I Learned from the 2021 State of CSS Report
https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/BbH6IleqLly82Mqx_0W1IQ
Honestly, I often find the precision of writing great CSS even more satisfying than writing JavaScript.

The Architecture and Performance of DevTools
https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/H8iahg5WUOHXeRzvf0R01w
A peek behind the curtain of how Chrome DevTools is actually implemented within the browser engine.

Trending Open Source

misbrands: The Most “Annoying” Stickers for Programmers
https://github.com/mkrl/misbrands
A collection of intentionally mismatched logos and brand names. I’m thinking of printing some of these for my own gear.

MarkText: A Powerful Open-Source Markdown Editor
https://github.com/marktext/marktext
With Typora moving to a paid model, MarkText is a fantastic free and open-source alternative for your technical writing.

OnlySwitch: Shortcuts for your Mac Menu Bar
https://github.com/jacklandrin/OnlySwitch
An open-source alternative to OneSwitch that puts common system controls right at your fingertips.

PromiseKit: Promises for Swift & ObjC
https://github.com/mxcl/PromiseKit
Bringing the familiar promise-based pattern from JavaScript to Apple platforms makes for much cleaner asynchronous code.

firstly {
    Alamofire
        .request("http://example.com", method: .post, parameters: params)
        .responseDecodable(Foo.self)
}.done { foo in
    //…
}.catch { error in
    //…
}

TDesign: Tencent’s Enterprise-Grade Design System
https://tdesign.tencent.com/
An impressive release from Tencent that supports major frontend stacks including Vue, React, and Angular.

Just Looking Around

The 2021 China Gaming Industry Report
Growth is slowing down significantly. facing a 9-month freeze on new game licenses, the industry is seeing its lowest growth since 2018.

The “Involuted” World: Korea’s Current Reality
A staggering statistic: over 50% of people in their 60s, and 30% of those over 70, still need to work to support themselves in South Korea.

Why are Japanese Semiconductor Materials So Dominant?
A look at the long-term specialized expertise that makes Japanese suppliers essential to the global chip industry.

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