Beautiful Tree

The dense forests of Xishuangbanna—it felt like stepping onto the set of an old-school jungle adventure movie.

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

The Magic of Browser Rendering: Compositing Layers
https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/lNu6PYZWDUoicQXVwSVF-Q
Why does adding a small bit of code suddenly trigger GPU acceleration? this article explains the concept of compositing layers and how it affects web performance.

What’s New in iPhone Camera APIs
https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/swzI8C1NHeDFQNBbkQQhUQ
Apple has introduced several new capabilities for developers looking to build advanced photography and video apps.

From Multimodal Optimization to AutoML Frameworks
https://tech.meituan.com/2022/01/06/7-kdd-cup-kaggle-automl.html
Insights from the first-place winners of the internal MDD Cup algorithm competition at Meituan.

Parsing Redis Source Code
https://tech.youzan.com/redisyuan-ma-jie-xi/
It’s always worth it for frontend developers to peek under the hood of backend infrastructure like Redis to understand high-performance data handling.

Tesla Light Show: Create Your Own
https://github.com/teslamotors/light-show
Tesla has open-sourced the tools to build your own custom choreographed light shows. it’s incredibly stylish if you have a car to test it on.

Shan Shui: AI-Generated Landscape Paintings
https://shan-shui-inf.glitch.me/
A beautiful demonstration of generative art that produces traditional Chinese landscape paintings in real-time.

Tiler: Reconstructing Images with Images
https://github.com/nuno-faria/tiler
A tool for rebuilding any image using a library of smaller images. the results are fascinating mosaics.

Termux: Terminal Simulation for Android
https://github.com/termux/termux-app
A powerful way to turn your Android device into a portable dev environment with a full terminal experience.

Just Looking Around

The Desks of sspai Authors
https://sspai.com/post/70809
A gallery of some truly beautiful and inspiring home workspace setups.

Living in Australia: A Practical Perspective
A Chinese developer shares their experience living and working in Australia, covering everything from salaries to the surprisingly short lunch breaks.

Samsung vs. TSMC: The Semiconductor War
A look at the recent moves made by Jay Y. Lee after his parole and how it’s shaking up the global chip supply chain.

Analyzing the Global Supply Chain through Apple’s Top 200 Suppliers
A data-driven look at industrial shifts. while some manufacturing is moving, China maintains a significant competitive edge in the tech ecosystem.