# 63. Beautiful Tree

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

- Issue: 63
- Published: 2022/02/01
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<small>The dense forests of Xishuangbanna—it felt like stepping onto the set of an old-school jungle adventure movie.</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

**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.

## Trending Open Source

**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.  
<img src="https://cdn.tw93.fun/blog/upic/QFBO7E.jpg" width="800" />

**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.  
<img src="https://cdn.tw93.fun/blog/upic/t1Mk69.jpg" width="800" />

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

**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.  
<img src="https://cdn.tw93.fun/blog/upic/3NYIwE.jpg" width=240/>

## Just Looking Around

**The Desks of sspai Authors**  
<https://sspai.com/post/70809>  
A gallery of some truly beautiful and inspiring home workspace setups.  
<img src="https://cdn.tw93.fun/blog/upic/n8IkCm.jpg" width="800" />

**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.