# 7. Chongqing Hongyadong

> The cover shows Hongyadong in Chongqing. It’s a magical city with incredible food—the night view has a real cyberpunk vibe. A great spot for a team outing.

- Issue: 7
- Published: 2021/01/05
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<small>The cover shows Hongyadong in Chongqing. It's a magical city with incredible food—the night view has a real cyberpunk vibe. A great spot for a team outing.</small>

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## Good Reads and Learning

**New CSS Features You Shouldn’t Miss in 2020**  
<https://juejin.im/post/6886258269137043464>  
Based on a London CSS talk, this article explores 24 new features that are changing the way we style the web.

**ESM, Bundle, Bundleless, Vite, and Snowpack**  
<https://segmentfault.com/a/1190000025137845>  
Following our previous mention of "JS tools in other languages," here is a full breakdown of the modern build landscape.

**Meet Face ID and Touch ID for the Web**  
<https://webkit.org/blog/11312/meet-face-id-and-touch-id-for-the-web/>  
An official WebKit blog post on bringing biometrics to the browser—a much-anticipated replacement for passwords.

**Inside Ali Auction’s Full-Link Strategy**  
<https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/pMrs8JiJGrzIOhtDHGlutA>  
Business and technology are inseparable. See how technical planning powers the entire auction lifecycle.

**Computer Network Fundamentals: A Summary**  
<https://juejin.im/post/6885468617580904455>  
Feels like a perfect set of exam notes on protocols, media, and core concepts. A great refresher for any working dev.

## Open Source and Tools

**Auto.js: JavaScript Automation for Android**  
<https://github.com/hyb1996/Auto.js>  
A powerful tool for automating clicks and tasks on Android. Very popular for "point-farming" scripts.

**FingerprintJS: Modern Browser Fingerprinting**  
<https://github.com/fingerprintjs/fingerprintjs>  
Generate unique user identifiers that persist even in incognito mode or after clearing browser data.

**SpaceVim: Modular Vim Configuration**  
<https://github.com/SpaceVim/SpaceVim>  
A layered distribution for Vim that bundles completion, linting, and debugging for a wide range of languages.  
<img src="https://gw.alipayobjects.com/zos/k/ie/LvV4P5.jpg" width="800" />

**Actionsflow: Replace IFTTT with Open Source Workflows**  
<https://actionsflow.github.io/docs/>  
Connect apps and APIs to automate notifications, file syncing, and data collection.

**Awesome Data Engineering**  
<https://awesomedataengineering.com/>  
A roadmap of books, courses, and articles for aspiring data engineers.

**ChineseBQB: The Ultimate Collection of Chinese Memes**  
<https://github.com/zhaoolee/ChineseBQB>  
An incredible collection that could result in some very fun input method or chat app integrations.

**Scaffolder: Lightweight Scaffold Template Generator**  
<https://github.com/galElmalah/scaffolder>  
A handy tool for quick template string replacement and project scaffolding.

**HitCount: Modern Website Visit Counter**  
<https://hitcount.io/>  
Drop a simple image URL into your site to track total views instantly.

## iOS and Multi-Platform

**OnRL: Video Transmission Optimization via Reinforcement Learning**  
<https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/YPgxinHa_mGQ82waLqNDqA>  
A collaboration between Alibaba and BUPT researchers to improve live streaming congestion control using machine learning.

**How Browsers Schedule Processes and Threads**  
<https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/bkSmKYGHk0V5eZIfuSTNyQ>  
A plain-English explanation of Chrome’s threading model—essential reading before diving into JS execution mechanics.

**iOS Performance: Optimizing App Launch Speed**  
<https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/h3vB_zEJBAHCfGmD5EkMcw>  
From terminology to measurement and analysis using Instruments—a great primer for frontend devs interested in mobile performance.

## Inspiration and Ideas

**Smartphone Architecture Photography: Understanding Beauty**  
<https://daily.zhihu.com/story/9729231>  
A look at the intersection of design and architecture through a mobile lens. Truly "frozen music."

**Cheating vs. Anti-Cheating: Are Screen Splitters Safe?**  
<https://zhuanlan.zhihu.com/p/155819108>  
With exams moving online, the battle between students and proctors has reached a whole new level of technical sophistication.

**Fundamentals of User Research**  
<https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/8HLFSMBwq_yqEVOJ2CQg3Q>  
Tencent CDC shares how they "obtain understanding" of users to drive better product decisions.

**Zoomstock: Visual Search Engine**  
<https://zoomstock.com/#i=iias9qas98pmdkp&d=3&x=55&y=42>  
Indexes millions of high-quality free images and allows you to search by visual similarity.

**CSS3 Animation Case Study**  
<https://codepen.io/hexagoncircle/full/gOMrbOR>  
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