# 71. Embracing Minimalism

> I spent the weekend decluttering and threw away three massive bags of things I hadn’t used in a year. I even sold this beautiful ukulele—the house feels so much lighter and cleaner now.

- Issue: 71
- Published: 2022/03/29
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<small>I spent the weekend decluttering and threw away three massive bags of things I hadn't used in a year. I even sold this beautiful ukulele—the house feels so much lighter and cleaner now.</small>

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## Technical Insights

**XRender: The Journey of an Open-Source Project**  
<https://juejin.cn/post/7075909235233521678>  
XRender is over three years old now. we look back at its evolution and the major changes we've implemented in the last year.

**Supply Chain Attacks and the Node-IPC Incident**  
<https://www.zhihu.com/question/522144107>  
A discussion on the recent "protest-ware" incident where an open-source author intentionally compromised their own package. a stark reminder that while code has no borders, authors do.

**Optimizing High-Refresh Displays for iOS**  
<https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/gMxTq0_nmE-xW7GA3pkBJg>  
Apple doesn't enable ProMotion (120Hz) for all apps by default. here is a guide on the configuration required for developers to fully utilize the high-refresh panels on modern iPhones.

**Accelerating Builds with Distributed Computing**  
<https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/0nU5DHX0GnEidoCtlCOaOg>  
A look at the Bytedance solution for speeding up large-scale project compilations through distributed builds and intensive caching.

**Causal Learning, Inference, and Decision Making**  
<https://tech.meituan.com/2022/03/17/causal-inference.html>  
A transcript of an internal Meituan lecture on the intersection of AI and causal inference. highly theoretical but very insightful.

## Trending Open Source

**ElectronBot: A New Creation from Peng Zhihui**  
<https://github.com/peng-zhihui/ElectronBot>  
A charming desktop-sized robot inspired by EVE from *WALL-E*. it features 6 degrees of freedom and uses a custom-modified servo for joint feedback. truly a marvel of hobbyist engineering.  
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**Repobeats: A Stunning Review of your GitHub Repository**  
<https://repobeats.axiom.co/>  
I tried this out with [XRender](https://github.com/alibaba/x-render#%E8%B4%A1%E7%8C%AE) and it produced a fantastic, visual summary of our contribution activity.  
<img src="https://camo.githubusercontent.com/9406ed67890bdddd746db82e99d89f2df551eec84bc44412a751d783aef1ae65/68747470733a2f2f7265706f62656174732e6178696f6d2e636f2f6170692f656d6265642f326232653966356664636464646565613136346566363135643535383136643863326432646336362e737667" width="800" />

**Node.js Notebooks: Interactive Node Execution in VSCode**  
<https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=donjayamanne.typescript-notebook>  
A great extension for trying out code snippets interactively without needing to constantly run scripts from the terminal.  
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**rehype-pretty-code: Beautiful Code Blocks for Markdown**  
<https://github.com/atomiks/rehype-pretty-code>  
If you use MDX, this is one of the most polished ways to render code snippets. definitely level up your documentation design.  
<img src="https://gw.alipayobjects.com/zos/k/0g/AuSJjL.jpg" width="800" />

## Just Looking Around

**Do International Developers Care More About Politics?**  
A fascinating discussion on V2EX. while it often feels that way, perhaps it's just that domestic developers are much more focused on career and financial growth!

**Rethinking Treatment for "Mild" COVID Cases**  
A major shift in China's pandemic management policy: why patients with mild symptoms are no longer being hospitalized. a significant step in the evolving strategy.

**The Harsh Reality of Tech Financing in 2022**  
The climate for raising capital has shifted dramatically. we look at the survival guide for tech startups in a cooling market.

**The Difficulty of Recovering Scammed Funds**  
A firsthand account of a telecom scam. the takeaway is sobering: recovering lost funds is incredibly difficult, even through official channels—though Apple Pay proved to be surprisingly helpful.