082. Exploring Huzhou

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I spent three relaxing days in Huzhou over the Dragon Boat festival. Climbing a mountain to see the city panorama gave me a great perspective—many smaller cities in Zhejiang have such neat and orderly layouts.

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Development Technology

Two Lines of CSS for 7x Faster Rendering
https://dev.to/mnathani/two-lines-of-css-that-boosts-7x-rendering-performance-4mjd
A fascinating (if somewhat mysterious) claim about performance. while the “why” could be explained better, it’s worth trying out in modern browsers for complex pages.

 {
  content-visibility: auto;
  contain-intrinsic-size: 1px 5000px;
}

Svelte in Production: Ctrip Airplane Tickets Case Study
https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/QWwb8PXtdJJUKyicHRmBkw
A look at how a major travel platform adopted Svelte to significantly reduce bundle sizes and improve the mobile user experience.

The Most Underrated Browser Features and APIs
https://dev.to/sherrydays/what-are-the-most-underrated-browser-features-and-apis-m19
There are so many modern browser APIs that developers often try to reinvent with custom JS. here’s a look at some of the best built-in solutions you might be missing.

Trending Open Source

LxgwWenKai: A Beautifully Crafted Chinese Font
https://github.com/lxgw/LxgwWenKai
I’ve been looking for a polished and soulful Chinese font for a long time. this one is absolutely beautiful and perfect for reading.

Feather: A Simple and Beautiful Icon Set
https://feathericons.com/?ref=producthunt
Clean, minimal SVG icons that look great in any modern project.

mitmproxy2swagger: Automate API Documentation
https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/nocVsOWQkyKkSDfH1nWd9Q
A tool for reverse-engineering REST APIs from captured traffic and automatically generating Swagger documentation.

A Programmer’s Guide to English
https://a-programmers-guide-to-english.harryyu.me/
A practical guide to learning English specifically tailored for developers.

Just Looking Around

100 Days of Conflict: The State of the Russian Economy
A Twitter thread analyzing the impact of record-breaking sanctions on the Russian economy and the overall course of the conflict. a sobering read.

Human System Optimization: Learn for a Lifetime
https://github.com/zijie0/HumanSystemOptimization
While I’m not a fan of using GitHub repos for long-form articles, this piece on health and longevity for knowledge workers has some solid advice.

Rethinking the Bicycle: Adding Radar and Dashcams
https://sspai.com/post/73521
A very tech-forward approach to bicycle safety. adding modern sensors to a classic mode of transport is a great project.

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