089. Escape the Heat
I took this inside a cave on the outskirts of Hangzhou. It was sweltering outside, but just two minutes on a boat and it was perfectly cool. This photo captured the vibe perfectly.
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
What Problems does Web3.0 Actually Solve?
https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/-yWw1qJ2hcpno62ibmtJCQ
A critical look at the space: which scenarios require Web3 and cannot be done in Web2? How many people actually need those products, and are they genuinely more efficient?
Optimizing Long Lists in Mini Programs
https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/zgpK6L0Tf81KIhf-4k-gnA
Long-list performance remains one of the trickiest problems in cross-platform development. Reading this made me nostalgic for the early days of Weex.
Post-Mortem: The 2021.07.13 Bilibili Outage
https://www.bilibili.com/read/cv17521097
It’s rare and refreshing to see a company publish a detailed, transparent post-mortem of a major failure on their technical blog. Props to the Bilibili team for the honesty.
Annotated Linux 0.11 Source Code
https://github.com/sunym1993/flash-linux0.11-talk
If you have some free time, try reading through this as if it were a novel. It’s a fascinating insight into the core logic of an OS.
Trending Open Source
MiaoYan V1.0 is Here!
https://github.com/tw93/MiaoYan/releases
The big 1.0 release is out, featuring a new mode that lets you turn your Markdown directly into beautiful slide presentations. Give it a spin!
Github City: Visualize your Contributions in 3D
https://honzaap.github.io/GithubCity/
Turn your year of coding into a procedurally generated 3D cityscape based on your commit history.
Tencent Lemon Cleaner is now Open Source
https://github.com/Tencent/lemon-cleaner
The popular Mac cleanup tool has gone open source. Hopefully, the community can help polish the codebase and keep the project thriving.
Carbon-lang: Google’s Experimental C++ Successor
https://github.com/carbon-language/carbon-lang
If TypeScript is to JavaScript, then Carbon aims to be for C++. The “succession” model is a fascinating approach to evolving a legacy language.
Just Looking Around
How do Rockets Actually Reach Space?
https://www.huxiu.com/article/615239.html?f=rss
A very clear and engaging video breakdown of aerospace engineering for non-experts.
The Economic Slump in Gaming Revenue
https://zhuanlan.zhihu.com/p/518051192
A reflection on the noticeable drop in gaming industry earnings in 2022 and the various factors contributing to the shift in consumer spending.
Coffee Maps: The Story of Geisha in Ethiopia
https://sspai.com/post/74255
A great series for coffee enthusiasts looking to understand the origins and types of their favorite beans.
Is Craft Beer Genuinely Better?
https://www.zhihu.com/question/538819628/answer/2577233731
Beyond the higher quality and varied flavors (many great, some… experimental), the real draw of craft beer is the stories and the spirit of the brewers behind it.