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.

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
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?
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.