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adamleithp··on The Airbnb Bubble Popping Will Pop the Housing Bubble
I’m remortgaging next year and with interest rates as they are and what they’re predicted to be, I’ll be paying off only interest. I’ll be back to paying rent essentially. It’s a scary thought.

I don’t know how people (not 4%) are surviving.

How would the housing market bubble bursting affect people in this same situation?

adamleithp··on CSS findings from the Threads app
CSS is a big part of the web and lots of people use it every day. I find this post interesting because it inspects a world-class app used by millions of people, and it showcases some of CSS’s latest capabilities, plus it has nice graphics illustrating the findings!
adamleithp··on Htmx in 100 Seconds [video]
No one is expecting you to learn the new framework. Interest is the main driver for learning anything new, just like anyone.

Most front end devs, in my experience, want to optimize the developer experience, increase performance, and or reduce boilerplate, so the new fancy framework might show promise in doing said things, and that’s what makes you want that framework to do well.

If a job requires a new framework, it’s likely that the CTO or senior devs of that company believe the above.

adamleithp··on Show HN: Chrome extension to close Zoom/Notion tabs after launching desktop app
Is there a repo I can contribute to? I would like to add Figma to that list.
adamleithp··on Ask HN: Software you hate but can't replace?
Adobe suite. After effects, illustrator, inDesign etc

Adobe in the above fields of design are industry leaders, and have the features & functions we’ve come to rely on.

Adobe’s pricing model has become very aggressive, and quite unaffordable for lots.

adamleithp··on Ask HN: I regret my marriage. What to do?
I’d suggest telling her as you explained it here, hell, show her this post.
adamleithp··on Settings are not a design failure
Side note: linear’s website especially the home page, makes my iPhone 11 crash when zooming in and out. Firefox Daylight 39.0 (6519)

Crazy.

adamleithp··on Ask HN: Should I even bother with React?
As someone who’s used both extensively:

Svelte is just perfect for small to medium projects. I’ve never used Svelte in a professional team environment though. And that’s where React is best- enterprise environment with a team.

For hobby; svelte 100% Less boilerplate, super easy set up and you write less code in general.

adamleithp··on CSS Container Queries
I think this is one of the final pieces of what’s missing in CSS. I’d mainly use these properties for typography (similar to jQuery FitText)
adamleithp··on Netflix to start testing warnings for people borrowing login info
I’m one of these people. I use my brothers account (in Canada) and I’m in the UK. Got the pop up on my smart TV just 2 days ago.

Netflix really doesn’t have much for me anymore... not really sure I’m going to use their service.

adamleithp··on Show HN: Vuepack – Non-SFC Vue Component Compiler
Looks cool. What's the use-case for this?
adamleithp··on TikTok Tracked User Data Using Tactic Banned by Google
I've worked in advertising and ad-click networks for over 9 years, and it's funny to read "Banned by Google"... Google supported the most scummiest of advertising/ tracking tactics themselves, that is until someone else started doing it.
adamleithp··on Show HN: Treenee, a simple “decision tree” engine
treenee.com is coming back with NET::ERR_CERT_DATE_INVALID
adamleithp··on Read all Twitter threads in one place
I like it lot! A note on comparing what's tweeted, vs what this app shows; Loss of formatting of the tweets- line-breaks etc.
adamleithp··on Face ID and Touch ID for the Web
The keynote a few days ago failed to mention FaceID used to opening your mac... and this video shows/mentions FaceID on a macOS11 website?

Seems they missed a step here with rolling it out, or are withholding the obvious. I'm assuming the latter.

adamleithp··on Show HN: Translate any HTML/webapp without an i18n runtime library
Awesome! Glad someone can find it useful :)
adamleithp··on FCC must reveal IP addresses and user-agent headers of net neutrality commenters
It would be hilarious and ever maddening if the user agent came back as "Puppeteer" and IP came back ::0

Can't wait to see it.

adamleithp··on Guide to becoming a modern front end developer
I know Angular has it's place in this world, but I just don't like it, and will never like it. React, Vue, or Svelte for me (Coming from a front end to full stack)
adamleithp··on Updates to form controls and focus
Only thing notable here is the date-picker redesign... Nice.

I'm still waiting on a combined date + time picker.. Individually using both to accomplish one thing is such pain to use.

adamleithp··on Coronavirus has conspiracy theorists and anti-5G campaigners working overtime
In a world full of confusion and cynicism, I'm not surprised. This will only continue unfortunately.
adamleithp··on I had to build a web scraper to buy groceries
I literally build the same thing here in the UK. I knew I couldn't have been the only one lol.

Good job.

adamleithp··on Firefox Is Testing "Time Travel Debugging"
Scrubbing timelines... sounds helpful for heavy animation project like Html5/flash
adamleithp··on Show HN: Open source JavaScript web app
That’s fun and I like it!

Since this is the internet, I’ll share my opinion; that’s way too boilerplate to learn. I’ll spend more time traversing folders then writing code. Cheers!

adamleithp··on CSS Blocks
This is really really interesting. I love the idea.. but

#syntaxfatigue

adamleithp··on Show HN: (1KB) JavaScript library for building fast and feature-rich web apps
simple and elegant! handles state simply, handles JSX and seems quite vanilla. What’s more to want?
adamleithp··on Ask HN: How do I master Front End development?
Welcome! Don't be down about the bad interview.

Master HTML through and through. Know it so much you hate it again lol.

Master CSS... or don't. CSS is something that you don't want to be scared of. Luckily for you, we're now in a post-IE7 world, so it can be quite easy now.

Master JavaScript: seriously, this is what will get you a job. Don't touch React/Angular/Ember until you know exactly what vanilla JS can do. You can learn frameworks first, but you'all be outed in an interview with someone who knows your type.

Good luck!