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A case study of how design by committee puts the developer, and therefore the end-user, last.
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Python continues to improve every year. Having overcome the 2-to-3 transition, its future is brighter than ever.
codeStupidly Simple
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Why bother making code more complicated than it can be?
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Enable yourself to change the experience of users who stick with your default options
codeStupidly Simple
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Higher-order components composed at their call site
codeDocumenting Complexity
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This questionable API design turned out to not be a mistake after all, thanks to the inclusion of Web Components
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One of React's key strengths is the simplicity of JSX
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Coded as a historic website while running on modern infrastructure, lite.duckduckgo.com provides a simple but fast search engine experience.
codeStupidly Simple
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What do you do if an <ol> doesn't start from one?
techProductivity Wins
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This little-known gTLD offers quick shortcuts to participating web services
codeDocumenting Complexity
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An obscure corner of the spec lacking any practical use due to an unnecessary constraint.
codeStupidly Simple
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A little-known relic from the Promises/A+ specification can be (ab)used to define import hooks.
designDesign Demystified
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Material Design's outlined input explained, and how the technique can be reused for any box.
codeDocumenting Complexity
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Mindset is shifting away from jQuery, yet the web platform is still lacking many of its fundamental features. In part one, we take a shot at making the native DOM interface fluent.
codeOpen Source Secrets
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Only <input> and <textarea> elements have a .select() method. Are we doomed to bring in a third party library to perform a basic function?
codeStupidly Simple
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This classic function can take on many forms with just three lines of code.
codeStupidly Simple
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A sorting algorithm so simple and inefficient, it's bound to rescue your interview.
codeStupidly Simple
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useReducer's dispatch isn't really like Redux - you can do whatever you want with it. Avoid having to write useMemo boilerplate.