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A Tasty Treats Newsletter
for Web Developers.

ISSUE #15:

Scott answers our first-ever Snack Pack exclusive community question. Top 5 CSS mistakes made by front end devs. And are hover navs bad UX?!

COMMUNITY QUESTION

Submitted by: Tanner Hoisington

Tanner asks Scott about the trade-offs of using TypeScript for projects, considering the balance between quick development with limited typing versus long-term benefits like typed props.

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🍬 Serverless Horrors​

People often overlook the potential expensive pitfalls of easy serverless platforms, this shows some expensive situations.

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🍬 Fragment - A web development env for creative coding​

Work with shaders in an easier way, to create interesting visuals.

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🍬 Top 5 CSS Mistakes made by Front End Engineers​

Some really great insight into some common mistakes and misuses of even basic CSS properties.

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TASTERS

👀 a sneak peek into upcoming episodes

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🔥 Devin - a new “AI Software Engineer” rolled out yesterday. Another thing to freak out about, or a cute trick to raise more money?

John A De Goes @jdegoes Hot take: If Devin can replace you, you're not a software engineer. 🌶️ If you think LLM-based approaches are months away from replacing engineers, you need to update your mental model of AI (cause it's broke). Devin is a cute trick for raising $$, but the real work lies ahead. 3:1 AM • Mar 13, 2024 16 Retweets 137 Likes Read 12 replies

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🔥 Hover navs? Bad UX?​
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Ben Holmes @BHolmesDev A hot take incoming: Hover 👏 navs 👏 are 👏 bad 👏 UX 8:10 AM • Mar 4, 2024 23 Retweets 652 Likes Read 45 replies

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#742 TODAY ​Potluck: Migrating to Typescript, Semver Explained, Accurate Timers and Countdowns​ ​ #741 Mar 11 ​TypeScript Interview Questions - STUMP’d​ ​ #740 Mar 8 ​Local AI Models in JavaScript - Machine Learning Deep Dive With Xenova​ ​ ​#739 Mar 6 ​The LoFi Movement: Building Local First Apps​

Only have a minute? ​ Tasty nugs from recent episodes ​You can run AI models locally on your machine (and no it's not hitting an API)​ ​#740 Local AI models in JavaScript, with Xenova of Transformers.js​ ​ ​Lo-fi development is more than just working offline​ ​#739 The LoFi Movement: Building Local First Apps​ ​ ​ffprobe - a nifty little tool get all the info you could need about a video file​ ​#738 Little Scripts: Coding for your co-workers​​ ​

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