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Weekly Developer Roundup

December 13, 2020

Developer roundup from across the web for the week of 2020-12-13.

Trending This Week On Github

WerWolv/ImHex (C++): A Hex Editor for Reverse Engineers, Programmers and people that value their eye sight when working at 3 AM.
ottomated/CrewLink (TypeScript): Free, open, Among Us Proximity Chat
mapbox/mapbox-gl-js (JavaScript): Interactive, thoroughly customizable maps in the browser, powered by vector tiles and WebGL
javascript-tutorial/en.javascript.info (HTML): Modern JavaScript Tutorial
bradtraversy/50projects50days (CSS): 50+ mini web projects using HTML, CSS & JS
preactjs/wmr (JavaScript): 👩‍🚀 The tiny all-in-one development tool for modern web apps.
Tencent/rapidjson (C++): A fast JSON parser/generator for C++ with both SAX/DOM style API
jwasham/coding-interview-university : A complete computer science study plan to become a software engineer.
cloudwu/skynet (C): A lightweight online game framework
xingshaocheng/architect-awesome : 后端架构师技术图谱
vinta/awesome-python (Python): A curated list of awesome Python frameworks, libraries, software and resources
public-apis/public-apis (Python): A collective list of free APIs for use in software and web development.
Bogdanp/awesome-advent-of-code (JavaScript): A collection of awesome resources related to the yearly Advent of Code challenge.
fastlane/fastlane (Ruby): 🚀 The easiest way to automate building and releasing your iOS and Android apps
microsoft/playwright-python (Python): Python version of the Playwright testing and automation library.
didi/DiDiPrism (Objective-C): 小桔棱镜，一款专注移动端操作行为的利器！ A powerful tool (iOS & Android) that focuses on mobile operation behavior!
trekhleb/javascript-algorithms (JavaScript): 📝 Algorithms and data structures implemented in JavaScript with explanations and links to further readings
supabase/supabase (TypeScript): Website, docs, and examples. Follow to stay updated about our public Beta.
gto76/python-cheatsheet (Python): Comprehensive Python Cheatsheet
taniarascia/takenote (TypeScript): 📝 ‎ A web-based notes app for developers.
containers/podman (Go): Podman: A tool for managing OCI containers and pods
aseprite/aseprite (C++): Animated sprite editor & pixel art tool (Windows, macOS, Linux)
thanos-io/thanos (Go): Highly available Prometheus setup with long term storage capabilities. A CNCF Incubating project.
cypress-io/cypress (JavaScript): Fast, easy and reliable testing for anything that runs in a browser.

Trending This Week On Dev.To

Marko Denic: GitHub repositories to improve your programming skills
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Simon Holdorf: 101 Tips to Make You a Better Developer
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Hirwa Blessing: 8 neat Javascript tricks you didn’t know in 4 minutes.
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jun: My Mac setup for work 👩‍💻
themeselection: Dominating Web Development Trends 2021💥
Victoria Drake: What is TCP/IP? Layers and protocols explained
Chandelier Axel: The NPM guide I would have loved as a beginner
Sam Piggott: 4 Must-Know TypeScript Tips & Tricks
Michael Tharrington (he/him): Community Moderation and Support on DEV
Nick Scialli (he/him): Using a Cookie-to-Header CSRF Token in Single Page Applications
Krzysztof Kaczyński: Git hook is the new Husky
Dan Spratling: How I make $10k per month after only 3 months freelancing
Ben Halpern: Rails gets out of the way when you need that most.
Vincent Tang: Recommended Learning Path for a Self Taught Web Developer (React / NodeJS)
RAJAT MEHRA: bind(), call(), and apply() in JavaScript
Nick Scialli (he/him): How to Abort a Fetch Request in JavaScript using AbortController
Vaishnav: Simple Dark-Light toggle with VanillaJs
Ali Spittel: Introducing the AWS Amplify Admin UI: Create an Application Backend in Clicks
Albert Walicki: Create Beautiful Images in CSS to Buff Up Your Portfolio
Charlotte Fereday: JavaScript Security 101
Chris Bongers: What is the wbr HTML tag and why do I need it?
Stephanie Eckles: The 3 CSS Methods for Adding Element Borders
Tomek Poniatowicz: Top React libraries you need to know in 2021
Henry Boisdequin: Awesome Cheatsheets from Instagram
Chris Bongers: Chrome DevTools: Grid Explorer
Thu Nghiem: Web Developer Roadmap 2021 in 10 minutes

Trending This Week On Hacker News

Why radio receivers won’t tune 800-900 MHz: https://computer.rip/2020-11-28%20the%20verboten%20band.html
I Hacked into Facebook’s Legal Department Admin Panel: https://alaa.blog/2020/12/how-i-hacked-facebook-part-one/
If you can’t play the new VR version of Myst, why not play the Apple II demake: http://www.deater.net/weave/vmwprod/mist/
Become Shell Literate: https://drewdevault.com/2020/12/12/Shell-literacy.html
Writing a Memory Allocator: http://dmitrysoshnikov.com/compilers/writing-a-memory-allocator/
To listen well, get curious: https://www.benkuhn.net/listen/
Earnestness: http://paulgraham.com/earnest.html
Is deep learning a new kind of programming?: http://tomasp.net/blog/2020/learning-and-programming/
Imgdiff: Faster than the fastest pixel-by-pixel image difference tool: https://github.com/n7olkachev/imgdiff
Anticipating Coronavirus Vaccine UCLA Forecasts Robust Economic Recovery in 2021: https://www.anderson.ucla.edu/news-and-events/press-releases/anticipating-vaccine-ucla-anderson-forecast-expects-recovery-to-begin-in-spring-21
Bulk loading into PostgreSQL: Options and comparison: https://www.highgo.ca/2020/12/08/bulk-loading-into-postgresql-options-and-comparison/
Kevin Kelly on Why Technology Has a Will: https://palladiummag.com/2020/12/10/kevin-kelly-on-why-technology-has-a-will/
The Piet-GPU Vision: https://github.com/linebender/piet-gpu/blob/master/doc/vision.md
I built a picture frame with a greyscale e-paper that runs on battery for years: https://framelabs.eu/en/
Re: Flex Dance: open-source dance pad: https://reflex.dance/
Thread-Per-Core Buffer Management for a modern storage system: https://vectorized.io/blog/tpc-buffers/
Olbers’ Paradox: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olbers%27_paradox#:~:text=In%20astrophysics%20and%20physical%20cosmology,infinite%20and%20eternal%20static%20universe.
Risk-First Software Development: https://riskfirst.org
The Fruits of the Deep: http://oceans.nautil.us/feature/649/the-hidden-fruits-of-the-deep
Norman Abramson, creator of ARPAnet and Ethernet precursor ALOHAnet, dies at 88: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/11/technology/norman-abramson-dead.html
Periodic table of the web’s APIs: http://wwwperiodictable.surge.sh/?hn5
The Semantic Future of the Web: https://stackoverflow.blog/2020/12/10/the-semantic-future-of-the-web/?cb=1
Rizin – a free and open-source Reverse Engineering framework: https://rizin.re/posts/announcing-rizin/
Buy Don’t Build: https://jrott.com/posts/why-buy/
Graphik: An identity-aware document and graph database: https://github.com/graphikDB/graphik
Lessons learned from creating a rich-text editor with real-time collab (2018): https://ckeditor.com/blog/Lessons-learned-from-creating-a-rich-text-editor-with-real-time-collaboration/
Yo WASM – The Easy Way to WebAssembly: https://deislabs.io/posts/introducing-yo-wasm/
JetPack Aviation (YC W19) Is Hiring: https://jetpackaviation.com/career/
Open Syllabus Project: Computer Science: https://opensyllabus.org/result/field?id=Computer+Science
Understanding MRNA Covid-19 Vaccines: https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/vaccines/different-vaccines/mrna.html

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