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ISSUE #13 - April 19th

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#READ

What else could Elon Musk buy for $43 billion?

Elon Musk, the current wealthiest man in the world, offered to buy Twitter outright for $43 billion and take the company private. That is quite a lot of money to spend on a company that allows users to post their thoughts in 280-character increments.

How we lost 54k GitHub stars

Find out more in-depth about how HTTPie lost 54 thousand stargazers by making the repo private by accident, and how github refused to help them reclaim the stargazers.

MARK ZUCKERBERG’S AUGMENTED REALITY

Meta is racing to release its first AR glasses in 2024, but sources believe it’ll take a lot longer for them to become mainstream

Some (Kinda) Good Climate News: 2 Degrees Is Doable

Humans could keep global warming below 2 degrees Celsius, new research shows, but only if countries actually stick to their pledges.

#Aviyel Podcast

Meet open source's women warriors

Check out this video on open source woman warriors who have dramatically transformed the open source and had a significant impact on OSS community.

Tracking Project metrics with Scarf by Avi Press

In this session, Avi Press, CEO of Scarf guides us through the demo of Scarf which is used for analyzing and tracking useful metrics of the Open Source projects to make better decisions about the same.

#WATCH

The Parallax Effect is an optical illusion that can give a website the appearance of 3D depth. Learn how to design a parallax website with React Spring in this 5 minute tutorial.

Low-code is a software development approach that requires little coding in order to build applications. It is made possible through a low-code platform. Learn how to use low code tools and APIs to build a customer support dashboard. You will learn how create the dashboard using the Appsmith platform, Google Sheet API, and the Stripe API.

Today we're gonna look at how a CRUD Application works. At the same time, we will build 2 apps, a basic social media app and a TODO App, so that we can fully understand how the CRUD Principles work in JavaScript.

#CODE

Building a dialog component

A foundational overview of how to build color-adaptive, responsive, and accessible mini and mega modals with the dialog element.

The struggle of using native emoji on the web

You might be forgiven for thinking that, in 2022, it’s possible to plop an emoji on a web page and have it “just work”.

Why the UX discussion around Elden Ring is flawed

Usually, FromSoftware’s games are criticized for their difficulty. But this time, it is about their user experience.

#NEWS

Ukrainians are scrubbing open-source maps to keep intel from Russia’s army

OpenStreetMap is widely used by the world's biggest tech companies. It’s also revealing potentially sensitive wartime intelligence.

Third npm protestware: 'event-source-polyfill' calls Russia out

Developers are increasingly voicing their opinions through their open source projects in active use by thousands of software applications and organizations.

#LEARN

What is Glassmorphism? How to Create a Glass Card in Figma

Glassmorphism is a growing trend in user interface design. It makes your designs look modern and elegant.This article will teach you about what glassmorphism means, how accessible it is, and how to design a simple glass card.‌‌

Dot Symbol – Bullet Point in HTML Unicode

In your HTML documents, you'll often need to make a list of items. And you can use bullet points for this purpose.You can show bullet points with the Unicode character (or entity) for bullet points. This artcile will teach you on the Unicode and HTML entities for showing bullet points on a web page.

#OSSSpotlight

Tolgee: All in One localization for your project.

You no longer have to worry about choosing the right i18n library, editor, or platform.Tolgee is the only tool you'll ever need for translating your web-based project into any language.

Medusa: Open Source Shopify alternative

Medusa is an open-source headless commerce engine that enables developers to create amazing digital commerce experiences.

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