It's very common to intentionally break up long, expensive tasks over multiple ticks of the event loop. But there are sure are a lot of approaches to choose from. Let's explore them.
Read ItUsing JavaScript or other creative tricks to animate open a box with unknown contents will soon be a thing of the past. Let's tinker with two new approaches native to CSS.
Read ItTypeScript's string literal types are a lot more useful than I originally thought.
Read ItSometimes, typical memoization function won't cut it when there are so many changing variables in play between ticks of the event loop. Let's explore how we might fine-tune it.
Read ItTriggering smooth, reliable CSS transitions with JavaScript can be weirdly more complicated than you expect. We're gonna explore it more.
Read ItContent Security Policies, even for simple, content-focused sites, offer good protection against rare but real vulnerabilities out there. You might as well just get one.
Read ItGet a Chrome extension reviewed a smidge more quickly by more carefully executing its client-side scripts only when they're needed.
Read ItWalking through how I used Puppeteer to programmatically collect every image loaded when a page is viewed in the browser.
Read ItEven though it won't run <script> tags, React's dangerouslySetInnerHTML still allows inline event handlers to execute. Here's how you might neutralize that threat.
Read ItWe're getting real familiar with seeing LLMs stream chunks of text to a page. Here's a simple demonstration of how you'd mimic the effect with TypeIt.
Read ItDefault parameter values have been in JavaScript for a while. But I just found out you can use sibling parameters as the default values themselves.
Read ItI’ve started to notice my stomach bunch up when I come across #BuildInPublic hashtags, or see people throw around phrases like: “Forget everything else. Just get
Read ItYou can now use an LLM to moderate new comments submitted through JamComments. Here's the why and how.
Read ItThe animated GIF has become a key piece of today’s meme culture, despite being around decades prior. But there are serious technical advantages to
Read ItNative support for decorators is inevitable! It simplifies augmenting class methods, which can help with things like logging, memoization, debouncing, and dependency injection.
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