Yet Another Newsletter LOL: Making and Learning

It's the long weekend here in Canada, so I'm excited for some extra downtime this week. Hope you're enjoying your weekend!

With that, another week, another newsletter. Let's get to it!

Around the Web

• Better JSX support is coming to TypeScript 5.1

• An interesting post on position-driven styles

• I was chatting with a co-worker about browser caching this week, so this post on stale-while-revalidate came to mind. Even though we use frameworks, it's important to understand cache headers.

• Loved this video from Tejas Kumar, Makeshift Next.js from Scratch (Server-Side Rendering). You definitely don't need to build your own framework, but digging into how things work is important if you want a deeper understanding of what you're working with.

Fun Stuff

Like many, I'm a fan of Catan, but I won the Carcassone board game in a raffle at Remix Conf.

I've only played it a few times, but I really enjoy it. Dare I say I like it more than Catan?

If board games are your jam, I'd love to hear which ones you've enjoyed recently.

Words of Wisdom for the Week

"In the age of distraction, focus is a superpower." - Cal Newport

More on this from Addy Osmani.

Shameless Plugs

I got to hang with @andypiper this week, discussing making and learning. I haven't done much in the Internet of Things (IoT) space, so I enjoyed this one. Here's a highlight from the stream.

Thanks again for hanging Andy!

The stream recording with Matt McInnis is up on my YouTube channel. Loved this convo and the insights about ChatGPT.

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Jobs

• Camunda is looking for a developer advocate

I post jobs in the iamdeveloper.com community, plus all other kinds of content, as do others. If you're looking for another friendly nook of the internet, head to discord.iamdeveloper.com.

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