Yet Another Newsletter LOL: Hello Hacktoberfest!
Tags: webdev, typescript, serverless, hacktoberfest
Published: 2023-10-01 14:19:52

<p>October already! Oh, my gourdness! And with that, another week, another newsletter. Let's get to it!</p>
<h2>Around the Web</h2>
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<li><a href="https://www.netlify.com/blog/swr-and-fine-grained-cache-control/?utm_source=nickytonline&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=yet-another-newsletter-lol-hello-hacktoberfest" target="_blank">SWR &amp; Fine Grained Cache Control on Netlify</a></li>
<li><a href="https://hacktoberfest.com?utm_source=nickytonline&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=yet-another-newsletter-lol-hello-hacktoberfest" target="_blank">Hacktoberfest</a> – Hard to believe we're already at another Hacktoberfest. Are you participating? I definitely will be. Also, where I work, <a href="https://opensauced.pizza/?utm_source=nickytonline&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=yet-another-newsletter-lol-hello-hacktoberfest" target="_blank">OpenSauced</a>, we have two repositories open for Hacktoberfest contributions. The <a href="https://github.com/open-sauced/app?utm_source=nickytonline&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=yet-another-newsletter-lol-hello-hacktoberfest" target="_blank">app</a> repository and our <a href="https://github.com/open-sauced/hot?utm_source=nickytonline&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=yet-another-newsletter-lol-hello-hacktoberfest" target="_blank">hot</a> repository.</li>
<li>This past year Matt Pocock released <a href="https://github.com/total-typescript/ts-reset?utm_source=nickytonline&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=yet-another-newsletter-lol-hello-hacktoberfest" target="_blank">ts-reset</a> which is solid, but it also reminded me about Sindre Sorhus' <a href="https://github.com/sindresorhus/type-fest?utm_source=nickytonline&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=yet-another-newsletter-lol-hello-hacktoberfest" target="_blank">type-fest</a>. Both interesting options if you have a TypeScript project.</li>
<li><a href="https://turso.tech/?utm_source=nickytonline&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=yet-another-newsletter-lol-hello-hacktoberfest" target="_blank">Turso</a> had their <a href="https://twitter.com/tursodatabase/status/1701687743842062622?utm_source=nickytonline&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=yet-another-newsletter-lol-hello-hacktoberfest" target="_blank">launch week</a>. Plenty of goodies if you're looking into an edge database.</li>
<li>If you're tired of CAPTCHAs but need something like this for your app, Cloudflare has you covered with <a href="https://blog.cloudflare.com/turnstile-ga/?utm_source=nickytonline&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=yet-another-newsletter-lol-hello-hacktoberfest" target="_blank">Turnstile</a>. And it even has a great audio option. Accessibility FTW.</li>
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<h2>Fun Stuff</h2>
<p>This one made me snort.</p>
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<p>Chuck Norris once took two days off from school. It's now called the weekend.</p>
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<p>– Unknown</p>
<h2>Words of Wisdom for the Week</h2>
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<p>This is reminder that it’s ok to ask for help no matter how good you are at your job. It doesn’t reflect poorly on you.</p>
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<p>— <a href="https://x.com/davidfowl/status/1705021132758466818?utm_source=nickytonline&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=yet-another-newsletter-lol-hello-hacktoberfest" target="_blank">David Fowler on Twitter</a></p>
<h2>Shameless Plugs</h2>
<p>This week, I got to hang out with <a href="https://www.oberai.dev/?utm_source=nickytonline&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=yet-another-newsletter-lol-hello-hacktoberfest" target="_blank">Aditya Oberai</a> from <a href="https://appwrite.io?utm_source=nickytonline&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=yet-another-newsletter-lol-hello-hacktoberfest" target="_blank">Appwrite</a>. We had some fun digging in to Appwrite functions. Here's a highlight.</p>{% embed https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1937057309?utm_source=nickytonline&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=yet-another-newsletter-lol-hello-hacktoberfest %}
<p>The full <a href="https://nickyt.tube?utm_source=nickytonline&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=yet-another-newsletter-lol-hello-hacktoberfest" target="_blank">recording will be dropping on YouTube</a> next week.</p>
<h2>Jobs</h2>
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<li>Cloud Query has <a href="https://apply.workable.com/cloudquery/?utm_source=nickytonline&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=yet-another-newsletter-lol-hello-hacktoberfest" target="_blank">openings for SRE, Senior Product Designer and Senior Software Engineer roles</a>. – Remote (US and EMEA timezones)</li>
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<p>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 <a href="https://discord.iamdeveloper.com?utm_source=nickytonline&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=yet-another-newsletter-lol-hello-hacktoberfest" target="_blank">discord.iamdeveloper.com</a>.</p>

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