Yet Another Newsletter LOL: Hello Houston!
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Published: 2023-02-05 15:02:27

<p>Another week, another newsletter. Let&rsquo;s get to it!</p>
<h2>Around the Web</h2>
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<p>A great read from Chris Coyier on <a href="https://chriscoyier.net/2022/12/18/command-bars/?utm_source=nickytonline&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=yet-another-newsletter-lol-hello-houston" target="_blank">command bars making their way to the web</a>. I love command bars. I was a big fan of Alfred but have since moved on to Raycast. Command bars everywhere! They&rsquo;re in browser dev tools and even in my browser of choice these days!</p>
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<p>Rachel Andrew has a <a href="https://web.dev/learn-images?utm_source=nickytonline&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=yet-another-newsletter-lol-hello-houston" target="_blank">new resource to learn all about images</a> up on web.dev. Images have never been my strong suit, so this is definitely something I&rsquo;m going to check out.</p>
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<p>Today we have launched Learn Images! In our newest course learn about image formats, compression, responsive images, and performance.</p>
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<p>The <a href="https://devblogs.microsoft.com/typescript/announcing-typescript-5-0-beta?utm_source=nickytonline&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=yet-another-newsletter-lol-hello-houston" target="_blank">TypeScript 5.0 beta has dropped</a> with lots of goodness. <a href="https://www.totaltypescript.com/tips/typescript-5-0-beta-deep-dive?utm_source=nickytonline&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=yet-another-newsletter-lol-hello-houston" target="_blank">Matt Pocock breaks it down for us</a>.</p>
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<p>Most people have probably already seen the press release, but Netlify, where I work, has acquired Gatsby! Check out the <a href="https://www.netlify.com/press/netlify-acquires-gatsby-inc-to-accelerate-adoption-of-composable-web-architectures/?utm_source=nickytonline&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=yet-another-newsletter-lol-hello-houston" target="_blank">press release</a>. </p>
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<h2>Fun Stuff</h2>
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</a><h2>Words of Wisdom for the Week</h2>
<p>I don&rsquo;t normally drop quotes like this, but it popped up on social media this past week and it just stuck with me.</p>
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<p>The secret of getting ahead is getting started.
– Mark Twain</p>
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<p>i.e. stop putting off that blog post, that whatever you can&rsquo;t seem to start and <a href="https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=JFDI&amp;utm_source=nickytonline&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=yet-another-newsletter-lol-hello-houston" target="_blank">JFDI</a>!</p>
<h2>Shameless Plugs</h2>
<p><a href="https://twitter.com/brandontroberts?utm_source=nickytonline&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=yet-another-newsletter-lol-hello-houston" target="_blank">Brandon Roberts</a>, Senior Software Engineer at <a href="https://opensauced.pizza?utm_source=nickytonline&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=yet-another-newsletter-lol-hello-houston" target="_blank">OpenSauced</a>, joined me on my Twitch stream to discuss <a href="https://angular.io?utm_source=nickytonline&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=yet-another-newsletter-lol-hello-houston" target="_blank">Angular</a>, <a href="https://ngrx.io?utm_source=nickytonline&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=yet-another-newsletter-lol-hello-houston" target="_blank">NgRx</a>, <a href="https://analogjs.org?utm_source=nickytonline&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=yet-another-newsletter-lol-hello-houston" target="_blank">Analog</a> &amp; Open Source!</p>
<p>We loaded up an app with Analog, and demonstrated some of it&rsquo;s capabilities such as static site generation (SSG) and server side rendering (SSR).</p>
<p>It&rsquo;s now up on YouTube. Don&rsquo;t forget to like and subscribe. 😎</p>
<p>Thanks again for hanging Brandon!</p>{% embed https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BSy2mv4RG9w %}
<p>I&rsquo;m also excited to announce that I will be giving a talk on <a href="https://fresh.deno.dev?utm_source=nickytonline&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=yet-another-newsletter-lol-hello-houston" target="_blank">Fresh</a>, a full stack web framework for <a href="https://deno.land?utm_source=nickytonline&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=yet-another-newsletter-lol-hello-houston" target="_blank">Deno</a> for <a href="https://nodecongress.com?utm_source=nickytonline&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=yet-another-newsletter-lol-hello-houston" target="_blank">Node Congress 2023</a>!</p>
<p><img alt="My speaker card on the Node Congress site" class="newsletter-image" src="https://buttondown-attachments.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/images/64cc2570-555a-48f9-aa5f-32ffaeb1b662.png" /> </p>
<p>And finally, <a href="https://twitter.com/chantastic?utm_source=nickytonline&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=yet-another-newsletter-lol-hello-houston" target="_blank">Chantastic</a> and the Storybook team did an awesome thing. They took the Twitch stream I did with Chan and made a YouTube short on their channel. I love it! Go hit that like button on it and if you&rsquo;re not yet subscribed to the Storybook YouTube channel, smash that Subscribe button!</p>{% embed https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NcZVERiSC8M %}
<h2>Jobs</h2>
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<li>Netflix is looking to <a href="https://jobs.netflix.com/jobs/236073827?utm_source=nickytonline&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=yet-another-newsletter-lol-hello-houston" target="_blank">hire a UI Engineer</a>! US (Remote)</li>
<li>PlanetScale has <a href="https://twitter.com/brianmmdev/status/1618714021271867392?utm_source=nickytonline&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=yet-another-newsletter-lol-hello-houston" target="_blank">several positions open</a></li>
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