Weekly Digest 29/2022
Tags: javascript, webdev, react, css
Published: 2022-07-24 17:04:34

Welcome to my Weekly Digest #29 ☀️

This weekly digest contains a lot of interesting and inspiring articles, videos, tweets, podcasts, and designs I consumed during this week.

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## Interesting articles to read

### The case for using Sass in 2022

With CSS adding a lot of equivalent features, is Sass relevant? The answer is still Yes, it is far from obsolete, despite what some folks might tell you.

[The case for using Sass in 2022](https://blog.mayank.co/the-case-for-using-sass-in-2022)

### Help Me Help You: A Guide to Asking for Help

It’s not overly difficult at the end of the day: be kind and provide relevant information so people have a good overview of the context. Then be patient until someone picks it up.

[Help Me Help You: A Guide to Asking for Help](https://kittygiraudel.com/2022/07/15/a-guide-to-asking-for-help/)

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## Some great videos I watched this week

### CSS Variable Secrets

By now most developers use CSS custom properties on the regular, but few understand them deeply enough to harness their full power. Lea will take you on a journey from the practical to the mind-blowing, and from the widely implemented to the cutting edge, demonstrating a host of tips, tricks, and gotchas relating to CSS variables.

{% youtube ZuZizqDF4q8 %}

by [Lea Verou](https://twitter.com/LeaVerou)

### Overloads vs generics: which is better?

{% youtube Vr1BUFw6dJM %}

by [Matt Pocock](https://twitter.com/mattpocockuk)

### Carbon Lang… The C++ killer?

Carbon is a new early-stage programming language from Google designed as a successor to C++ for low level systems development. It has full interoperability with Cpp, along with improved memory safety, generics, and a cleaner syntax.

{% youtube -bHK0qmp06c %}

by [Fireship](https://twitter.com/fireship_dev)

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## Useful GitHub repositories

### ML Course Notes

Sharing course notes on all topics related to machine learning, NLP, and AI.

{% github dair-ai/ML-Course-Notes %}

### fireworks.js

A simple fireworks library! Ready to use components available for React, Vue 3, Svelte, Angular, Preact, Solid, and Web Components.

{% github crashmax-dev/fireworks-js %}

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## dribbble shots

### Torial :: E-Learning Dashboard

![by [UnArshia](https://www.notion.so/Weekly-Digest-29-2022-b7ab8c7ddf064a9fa032869e4bfa5aa7)](https://cdn.dribbble.com/userupload/3171683/file/original-c060d0d31d9640fb24c8fad83a3d7967.png)

by [UnArshia](https://www.notion.so/Weekly-Digest-29-2022-b7ab8c7ddf064a9fa032869e4bfa5aa7)

### Bumdek - Dating App

![by [Habibi](https://dribbble.com/shots/18870309-Bumdek-Dating-App)](https://cdn.dribbble.com/userupload/3168424/file/original-7a9dcc2329bda58aaf3c1524df76349a.png)

by [Habibi](https://dribbble.com/shots/18870309-Bumdek-Dating-App)

### Social Media App

![by [Sajon](https://www.notion.so/Weekly-Digest-29-2022-b7ab8c7ddf064a9fa032869e4bfa5aa7)](https://cdn.dribbble.com/userupload/3169181/file/original-a06eacd333aa230824563be58139809d.png)

by [Sajon](https://www.notion.so/Weekly-Digest-29-2022-b7ab8c7ddf064a9fa032869e4bfa5aa7)

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## Tweets

{% twitter 1549415708928274434 %}

{% twitter 1549785943837515776 %}

{% twitter 1550061076594806785 %}

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## Picked Pens

### Pure CSS Woman With Long Earrings

{% codepen https://codepen.io/AsyrafHussin/pen/wvmeGJj %}

by [Asyraf Hussin](https://twitter.com/asyrafhussin4)

### What's really going on?

{% codepen https://codepen.io/jh3y/pen/GRxmqEb %}

by [Jhey](https://twitter.com/jh3yy)

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## Podcasts worth listening

Call with Kent – Lack of experience when problem solving

Is there anything that helped you "think better" or "think clearer" to solve issues?

{% spotify spotify:episode:2QKZgowaDkNRd3pjBr3rl3 %}

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Thank you for reading, talk to you next week, and stay safe! 👋