📺 I started streaming on Twitch and YouTube! [Week in Review]
Tags: youtube, twitch, flutter, javascript
Published: 2020-12-06 20:09:02

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Some of my friends from the tech community on Twitter already have one or have recently started doing so. I'm talking about a [Twitch](https://nttr.st/36NXPte) and [YouTube](https://nttr.st/37JcQvk) channel.

Some of them are very successful with it. For example, [Tadas' video about Flutter](https://twitter.com/tadaspetra/status/1335354764511510528) was mentioned and recommended by Flutter's Director of Product Management. Congrats!

My channel is still in its infancy, but I have some great ideas. But first, start small. The main thing is to start.﻿

Besides the announcement of my new [YouTube](https://nttr.st/37JcQvk) and [Twitch](https://nttr.st/36NXPte) channel, I have again a bag full of interesting links for you.

Enjoy reading.

Stefan

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## Streaming on Twitch and YouTube

In a very comfortable atmosphere, without much preparation and emphasis on perfection, Barnabas and I started streaming yesterday (here is the [recording](https://nttr.st/3mSAoVc)). The goal was to play with [NextJS](https://nextjs.org/) and [Tailwind](https://tailwindcss.com/). Even if we had bugs here and there, it was a lot of fun. Not to wait for the perfect day, but to decide that it's about time to start was the key to success.

**Just start!**

My former boss used to say: "If you are not ashamed of something when your product is first released, you have waited too long to do it." He was absolutely right.

I will do this more often now. I already have a few guests for my channel on my list. Among them is  [Devin Ford](https://twitter.com/devinDford), with whom I will go live on air on **December 09th at 18:00 CET**. The topic: [StorybookJS](https://storybook.js.org/).

Follow me today, so you'll get a notification whenever I go live in the future:

[Twitter](https://twitter.com/intent/follow?screen_name=natterstefan)
-> [Twitch](https://nttr.st/36NXPte)
-> [YouTube](https://nttr.st/37JcQvk)

## ⛓ Links of the Week

- Have you ever heard of [ScrollMagic](https://github.com/janpaepke/ScrollMagic?ref=natterstefan.me)? It is probably THE javascript library for magical scroll interactions. Do you want to animate elements on your page based on the user's scroll position? Then ScrollMagic is for you.
- In one of our most recent projects at work, the designer wanted to have a skewed input field. Thanks to my colleague Barnabas I found a suitable solution and published a draft on [CodePen](https://codepen.io/natterstefan/pen/rNMxrgW?editors=1100&ref=natterstefan.me).
- During my search for a solution for the skewed input field, I came across this article with a  [variety of background animation effects](https://bashooka.com/coding/web-background-animation-effects/). Wow! [This one](https://codepen.io/dropside/pen/MYGKyj) is definitely one of my favorites.
- The affiliate market is big! It is not difficult to get a small part of the cake. You just need to know where to find affiliate programs and how to apply. My point of contact for this is [affiliatedatabase.net](https://www.affiliatedatabase.net/?ref=natterstefan.me).
- Want a Medium like reading time estimation? Here you go [github.com/ngryman/reading-time](https://github.com/ngryman/reading-time?ref=natterstefan.me).
- I am a big fan of TypeScript. It is more fun than I thought a year ago. Although I use TypeScript and React almost every day, I have to look up  [React's type references](https://flow.org/en/docs/react/types/?ref=natterstefan.me) from time to time. Although in the end I mostly use `React.ComponentType` or `React.Node` anyway.
- Virtual cameras are a lot of fun. You can equip yourself with Snapchat-like filters or let your presentation run in the background. The possibilities are endless. Just recently I stumbled upon [mmhmm](https://www.mmhmm.app/?ref=natterstefan.me) and am currently testing it. Which apps do you use for that?
- "[pgRITA](https://pgrita.com/?ref=natterstefan.me) analyzes your database schema against our rules, compiling an interactive report that helps your engineers to build secure, robust and performant databases." Sounds good, doesn't it?
- Did you notice last year that the core developer of core-js said goodbye in a GitHub issue for 18 months? Because at that time  [he announced he was going to jail](https://github.com/zloirock/core-js/issues/548#issuecomment-494112872). When I recently saw that there is an update from core-js I was curious. And lo and behold,  [he announced on 25. October 2020 that he is back](https://github.com/zloirock/core-js/issues/874#issue-728890175)!
- Plan to start learning NodeJS with Express? My friend Catalin has put together  [five high valued tutorials](https://daily.dev/posts/5-node-js-express-tutorials-to-go-from-beginner-to-expert?ref=natterstefan.me) for you.
- Who of us does not remember the good old times on MySpace. Raise your hand, if you were on MySpace as well? I found it all the funnier when I discovered  [SpaceHey](https://spacehey.com/home?ref=natterstefan.me) the other day. A fan-based project with the old nostalgic design from the early 2000s. And guess who's made a profile on the page. You know it's [me](https://spacehey.com/natterstefan?ref=natterstefan.me)!
- One of the first steps in setting up a new repository on GitHub is to create a `.gitignore` file. So far, I've either taken the suggestion from GitHub or copied the file from my last project into the new one. But then I stumbled upon an  [interesting conversation between Wes Bos and Yasin Kavakli](https://twitter.com/mecoupz/status/1333803165192314880?ref=natterstefan.me). Now I know that there are useful tools for that as well:  [gitignore (npm)](https://github.com/msfeldstein/gitignore?ref=natterstefan.me) and [gitignore.io](https://www.toptal.com/developers/gitignore?ref=natterstefan.me)!

## 📺 Video of the Week

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## 🐦 Tweets of the Week

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See you next week - thank you. 👋🏻

Stefan

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