markjgsmith

2020/01/21 #

Today’s links:

  • deno (javascript runtime written by Ryan Dahl creator of NodeJS) has quite a lot of built in tools - dependency inspector, code formatter, bundler, runtime type info, test runner, command-line debugger, and a linter - I’m quite liking the idea of these built in tools but also I’m curious to know if it’s possible to use alternatives if you want to for whatever reasondeno.land #

  • Why Google thinks we need to regulate AI - Piece written by Alphabet and Google CEO Sundar Pichaiamp.ft.com #

  • Opera appears to be involved in shady money lending in Africa, I didn’t read the whole article but the main bullet points are quite alarming - I also didn’t know Opera is owned by a chinese companyhindenburgresearch.com #

  • TypeScript's Secret Parallel Universe - TypeScript is weird in some places, also I’ve noticed that around 70-80% of freelance posting on job boards have typescript as a requirement - Do these projects really need typescript? I don’t know, but it looks like we’re all going to be writing in TypeScript in the near future, why not just write everything in C++?dev.to #

  • vocab10k.com - An interesting web tool for learning english used by professionals / in businessvocab10k.com #

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