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2021/04/03 #

cat << EOF > Saturday 3rd April, 2021 (Issue #20)

This week’s newsletter is out! (2021-04-03)

In this week’s edition:

Congress, YouTube protection, Facebook feeds, Substack funding, Intel vs TSMC, NFT&Crypto surge, Deno, Apple privacy blocks, Google Maps, Cryptojacking, AirBnB training, NodeJS certification, Fastify

Issue details:

Another awesome issue of the newsletter. #

Today’s links:

  • Class static initializer blocks - For all the OO lovers out there, this feature gives you the ability to have some code in a class definition execute exactly oncev8.dev #

  • Using media queries with JavaScript - Could be useful for example to only load a specific library on larger devicesdev.to #

  • Chris Coyier writes his thoughts about The Deno Company - Looks like people are mostly interested in the native Typescript support, but for me that’s the least interesting part, the security part is much more interesting, but also there seems to be a very strong tooling set, and being able to import via urls is coolcss-tricks.com #

  • Coinbase To Go Public on April 14, Announce Q1 Earnings Beforehand - They are opting for a direct listing rather than an IPO, by the sounds of this article there are several other factors that make this transition non-typical, anecdotally I have been waiting for a reply from their support team for over a week now, hasn’t been the best on-boarding experiencedecrypt.co #

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