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Web development in C: Crazy?
Preliminary verdict: crazy like a fox (ish)
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MVC is dead, it's time to MOVE on (2012)
MVC is a phenomenal idea. You have models, which are nice self-contained bits of state, views which are nice self-contained bits of UI, and controllers which are nice self-contained bits of …
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Exploring canvas drawing techniques
Canvas drawing techniques with live demos: pencils and smooth connections, fur and pen brushes, bezier curves, sprays, patterns, and neighbor-point webs.
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A surprising JavaScript memory leak found at Meteor
This week, my teammates at Meteor tracked down a surprising JavaScript memory leak . I searched the web for variations on javascript closure memory leak and came up with nothing relevant, so maybe this is a relatively unknown issue. (Most of what you find for that query talks about the bad garbage collection algorithm…
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Your Tumblr is broken. Fix it.
Do you know at least one company that hosts their blog on Tumblr with a domain like blog.myawesomestartup.com, because doing that is easy and fast and there is no reason why you shouldn’t, at least …
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Flat design is great for mediocre designers like me
Lost amidst the hubbub around flat design is the fact that the flat trend makes it really easy for mediocre designers to do merely passable work.
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What asm.js is and isn't
This is going to be a bit long, so tl;dr asm.js is a formalization of a pattern of JavaScript that has been developing in a natural way o...
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Node.js and the new web front-end
The Official Web Site of Nicholas C. Zakas
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Node.js incorrectly parses HTTP methods
One who writes code
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Why does Ember.js rock?
In response to this blog post about why Angular.js rocks, I thought I’d write something similar about Ember.js.
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Float Label Pattern
Compare Wix vs WordPress for ease, design, ownership, SEO, apps, ecommerce, and cost. See which platform fits the website you want to build.
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How D3 Selections Work
In the past I have presented simplified descriptions of D3 ’s selections, providing only enough detail to get started. This article takes a more comprehensive approach; rather than saying how to use selections , I will explain how selections are implemented . This may take longer to read, but it should dispel any…
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For modern development Javascript indeed is a shit language
This post was too inflammatory and abusive in nature, and I regret writing it. It did exist, and you can probably can find it using the web archive. UI is hard.
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Jekyll 1.0 Released
Today, I'm proud to announce the release of Jekyll 1.0. There are a million goodies and fixes to enjoy, and we're (the still-active Jekyll …