> Markdown version of [/magazine/388-dev-digest-103-superb-owl-trafficking](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/388-dev-digest-103-superb-owl-trafficking). Every page supports `.md` or `Accept: text/markdown`. Links point to the HTML versions so they work for humans too. Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Dev Digest 103 - Superb Owl Trafficking **By:** [Chris Heilmann](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/@chris-heilmann) **Published:** February 19, 2024 Last Friday’s [Dev Digest](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/about/newsletter/) was again chock-full of resources, so here is a reminder what we covered with some more in-depth insights. ## News and Articles Unless you lived under a rock – and fair play if that’s what makes you happy – you would have had a hard time avoiding information about the media spectacle that’s also sport related, the Super Bowl. Now, to bring it back to tech matters, **Cloudflare** analysed the [Internet traffic trends during Super Bowl LVIII.](https://blog.cloudflare.com/super-bowl-lviii) It is always amazing to see just how much of the web is firmly in the hands of people consuming media. Performance is a topic we don’t talk about enough and one that only matters to us when things go wrong. **Alex Russel** dives deep into [the performance inequality gap](https://infrequently.org/2024/01/performance-inequality-gap-2024/) of web products. This already did the rounds beginning of the year in the performance community but it’s a really good read for anyone who wonders why their products are slow. Talking of performance, Matteo Collina, who we [had on Coffee With Developers](https://youtu.be/JeL2avk89zU) has information how to get [3x Faster Stream Processing in Node.js](https://adventures.nodeland.dev/archive/3x-faster-stream-processing/). Moving away from the web, The [State of React Native](https://results.stateofreactnative.com/) is the results of a big developer survey showing what’s going on right now. It will be interesting to see just how impactful this framework will be seeing that it is now also [available on Apple Vision Pro](https://www.callstack.com/blog/announcing-react-native-for-apple-vision-pro), the hot, new, closed hardware of now. Talking of which, last week’s social media was swarmed with people showing off their new Apple headsets, some of which even whilst driving their cyber trucks. But it turns out that [wearing that one in public makes no sense](https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/02/why-walking-around-in-public-with-vision-pro-makes-no-sense/) ## Code and Tools CODE100 is [coming live to Amsterdam 29/02](https://code100.dev/) and we want you to come and compete! To get started we asked you to solve an Amsterdam XXX puzzle. [Here is how to solve this challenge](https://puzzles.code100.dev/puzzles/xxx#solution-explanation). We love simple, open tools. The [YouTube GIF Maker](https://ytgif.vercel.app/) is not only useful but also comes [with source code](https://github.com/ragrag/youtube-gif?tab=readme-ov-file) and a series of [articles how it was built](https://dev.to/ragrag/getting-started-youtube-gif-maker-using-next-js-node-and-rabbitmq-1cl9). Are you sure your JavaScript is secure and free of vulnerabilities? Snyk is offering a [free tool to point to your repository](https://snyk.io/lp/javascript-snyk-code-checker/) and see where you have issues. ## Work world[‍](https://www.ign.com/articles/ive-never-seen-it-this-bad-game-developers-explain-the-huge-layoffs-hitting-riot-epic-and-more) [On the layoffs Hitting Riot, Epic, and More](https://www.ign.com/articles/ive-never-seen-it-this-bad-game-developers-explain-the-huge-layoffs-hitting-riot-epic-and-more) tries to explain the sorry state of the game developer market. [The performance improvement plan is cruel](https://marcrandolph.com/the-performance-improvement-plan-is-cruel-and-unusual/) talks about issues with the PIP process. And we have [the most demanded frameworks](https://www.devjobsscanner.com/blog/the-most-demanded-frontend-frameworks/) in job ads. ## Procrastination corner I loved coding in Perl, but the syntax was always a challenge. As it turns out, [93% of Paint Splatters are Valid Perl Programs](https://www.mcmillen.dev/sigbovik/) so it wasn't me! [Squeezy](https://imsqueezy.com/) is a game you play by adding letters to words to make others. ## Welcome Dan to WeAreDevelopers! https://www.youtube.com/embed/1KLRDouvVKU WeAreDevelopers is growing! The newest addition is Daniel Cranney, former teacher, then coder and now Developer Advocate! 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