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#1about 3 minutes
Why tech companies are laying off engineers for AI
Recent layoffs at companies like Amazon are driven by a strategic shift to invest capital in AI infrastructure rather than personnel.
#2about 3 minutes
Questioning the purpose of Meta's AI-only feed
Meta's new "Vibes" feed, which exclusively features AI-generated content, raises questions about its long-term user engagement and purpose.
#3about 5 minutes
Unlocking LLM potential with creative prompting techniques
Asking a large language model to respond in the form of a poem can bypass its built-in restrictions and reveal guarded information.
#4about 12 minutes
The industry's focus on frameworks over web fundamentals
Developer communities and job markets often prioritize framework-specific knowledge like React over a deep understanding of core HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.
#5about 10 minutes
Shuffling a grid layout using CSS custom properties
You can dynamically reorder grid items with minimal JavaScript by manipulating the CSS `order` property via a single custom property on the parent element.
#6about 4 minutes
Building a one-time code input with semantic HTML
A few simple HTML attributes on a single input element can create a fully functional and accessible one-time code field without complex JavaScript.
#7about 11 minutes
The only frontend stack that truly matters
The most important frontend stack is the HTML, CSS, and JavaScript that browsers render, not the complex frameworks and build tools used to generate it.
#8about 5 minutes
Using AI prompts to rebuild a classic 8-bit game
An experiment in using AI models as a coding partner to recreate a retro game reveals both the capabilities and frustrations of AI-driven development.
#9about 4 minutes
How a broken frontend culture impacts the web
The modern web is often a poor user experience due to excessive advertising, page bloat, and an arms race between ad blockers and publishers.
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