Things I've found interesting...

The Long Tail of Work Left Until ActivityPub Has E2EE

Soatok is doing some incredible work on creating E2E encryption for direct messages on the fediverse. This post is an awesome look at the challenges that come with federated encrypted communications, particularly around the user experience!

CSS Can Now Animate From Nothing

Coding2Go does an amazing job at demonstrating the @starting-style CSS feature. Figuring out how to animate an element from being invisible to visible can be such a pain, and @starting-style is the perfect remedy (especially for modals!)!

Docker Image BEST Practices - From 1.2GB to 10MB

Awesome video from Better Stack on optimizing your Docker images. He covers how important minimal base images (such as Alpine) can be for reducing build sizes/times, as well as layer caching and layer squashing. Well worth 7 minutes of your time!

How to Become an Expert at Programming

EscPoint does a great job outlining how important it is to not become dependent on LLMs for learning to code. A refreshing call to learn and master your fundamentals with intentional time and effort! Unfortunately (despite what AI tech bros might say), there's no shortcuts for mastery.