AI tool pricing is moving from flat-rate subscriptions to pay-as-you-go token models, forcing developers to reconsider their usage.
Using standard job titles like "senior developer" instead of creative ones like "code ninja" provides clear signals for salary, seniority, and career progression.
The frontend ecosystem has evolved from simple static pages to complex build toolchains, prompting a return to simpler solutions like web components.
A tour of interesting resources including the Git Skills learning platform, government datasets, and UI helpers like CodePen slide bars and Dot UI.
A review of a study on government website performance reveals that simplicity and server-side rendering often outperform complex client-side frameworks.
A live demo showcases how WebGPU can render hundreds of thousands of interactive particles smoothly, far surpassing the capabilities of traditional Canvas 2D.
A code walkthrough shows how to incrementally add WebAssembly modules compiled from Rust and WebGPU shaders into an existing React application.
WebGPU is now supported in major browsers but requires fallbacks for some clients, making it ideal for parallel computations on large datasets rather than simple rendering tasks.
Jobs that call for the skills explored in this talk.