Victor Loux Bookmarks

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High performance individuals and teams | Pablasso

pablasso.com/high-performance-individuals-and-teams/
Growing up, the only thing that put me off while learning software development, was the common occurrence of people who cared more about one…

How To Say No

starterstory.com/how-to-say-no
Saying no is hard, but it's also essential for your sanity. Here are some templates for how to say no - so you can take back your life.

Knots 3D - Learn how to tie over 150 useful knots!

knots3d.com/
Knots 3D will show you how to tie more than 150 knots! We take knot tying into the next dimension with unique 360 degree views in 3D space. Grab some rope and have fun!

Paginating Requests in APIs. | Medium

ignaciochiazzo.medium.com/paginating-requests-in-apis-d4883d4c1c4c
Paginate APIs: Cursor-based, page-based and Key Set-based pagination. Pagination strategies used in the industry. GraphQL, REST, SOAP, etc.

What's Up With That: Why It's So Hard to Catch Your Own Typos

wired.com/2014/08/wuwt-typos/
The reason typos get through isn't because we're stupid or careless, it's because what we're doing is actually very smart.

Commands.dev - Find commands at the speed of thought

commands.dev/
Commands.dev is a searchable, templated catalog of popular terminal commands curated from across the internet.

Magical SVG Techniques — Smashing Magazine

smashingmagazine.com/2022/05/magical-svg-techniques/
Smart SVG techniques, from generative SVG grids to SVG paths with masks, grainy SVG gradients, cut-out effects and fractional SVG stars. Let’s look at some magical SVG techniques that you can use right away.

Why accessibility bugs are a good thing and how to handle them

sheribyrnehaber.com/why-accessibility-bugs-are-a-good-thing-and-how-to-handle-them/
It is incredibly common when I do accessibility podcasts, I am asked, “what does accessibility success look like to you?” I, perhaps oddly, count beginning to get accessibility bugs reported as a sign of accessibility success.

Tools for a Culture of Writing

matt.blwt.io/post/tools-for-a-culture-of-writing/
A set of useful tools for cultivating a culture of writing, namely the RFC, the Decision Record and Decision Log, and the Pre-mortem/Prospective and Post-mortem/Retrospective

As Google Maps Renames Neighborhoods, Residents Fume - The New York Times

nytimes.com/2018/08/02/technology/google-maps-neighborhood-names.html
Google’s digital maps have become the world’s default atlas and the arbiter of what neighborhoods are called, even when many residents disagree.