Reading Log ForFebruary 17, 2023 (#19)
CSS is finally getting a killer feature, Elon is being Elon & the Supreme Court hears an important Internet case.
Try Out CSS Nesting Today
This makes me so excited. I know it only applies to Safari right now, but this is the last bastion for me to consider SASS or LESS. I’m really looking forward to this reaching Chromium and Firefox.
Halo dropped the ball on Cortana's villainous twist
I didn’t hate Halo 5 or it’s story. I didn’t even completely hate the antagonism between Locke and the Master Chief. (I think it could’ve been done better, but that’s another topic) But 343 really missed an opportunity on the Cortana storyline with Halo Infinite.
Software Development & Design
- Writing JavaScript Without a Build System (Julia Evans)
- Digging Into Nullable Reference Types in C# (Shawn Wildermuth)
- Hello Web Components (Rob Eisenberg)
- MediatR 12.0 Released (Jimmy Bogard)
- C# Tip: List Pattern to match an collection against a sequence of patterns (Davide Bellone)
- Getting Started with Generics in .NET (Assis Zang)
- IdentityServer - IdentityResource vs. ApiResource vs. ApiScope (Tore Nestenius)
- Web Push for Web Apps on iOS and iPadOS (Brady Eidson & Jen Simmons)
Technology & the Internet
- Engineers Gave Elon's Tweets Special Treatment Because Elon Freaked Out That A Joe Biden Tweet Got More Engagement (Mike Masnick)
- Next Week, The Supreme Court Could Destroy Everything Good About The Internet (Mike Masnick)
- Microsoft's Bing is an emotionally manipulative liar, and people love it (James Vincent)
- iOS 16.4 public beta for iPhone and iPad arrives with new emoji and more (Umar Shakir)
Business & Finance
- What Economists Get Wrong About Personal Finance (Tim Harford)
Science
- The Secret Lives of Neutron Stars (Sophia Chen)
Podcasts
Everything Else
- How to Practice "Productive Procrastination" (Clive Thompson)
- American Drivers Have a Blinding Headlight Problem (Madison Hall)