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weeklyfoo #106 is here: your weekly digest of all webdev news you need to know! This time you'll find 42 valuable links in 4 categories! Enjoy!
📰 Good to know
- How I influence tech company politics as a staff software engineer: Many software engineers are fatalistic about company politics. by Sean Goedecke / engineering / 8 min read
- BrowserPod: In-browser full-stack environments for IDEs and Agents via Wasm by Alessandro Pignotti, Stefano De Rossi / wasm / 8 min read
- cleaning house in nx monorepo, how i removed 120 unused deps safely: Short version, I ran Knip across our Nx repo, took the unused list as a hint, deleted candidates, built, tested, booted apps, and put a few back when they were secretly used. by John James / dependencies, npm / 4 min read
- vercel vs cloudflare: two philosophies of building for developers by Bharath Natarajan / vercel, cloudflare / 1 min read
- Which Table Format Do LLMs Understand Best?: Results for 11 Formats by improvingagents.com / llms, ai / 9 min read
- AI and Home-Cooked Software: Everyone is worried that AI will replace programmers. They're missing the real revolution: AI is turning everyone into one. by Karan Sharma / ai, engineering / 7 min read
- You're Only Using 20% of Claude Code - Here's How to Unlock the Rest: Most devs are underutilizing Claude Code. These 5 advanced strategies will turn it into your most powerful engineering teammate by AI For Developers / claude, ai / 6 min read
- Scaling Engineering Teams: Lessons from Google, Facebook, and Netflix by Ido Green / engineering, performance / 11 min read
- 15 Recent Node.js Features that Replace Popular npm Packages: Over the years, Node.js developers have relied on countless npm packages to fill gaps in the platform. by Lizz Parody / nodejs, npm / 9 min read
- How Deno protects against npm exploits: You can use Deno to run your Node apps (without any code change) to help mitigate these security vulnerabilities. by Andy Jiang / deno, security / 7 min read
- State of the software engineering jobs market, 2025: What hiring managers see by Gergely Orosz / engineering, hiring / 14 min read
- Linux Foundation Announces Intent to Launch the React Foundation: New foundation will steward React and React Native, supported by industry leaders and community contributors by The Linux Foundation / react, oss, linux / 9 min read
- A pragmatic guide to modern CSS colours: part one by Kevin Powell / css, design / 18 min read
- New shadcn components: New components. This time it's the boring stuff. The things we rebuild over and over. Made into components. Button Group, Field, Input Group, Empty States, Item. by shadcn / shadcn, ui / 1 min read
- What's coming in ESLint v10.0.0: We want to share with you the significant changes that will be coming in v10.0.0 so you can better prepare for the changes and understand why the changes are necessary. by Nicholas C. Zakas / eslint, javascript / 9 min read
- The Programmer Identity Crisis: On AI, Creativity, and Craft by Simon Højberg / engineering, ai / 16 min read
- The Email They Shouldn't Have Read: A story about vendor lock-in and predatory business practices by Stefano Marinelli / lockin, story / 9 min read
- State of AI Report: All around AI by Nathan Benaich / ai, report / 1 min read
- Winners announced!: Here are the winners of the fourteenth annual js13kGames competition! by Andrzej Mazur / js13kGames, competition / 1 min read
🧰 Tools
- Markdown Printer: Save web pages as Markdown files with preserved formatting. Perfect for documentation, articles, and note-taking. by Lev Gelfenbuim / markdown
- Minimal PWA: Minimal files + config for a PWA by Chris McCormick / pwa
- Run: Universal multi-language runner and smart REPL written in Rust. by Esubalew Chekol / rust, cli
- Rio: A hardware-accelerated GPU terminal emulator focusing to run in desktops and browsers. by Raphael Amorim / terminal, gpu
- Sera UI: UI component library for React, Next.js, and other JSX frameworks. Built with Tailwind CSS, it makes creating beautiful, interactive and responsive interfaces fast and easy. by seraui.com / ui, react
- Caddy: Fast and extensible multi-platform HTTP/1-2-3 web server with automatic HTTPS by caddyserver.com / tls, http
- /dev/push: Like Vercel, but open source and for all languages. by Ronan Berder / infra
- Neumorphism Generator: Create soft UI neumorphism effects with visual controls. Perfect for modern, minimal interface designs. by design.dev / ui, design
- Coinbase Design System: Coinbase Design System is a cross-platform component library for React and React Native. CDS has high adoption in every product at Coinbase, accelerating development and ensuring a consistent user experience across all platforms. by coinbase.com / design, ui
- Accented: A frontend library for continuous accessibility testing and issue highlighting by Pavel Pomerantsev / a11y, ui
- itty: Ultra-small, powerful tools for modern web development. by itty.dev / javascript, tools
- massCode: A free, open-source code snippet manager to create, organize, and instantly access your personal snippet library. by masscode.io / editor
- ut: A Rust based utilty toolbox for developers. by Kilari Teja / rust, cli
- blogr: A fast, lightweight static site generator built in Rust for creating and managing blogs. by Gokul / blog, rust
- Shotgun: Shotgun is a CLI that turns what you want to work on into research - specs - plans - tasks - implementation with full codebase understanding and agents doing the heavy lifting. by shotgun.sh / spec, cli
- ElevenLabs UI: ElevenLabs UI is a component library and custom registry built on top of shadcn/ui to help you build multimodal agents faster. by ui.elevenlabs.io / ui
- slow-redact: Smart object redaction for JavaScript applications - safe AND fast! by Matteo Collina / javascript, security
- Jetski: Authentication, analytics, and prompt visibility for MCP servers with zero code changes. Supports OAuth2.1, DCR, real-time logs, and client onboarding out of the box by hyprmcp.com / ai, mcp
- Search Input Query: Search input query parser and React component by William Cotton / react, search, query
- Mirrow: SVGs. One file. Zero fuss. by mirrow.app / svg
- css-extras: Useful CSS custom functions using the new function rule by Sindre Sorhus / css
🎨 Design
- 7 Practical Animation Tips: One mistake I made early in my career was thinking that design, and animations in particular, are an art you either get or you don’t. by Emil Kowalski / css, javascript / 7 min read
📺 Videos
- Vite: The Documentary by CultRepo / vite, documentary
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