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weeklyfoo #121 is here: your weekly digest of all webdev news you need to know! This time you'll find 31 valuable links in 4 categories! Enjoy!
🚀 Read it!
- MCP, Skills, and Agents: The misinformation is bothering me, so here's my attempt to do something useful. by David Cramer / ai, mcp, skills, agents / 11 min read
📰 Good to know
- The Human in the Loop: AI has changed my coding process, but I stand by my role in analyzing each AI-generated output. by Matteo Collina / ai, engineering / 7 min read
- ASCII characters are not pixels: A deep dive into ASCII rendering by Alex Harri / ascii, art / 35 min read
- jQuery 4.0.0: Just one word: unbelievable by Timmy Willison / jquery, javascript / 22 min read
- Software engineers can no longer neglect their soft skills: Starting in 2026, communication has become the most important skill for software engineers. by Quan Nguyen / engineering, ai, career / 3 min read
- Electron 40.0.0: Electron 40.0.0 has been released! by Michaela Laurencin / electron, javascript / 8 min read
- Announcing Mastra 1.0!: Today, we’re excited to announce the release of Mastra 1.0 in stable. by Sam Bhagwat / ai, agents / 8 min read
- Unconventional PostgreSQL Optimizations: Creative ideas for speeding up queries in PostgreSQL by Haki Benita / postgresql, optimization / 21 min read
- Agent Skills vs. Rules vs. Commands: If it feels like your AI coding tools are turning into a folder full of magical markdown files, you're not imagining it. by Alice Moore / ai, agents / 18 min read
- Dynamic Configuration in Node.js: Beyond Environment Variables by Dmitry Tilyupo / nodejs, configuration / 10 min read
- Web Almanac: HTTP Archive’s annual state of the web report by httparchive.org / web, state, report / 6 min read
- Build an agent into any app with the GitHub Copilot SDK: Now in technical preview, the GitHub Copilot SDK can plan, invoke tools, edit files, and run commands as a programmable layer you can use in any application. by Mario Rodriguez / github, copilot, ai / 14 min read
- Your App Subscription Is Now My Weekend Project: It's happening by Roberto Selbach / ai / 4 min read
- Agentic development basics: Getting Started with Claude Code Part 2 by Steve Klabnik / ai, basics / 23 min read
🧰 Tools
- AionUI: Free, local, open-source Cowork for Gemini CLI, Claude Code, Codex, Opencode, Qwen Code, Goose Cli, Auggie, and more by OfficeAI / ai, agents
- Temporal Playground: Experiment with the JavaScript Temporal API through real code execution. by Javier Ortega / javascript, temporal
- localspace: A library that unifies the APIs of IndexedDB, localStorage and other storage into a consistent API by Michael Lin / javascript, web
- Skills: Skills are reusable capabilities for AI agents. Install them with a single command to enhance your agents with access to procedural knowledge. by skills.sh / ai, skills
- Syntux: Consistent, cacheable generative UIs for the web. by getsyntux.com / ui
- Pipenet: Expose your local server to the public internet instantly by pipenet.dev / proxy, tunnel
- Bevy: A refreshingly simple data-driven game engine built in Rust by bevy.org / game, rust
- docfind: A high-performance document search engine built in Rust with WebAssembly support. by Microsoft / rust, search, index
- CSS Optical Illusions: Optical illusions created with CSS. by Alvaro Montoro / css, design
- ChartGPU: Beautiful, open source, WebGPU-based charting library by ChartGPU / charts, webgpu
- cli-spinners: Spinners for use in the terminal by Sindre Sorhus / cli, terminal
- Remotion Agent Skills: Remotion maintains a list of Agent Skills that define best practices for working in Remotion projects. by Remotion / ai, skills
- caricature.life: Professional minimalist avatars. No data tracking. No logins. Just a clean digital identity in seconds. by caricature.life / avatar, design
- The Boring JavaScript Stack: Ship JavaScript products with battle-tested technologies in days not weeks. by sailscasts.com / javascript, stack, development
- Shimmer From Structure: A React library that auto-generates shimmer skeletons from your actual component structure. Zero maintenance, pixel-perfect accuracy. by Olebogeng Mbedzi / react, skeleton
🎨 Design
- Web Interface Guidelines: Interfaces succeed because of hundreds of choices. by Vercel / design, ui / 12 min read
- Introducing Taste 1.0: A Model for Designers: Here's how to use it by Romina Kavcic / design, ui / 17 min read
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