The Elements of Eloquence a book by Mark Forsyth - Bookshop.org US “Sharp, witty and funny” is the best way to describe this book. Really entertaining while also going deep on lots of literary techniques. via
Scroll-driven Animations Some really cool demos on this site.
The SIFT method The SIFT method is “an evaluation strategy developed by digital literacy expert, Mike Caulfield, to help determine whether online content can be trusted for credible or reliable sources of information.” I’m with Simon on this being a useful reference to point folks to and formalizes what I’ve roughly been doing informally for some time now.
Git Notes: git’s coolest, most unloved feature - Tyler Cipriani It would be pretty cool if this feature was given some love. Apparently Forgejo now has first-class support for it.
Regexes Got Good: The History And Future Of Regular Expressions In JavaScript — Smashing Magazine via
Github Profile Header Generator This looks like it could be handy.
Security Alert | NX Compromised to Steal Wallets and Credentials | Semgrep Another day, another supply chain compromise… What’s interesting about this incident, aside from how popular Nx is, is the use of AI. First, the code that allowed Nx to be compromised was generated by Claude Code and reviewed by an AI bot. You can see the PR that introduced the vulnerability was meant to enforce PR titles follow convention, but it just takes the arbitrary text from the PR on the public internet and throws it into bash without any sanitization. So there’s a good chance it wasn’t actually reviewed by a person. Secondly, the malware that was later run on devs’ machines, tries to use tools like Claude Code to help it find secrets. ...
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