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🪅 Heap Heap Hurray Ed. #32
Daily dispatches from the world of technology.
Hope your Wednesday is filled with joy and laughter!
🎙️ APPLE APPLE APPLE. That’s the only company name on every tech media’s lips right now. Yesterday was their WWDC conference where they announced some game changer features and hence the hype. You can watch here or you can refer to our summary link below. But be warned - you may get an overdose of Apple in the coming days… perhaps only second to the hype of AI and LLM that will only get louder.
🤫 Geek Goss đź¤
#AboutTime - Can you believe it? Apple iPad never, NEVER, NEEVEERRR had a calculator app. That’s right. For some weird reason, iPads didn’t have that app. So, Apple finally gave in and released a calculator app for iPads after 14 years! And guess what? You can use the Apple Pencil to scribble your math problems like a pro. Better late than never, right? Now, let's see who really needs it!
#MuskMeltdown - Elon Musk too is fed up of Apple’s announcements… well, almost. He's threatening to ban iPhones with ChatGPT from his companies, even suggesting they be locked in Faraday cages. Apparently, Apple's AI partnership with OpenAI is a "security violation." Oh, and someone suggested Musk create an "X Phone." Drama much?
⌛ The Past 24 hours
… in USA. And is replaced by Google Wallet. Google has discontinued the Google Pay app in the US, transitioning to Google Wallet for NFC payments.
Telegram's latest update introduces animated message effects, media captions, global hashtag search, collapsible quote blocks, quick actions for phone numbers, and colorful call interfaces on macOS.
A summary of the all the head turning features announced by Apple yesterday. If the video was too long and you are getting a FOMO when talking to your peers about it, just go through this link. It outlines all the major features coming to Apple this year
Spotify introduces "My Spotify," a new campaign to enhance personalization by showing users banners and messages based on their listening habits. This initiative offers customized recommendations and links to mixes and the "Made For You" hub, presenting user data year-round beyond the annual Wrapped feature.
Adobe will revise its Terms of Use, following user concerns over privacy and content ownership. Clarifying its stance, Adobe emphasized it has never trained generative AI on customer content or taken ownership of unpublished work. The updated terms aim to reflect these commitments and address the recent miscommunication.
👩🏾‍💻 Bit Boutique
Awesome React Hooks | Do you work with Reactjs. Then this is a list of some really cook React hooks that you will definitely find a place in your work. Don’t reinvent the wheel
Awesome Front End System Design | Another great library for front end developers - a collection of resources that you will find useful for interviews and system designs
📢 In case you missed it
Nothing much. Just APPLE APPLE APPLE. đź« Seriously, not many hackathons have launched yesterday and if they did launch, they seem to be in Blockchain space (we have had enough of that) so a break today.
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🎲 Miscellaneous
How to speed up Google Fonts on websites. Key tips include minimizing font requests, preloading critical fonts, using display swap to prevent invisible text during loading, and self-hosting fonts to reduce latency. These steps can significantly improve site performance and user experience.
TanStack, the company behind the famous library React-Query and React-Table introduced a new meta-framework leveraging its advanced router. This framework aims to enhance web development by providing robust routing capabilities, seamless integration, and improved performance.
New software team members should immediately engage with failure data and tooling to understand system complexities. Observing incidents, learning observability tools, and participating in bug triage and on-call rotations are key strategies for quick and effective onboarding. This approach helps new hires identify real issues and gain a deeper understanding of the system.
The author shares techniques to sustain motivation as a solo developer, including converting external sources to motivation, leaving tasks unfinished for easy restarts, using the product personally, addressing pain points, taking breaks, updating users, collaborating with a partner, avoiding zero days, and working during peak motivation times. These strategies help enhance productivity and maintain a balanced workflow.