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#RetailSurgePricing - Picture this. You are standing in the aisle of your supermarket staring at the packet of Lays chips - and you see the prize increasing - because shoppers around you are grabbing it all up. Surge Pricing. Getting Uber / Ola flashbacks? Well - Walmart just announced that they are replacing price labels with digital shelfs and have pinky promised they won’t do surge pricing - but we all know the temptation is too much to ignore

#WhatWhee - TikTok’s new rival app to Instagram, Whee, isn’t getting very popular. Hey TikTok - There’s only so many social media apps once can use of in a single day!

#PinboardShare - Pinterest has started providing options to share your pinboards on other apps. Now you can flaunt your Pin boards all over social media. Perfect for those Gen Z kids who love a good aesthetic. But watch out for that sneaky watermark—it might cramp your Reels style!

#YouTubeWantsTheMoolah - YouTube's wooing record labels with wads of cash to train AI on their music. But the artists are fuming—AI might steal their thunder! Labels are caught in a juicy dilemma. Will they sell out or hold firm?

#WhoWatchesTheWatchMan - AU10TIX, the ID verification service for X and others, left its admin credentials exposed for a whole year! Hackers could’ve easily nabbed our sensitive data.

⌛ The Past 24 hours

Flipkart Launches New App - super.money

Indian e-commerce giant Flipkart launches Super[dot]money, a new payments app, to expand its fintech services after separating from PhonePe. Available in beta on Play Store, the app uses UPI for transactions and offers real cashback rewards. Partnerships include DMI Finance and Axis Bank.

Google Stops Infinite Scrolling Of Search Results

Continuous scrolling search results on desktop will be removed today, as well as on mobile devices ‘in the coming months’ The user experience, which mirrored the endless scrolling behavior of social media feeds, was originally [introduced for mobile devices] in October of 2021 and then on desktop in late 2022. But now, it is being dropped.

Material UI Is Being Abandoned

Google has stopped actively developing Material Web Components (MWC), reassigning its engineers to focus on the Wiz framework. MWC, offering a variety of Material 3 components for web developers, is now in maintenance mode. Future plans for MWC are abandoned, though it remains available.

Notion Launches Notion Sites to Enhance Publishing Experience

Notion introduces Notion Sites, adding new features like custom favicons, navigation bars, and SEO tools to its publishing tools. Users can publish Notion pages as polished websites with custom domains and Google Analytics integration, enhancing content visibility and accessibility.

Windows 11 Automatically Enables OneDrive Folder Backup Without User Consent

Microsoft has quietly updated Windows 11 to automatically enable OneDrive folder backup during initial setup without user consent, causing user frustration. New setups connected to a Microsoft account will have folders like Desktop, Pictures, and Documents automatically synced. Users can disable this by adjusting settings in OneDrive or uninstalling the app.

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Simple Parallax | Easy Parallax Effect for React & JavaScript

Keep React | Keep React is an open-source component library built on Tailwind CSS and React.js. It provides a versatile set of pre-designed UI components to build modern web applications.

📢 In case you missed it

• Wix has partnered with Dev[dot]to to launch a challenge / hackathon that will run until July 07. Leverage Wix’s API suite to build an innovative eCommerce application with Wix Studio. Prize money is at $3000

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🎲 Miscellaneous

Using the Intersection Observer API with React

Learn how to integrate the Intersection Observer API with React to monitor element visibility and manage state efficiently. This tutorial demonstrates setting up the observer, handling state updates without unnecessary re-renders, and applying best practices for optimal performance.

The Documentation Tradeoff: Balancing Communication and Productivity

Kent Beck discusses the balance between writing documentation and maintaining code efficiency. He emphasizes the importance of effective communication among programmers while warning against excessive documentation that quickly becomes outdated. Beck advocates for justified documentation, simplified code, social methods, and testing as alternative communication strategies. He notes that the rise of LLMs enhances code explanation, potentially reducing the need for extensive documentation.

The real 10x developer makes their whole team better

The myth of the 10x developer overlooks the true driver of success: strong community learning. Instead of relying on individual brilliance, organizations should cultivate a culture of collaboration and knowledge sharing. Communities of practice enable developers to learn, innovate, and support each other, leading to sustained team performance and reducing burnout.