Did you know that the phrases uppercase and lowercase came from the box the printers used to set the type? The caps were in the upper case and the smaller letters were in the lower case. #WritingCommunity #Print

I love the Russian people. That is why I have to tell you the truth. Please watch and share.

You cannot get educated by this self-propagating system in which people study to pass exams, and teach others to pass exams, but nobody knows anything. You learn something by doing it yourself, by asking questions, by thinking, and by experimenting.

Your mistakes don't define who you are. It's what you do after you have made the mistakes that makes all the difference. Every mistake you make is a learning experience. They don't make you less capable. But it's how you correct them or learn from them that defines you.

Chewbacca as kid?

The publishers of my book Code That Fits in Your Head are giving away three free copies of the DRM-free eBook. For your chance to win retweet this tweet. Entries will close by the end of the week. Good luck! informit.com/seemann

ECMAScript excitement 😉 These proposals achieved stage advancement during this week's 90th TC39 meeting 🎉 4️⃣ findLast/findLastIndex 3️⃣ Symbols as WeakMap keys 3️⃣ JSON.parse source text access 3️⃣ RegExp modifiers 2️⃣ String.dedent 1️⃣ Import Reflection 1️⃣ RegExp Atomic Operators

⚛️ React context tip that I didn't learn until recently: The Provider is *optional* – you might not need it! This makes working with React context simpler for singleton-like ("global") usage.

Vite Tip: Seeing weird behavior? Run the build. Here's why: Today I taught a team React with Vite. Someone's changes weren't applying on save. Vite would load the latest file changes successfully on startup, but then fail to show any updates upon save. Super confusing... 👇

Functional programming has a new champion. 😆

🔥 These are 5 of my favorite tips for creating, moving and renaming files/folders in VS Code. File utils extension is 👌

Terrific visualization of the minimum core functionality and commands of Git. This is almost all (perhaps add log and status) you need to get going with Git from the CLI. Practise it, with the stages in mind, featured as columns, and you will be on your way.

I quit my job a few years ago so I could be an independent consultant. The difference in my daily routine is amazing. Before, as a full-time dev: 6am - Wake to alarm 630 - Drive to work 7-4 - At work. Eat breakfast and lunch at desk while working. 430 - Home. Fam time and

2nd talk coming up with Dale Humby .

Because it’s raining again, I updated the #ChatGPT doodle that I originally made in February.

Interesting thread about WebGPU (successor to WebGL).