Popular Developer and Design News #5

The Most Hearted Pens of 2019

These are the most hearted Pens of 2019. Remember that you can heart a Pen up to three times. The number itself is how many people hearted the Pen, but the ranking takes into account heart-levels as well.

Porting a JavaScript App to WebAssembly with Rust

In this first part of a blog post series, the author will demonstrate how to do a complete port of a web application from React+Redux written in JavaScript to WebAssembly (WASM) with Rust.

Web Extension for Keyboard-Based Navigation

Krabby is a web extension (for Chrome, Firefox and surf) for keyboard-based navigation, inspired by Kakoune.

The main differences with existing extensions are: multiple selections, keyboard layout agnostic, SOV (subject–object–verb) constructs and simple interaction with external programs. It is also quite usable with the mouse.

CHL.LI – URL Shortener

Chl.li is a simple, modern, free and privacy-friendly URL shortener.

Chl.li does not track nor store any personal information.

The only data we store when you create a short link are the following:

• the long URL
• the shortcode (chl.li/xxxx)
• the date created
• the expiry date (if one has been set)

Crater – Free Open-Source Invoice App

Crater is a Free Open-Source Invoice app for freelancers & small businesses.

Crater is free for life with all of the below features catered
towards the freelance and small business community.

• Invoices – Create and send professional invoices to clients and save time for what really matters.
• Estimate – Create a quick and detailed quote including prices, discounts, inventory and more.
• Track Payment – Easily keep a detailed note of your transactions and never lose a payment history.
• Expenses – Keep track of your spending on various services with our easy to use expense tracking.
• Reports – Get detailed reports on your invoices with one or various clients.
• Taxes – Input different tax types & calculate them as simple or compound tax per-item or directly on invoice total.

The Architecture of a Large-Scale Web Search Engine, circa 2019

This article explores the technology stack Cliqz employ today and some of their choices and decisions, which have been taken and iterated upon over the years, to cater both external and internal users.

Bravo Studio:
The App Builder for
Designers

Bravo Studio let you turn Figma prototypes into native iOS & Android apps instantly. No code.