🛎 "Don't be afraid of hard work. Nothing worthwhile comes easily." - Gertrude Elion

Hey friends!

I hope your week was a good one! Happy Hanukkah to those celebrating starting this weekend. Onwards!

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Web links of the week

Announcing SvelteKit 1.0
Tips for becoming a Developer Advocate
How type influences readability
Contrast is boring—can’t someone else do it?

Something that interested me this week

Phew, so… Twitter’s been a bit of a trash fire lately, eh? It’s kind of wild to see. The discourse on there wasn’t always the best, but it felt like it was our mess, heh. Anyway. I think it’s not just me who is thinking about where everyone will go next.

I’ve really enjoyed Discord and Reddit, and I’m slowly getting used to Mastodon. I also rebuilt my blog, which I have to finish up, but it’s a start! A lot of the things I’ve been spending more time on are good for… knowing the things I know, if that makes sense, but discoverability of new things is hard. On Twitter, I could find out about new opinions, new people, and new organizations regularly, and that going away/getting harder is a bummer. Anyway, I’ll be curious what happens with all this.

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Interview question of the week

Last week, I had you find and sum rectangles in a 2D array! Great job Ten, Daniel, Saad, and Max!

This week’s question:
Given a string, make every consonant after a vowel uppercase. Can you do this with and without regex?

Example:

> capitalAfterVowel("hello world")
> "heLlo WoRld"

> capitalAfterVowel("xaabeuekadii")
> "xaaBeueKaDii"

Cool things from around the internet

Car Thieves vs the Final GlitterBomb 5.0
Why the Future Is Analog
Diablo - Guitar Medley (Lut Gholein, New Tristram, Roger and Me, Rogue Encampment, I Am Justice)
Singa Kohaku typing sounds

Joke

Sometimes I tuck my knees into my chest and lean forward.
That’s just how I roll.

That’s all for now, folks! Have a great week. Be safe, make good choices, and create a space for yourself!

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