Magic Data URLs - Code with Hugo - Oct 27th 2020

Welcome to the 90th Edition of the Code with Hugo newsletter about JavaScript, Node.js & Enterprise patterns.

Here are 3 links I think are worth your time this week,

1. “Convert images to data URLs at the command line (Mac OS)” Converting images to data URLs using the Mac OS command line is a fun demonstration of the command line’s capabilities. (3 min read) : https://codewithhugo.com/convert-image-data-url/

2. How to reevaluate your frontend architecture (9 min read): https://increment.com/frontend/how-to-reevaluate-your-frontend-architecture/

3. There Are No Bugs, Just TODOs (8 min read): https://almad.blog/essays/no-bugs-just-todos/

Tweet thread of the week is @ph1 on feature flags:

The most common feature-flagging pain I hear of is “feature flag debt” - stale flags clogging up your codebase with conditionals and dead code.

Uber just open-sourced Piranha, an internal tool for detecting and cleaning up stale feature flags.

Let’s talk about it a bit…

— Pete Hodgson (@ph1) May 20, 2020

What I’m reading/watching: johnpapa/hello-worlds Hello world apps for angular, react, svelte, vue & more. A cool collection/project to see what a simple component looks like in a bunch of popular libraries.

That’s all for this week, stay tuned for more JavaScript tips to help you get stuff done.

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