Aug. 17, 2021, 2:52 p.m.

πŸ˜… Not the Best Weekend

Sreetam Das' newsletter

Hello there!

I got dengue over the weekend, and all I can say is: F**k mosquitoes! My weekend was a cycle of medicines and bed rest.

I feel better now, but I took the week off from work to make sure I recovered fully (yay unlimited leaves!). 🀞


πŸ“š To read

  • Writing great alt text: Emotion matters Good alt text means that screen reader users get the same ‘meaning’ from the page as a fully sighted user. But sometimes that’s easier said than done.

  • 10 lessons I’ve learned as a Software Engineer at Postman

  • A future for SQL on the web An incredibly detailed and well written post about creating a persistent backend for SQLite on the web, the absurdities of the web’s storage APIs (mainly IndexedDB), and how SQLite provides a 10x perf improvement.

  • How We Design Our APIs at Slack


πŸ‘€ Some more cool stuff

  • This incredibly cool audio-reactive WebGL scene
  • GitHub’s Engineering Team has moved to Codespaces
  • Securing your GitHub account with two-factor authentication

⌨️ Keyboards

Alopow with EPBT Kuro Shiro Alopow with EPBT Kuro Shiro

Bahm Evelyn with CRP Hebrew Green Bahm Evelyn with CRP Hebrew Green


That’s all for now, have a great week! If you’re in India and over the age of 18, please get vaccinated asap :)

Stay safe 🀞

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