JS open source awards are this week (I think at #JSNationLive). They a have a bunch of categories with many new open source projects nominated. Here are my predictions (no affliations, just personal interest), thread of threads
Breakthrough project of the year.
Tailwind CSS - The minimal css framework thats taken the frontend world just can't stop talking about. Low-level, performant and non-opinionated. Some very cool projects have been built with this. github.com/tailwindcss/ta…
Stars - 24.1k
Alpine JS - The minimal javascript framework that managed to shine inspite of a crowded playground. Syntax like Vue but an attitude like Tailwind. Not so popular but I've definitely seen twitter threads and courses on this. github.com/alpinejs/alpine
Stars - 8.7k
Eleventy - A new static site generator again breaking through from under the shadow of gatsby and Jekyll. It's the simplest one and takes performance and developer experience seriously! github.com/11ty/eleventy/
Stars - 5.9k
Deno - The Javascript runtime built out of the learnings of nodejs. Sparked multiple debates and memes alike. github.com/denoland/deno
Stars - 63.k
I want Eleventy to win. I think it was a difficult category of libraries and this library has shined brightly.
I predict Tailwind will win. It's a crowd favourite. Gives real value to the community and an innovation unto itself.
Snowpack - A revolutionary build system for development mode. A unique library that cares about developer life and strives to make it fast! Works with webpack and parcel. github.com/pikapkg/snowpa…
Stars - 9.6k
Destiny - A library to re-arrange file structure and prettify it. Encourages consistency and automates organisation. No more file structure discussions within your team! github.com/benawad/destiny
Stars - 2.6k
Visbug - A google effort to make website inspection friendly to designers. A tool that imitates design tools but allows designers to work on the webpage directly. Useful for prototyping discussions between designers and developers. github.com/GoogleChromeLa…
Stars - 3.8k
Taskbook - A CLI note organiser, for those who don't want to use an electron app for notetaking. Boasts of a flat learning curve and complex task management abilities including boards and timelines. github.com/klaussinani/ta…
Stars - 7.6k
I want Snowpack to win and I think it will! It has opened up a new category of bundlers that did not exist before and inspired the project Vite as well.
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Tech twitter especially frontend discourse is dead or at the very least dying and becoming increasingly disconnected. 👇
Open source burnout - Apathy and general lack of compassion towards open source work has made it unviable for talented devs. Many popular names I followed for tech content have stopped working in the open, closed projects for funded patrons only etc.
My favorite tech streamer felt unappreciated by the platform and quit streaming. Prolific open source authors were 💩 on by the community and went dark. Even the famous ones were 💩 on for not being activists and reduced their commitment to community.
Okay so here’s what I’ve gathered about defi/web3/blockchain ecosystems.
Not sure how long this thread will be.
Ethereum is a runaway success but it has a few flaws atm. It’s not scalable, not secure enough, uses too much energy and fees to make a block are too high. The foundation is fixing these. Will take a few years.
Meanwhile there are other block chains with these improvements already in them. They are continuously testing scaling, security, staking and low fees + ethereum’ as functionality.
Backing up my PC and finding code snippet projects and putting them up on github :)
Here's one super basic trial of puppeteer taking browser screenshots. github.com/pksjce/puppete…
I once spent 2 whole weeks trying to create a vite storybook builder plugin and failed miserably. And then I saw someone on the storybook discord crack the same problem and get it working. I abandoned my project and now I'm thinking I'll delete it.
I'll atleast have this screenshot of those days I struggled with a problem way above my capacity! Did learn a lot about storybook and vite internals though. Maybe will visit those topics again sometime.
Since my last meltdown over how my twitter feed had gone completely out of my control, I've managed to really get a grip on it.
Unfollowed a total of 63 people esp people who shared hot-takes, polarising and spread negativity. I could feel my feed relaxing with every unfollow
So who are the people I actually follow?
- People who don't tweet a lot but when they do it's worth bookmarking.
- People who create blogs, videos, code, live streams.
- People who educate across my interests - Tech, politics, philosophy.
As part of ongoing maintenance, I now mute liberally. Be it convos or high engagement posts I'm tagged in, terms that I've heard enough of.
I also have a few people blocked. People I'm no longer interested in hearing from. She-who-must-not-be-named is on that list.
Still in my cart. Read some raving reviews on Amazon. I have been trying to come up with a brand color for myself and nothings resonating. This book might help.