Hello friends!
Oh boy, it's almost 2020! I hope you have had an amazing year (decade!), and that this next one brings you happiness. Anyway, internet time.
Web links of the week
https://superhighway.dev/frontend-2019">The Top Frontend Development Links of 2019
https://www.sentinelstand.com/article/create-react-app-from-scratch-with-webpack-and-babel">Create a React app from scratch with Webpack and Babel
https://javascript.christmas/2019/17">Writing JavaScript With Only Six Characters
https://sarus.anephenix.com/">Sarus
Something that interested me this week
Man, last letter of 2019, how wild is that?? It’s been a busy year (and decade, for that matter) for me.
I worked at https://codepen.io/">CodePen for a little more than the first half of this year, and had a great time doing it. I helped release features like the mobile editor, sections of the site on the new React stack, and the new Babel processor! As much as I loved it though, I was missing interacting with the dev community. I joined https://reacttraining.com/">React Training to teach workshops, build curriculum, and work on open source. I was sad to leave CodePen, but am SO happy in my new job. The team is great, the work is fun, and I am really excited to see where this company goes!
Outside of my day job, I spoke at a few conferences like https://youtu.be/caB7na4VTYs">DinosaurJS and https://youtu.be/ALYzDeMdZug">React Loop, started writing https://stackoverflow.blog/newsletter/">Stack Overflow’s newsletter, I https://atlas.stripe.com/invite/b3fm0cev">made my own LLC for my side projects, launched http://dro.ps/b/poQELO4TI2FO/t">Astrolokeys and https://pimpmykeyboard.com/dss-tecla-keyset/">DSS Tecla, started https://twitter.com/cassidoo/status/1209542529055678464">making silly videos on Twitter, started and stopped grad school, visited Hong Kong, South Korea, Spain, and the UK, started https://www.patreon.com/cassidoo">my Patreon, laser cut and 3D printed stuff with https://twitter.com/cwillycs">my sister, rewrote https://cassidoo.co/">my personal website, and drank tons of bubble tea with friends.
This decade, I graduated both high school and college, had several jobs, lived in 7+ cities, got married, bought a house, traveled a bunch, and… drank tons of bubble tea with friends. I can’t wait to see what the next one brings!
Interview question of the week
Last week I had you make the game snake! Good work Ten and Leslie!
This week's question:
What is a singleton? Implement one.
Cool things from around the internet
https://www.polygon.com/2019/12/26/20976550/developers-players-video-games-empathy">Dear Player: I love you, let’s talk
https://vimeo.com/58041166">The Hot Shop
https://youtu.be/qP6VCA1q77M">Satisfying Custom Mechanical Keyboard Build with OLED & Knob
Joke
What did the sneaker say when it sneezed?
A shoe!
That’s all for now, folks! Have a great end to your year. Be safe, make good choices, and end with a bang!
Special thanks to https://twitter.com/javorszky">Gabor, https://twitter.com/stephenmhouston">Stephen, and https://twitter.com/the_jonsey306">Louis for supporting my https://www.patreon.com/cassidoo">Patreon and this newsletter!
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