Issue #18
The one about accessibility, no code, and automation
We are back, and Node Zebra is turning 18. We didn’t buy it a car, but we built it a robot (rocket kind of).
After one full year of self reflection, blood, and many tries, we automated our curation process. There is no AI involved so we might disappoint many, but we will write about it soon (yes I took one marketing class I learnt I should start with a cliffhanger). Not the biggest feat of engineering, but it’s a makeover we have been looking for a long time. This allows us to focus more on the content writing and less on the technical stuff of how to publish this. More about that later.
The format stays the same. We are still open to suggestions, feedback, and collaborations. Anyhoo,
Weekly bites
- JavaScript Temporal is coming: A new way to handle dates and times is being added to JavaScript. This is the official announcement of Temporal, what problems it solves, the current state, and what you’ll find in the new MDN documentation.
- Automated Accessibility Testing at Slack: Natalie Stormann writes about the Slack dedicated accessibility team. They support developers with tools and guidance to make accessibility a seamless natural part of the development process.
- Why Developers Should Embrace Creative Coding Again | Figma Blog: Big Design™ is catching up with us developers. But a great point is being brought up – it’s up to us to break free from templates and tap into the web’s true creative potential.
- How to integrate Mailchimp with Next JS and TypeScript: Our own Dallas Huggins writes about integrating Mailchimp with Next. Learn how to build a subscription form and send user data to the Mailchimp API.
- Low-Code as a Medium For High-Speed Developers: In light of our recent automation makeover (more on that later) I thought about Ray Deck a lot. He is THE no code platforms pioneer – in this podcast episode he talks about the practical applications of no code tools and the many advantages they bring to developers.
- How We Scaled Slack to Support 1000s of Developers: Here is how Railway built a two-way Slack bridge with full impersonation. They deliver automated white glove support to thousands of developers from their help center.
Tools of the week
- Tailwind 4: Utility-first CSS framework
- LaurieWired/Malimite: iOS and macOS Decompiler
- ekmas/cs16.css: CSS library based on Counter Strike 1.6 UI
- welldone-software/why-did-you-render: React patch that warns you about potentially avoidable re-renders
- goauthentik/authentik: The authentication glue you need
- onlook-dev/onlook: Open source, local-first Figma for React (kinda)