Simon McManus

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• Why Computer Programmers Should Stop Calling Themselves Engineers - The Atlantic

  I’m commiserating with a friend who recently left the technology industry to return to entertainment. “I’m not a programmer,” he begins, explaining some of the frustrations of his former workplace, before correcting himself, “—oh, engineer, in tech-bro speak. Though to me, engineers are people who build bridges and follow pretty rigid processes for a reason.”

  tagged: engineeringtitlejobs
  November 25th 2019

• The Dark Side of .IO

  .io is the TLD for the Chagos Archipelago.50 years ago, the UK Government deported all Chagossians.They lost all rights to their homeland, now including the valuable .io TLD.To this day, the Chagossians continue their fight for the right to return.

  tagged: .iodomains
  November 24th 2019

• 💬1 - We Analyzed 10,000,000 Pages and Here’s Where Most Fail with ADA and WCAG 2.1 Compliance - accessiBe

  It’s no secret that the topic of web accessibility is on a meteoric rise. Thousands of lawsuits and tens of thousands of demand letters served to small business owners (but not just them, see Dominos’ supreme court ruling), have driven an increase of over 400% in Google searches for an ADA and WCAG compliant solution, from Jan 2019 to Dec 2019.

  tagged: accessibility
  November 20th 2019

• Password administration for system owners - NCSC

  Advice for system owners responsible for determining password policies and identity management within their organisations.

  tagged: password
  November 20th 2019

• PDFs - NHS digital service manual

  Wherever possible, we avoid PDFs. Instead we create content as structured web pages in HTML.

  tagged: pdfhtml
  November 19th 2019

• Svelte 3: Rethinking reactivity

  After several months of being just days away, we are over the moon to announce the stable release of Svelte 3. This is a huge release representing hundreds of hours of work by many people in the Svelte community, including invaluable feedback from beta testers who have helped shape the design every step of the way.We think you're going to love it.

  tagged: sveltessrcomponents
  November 14th 2019

• eufy | RoboVac 30C

  Wi-Fi, Amazon Alexa, and the Google Assistant-compatibility mean 100% hands-free cleaning.Slim 2.85in profile glides under sofas and bedsSuper-strong 1500Pa suction power cleans up dust and furCleans for up to 100 minutesUse the included Boundary Strips to set up "no clean zones"Free accessories included

  tagged: hover
  November 12th 2019

• WebReflection/wicked-elements: Components for the DOM as you've never seen before

  Components for the DOM as you've never seen before

  tagged: wicked-elements
  November 11th 2019

• WebReflection/regular-elements: Custom Elements made available for any node, and through CSS selectors

  Custom Elements made available for any node, and through CSS selectors https://webreflection.github.io/regul…

  tagged: custom-elementscss-selectors
  November 10th 2019

• GitHub - SAP/luigi: Micro frontend framework

  Luigi is a micro frontend JavaScript framework that enables you to create an administrative user interface driven by local and distributed views. Luigi allows a web application to communicate with the micro frontends which the application contains. To make sure the communication runs smoothly, you can easily configure the settings such as routing, navigation, authorization, and user experience elements.

  tagged: microfrontends
  October 30th 2019

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