urban weekly #119

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where good ideas come from (for coding agents) - and the part where users have to level up ideas, ai
A first look at the Web Install API - Basically still PWAs (Progressive Web Apps) except you can offer a button-click to install them. web, pwa
The Next Two Years of Software Engineering - The software industry sits at a strange inflection point. engineering, ai
Databases in 2025 - A Year in Review databases
When AI writes almost all code, what happens to software engineering? - No longer a hypothetical question, this is a mega-trend set to hit the tech industry ai, engineering
2025 JavaScript Rising Stars - Welcome to the 10th edition of JavaScript Rising Stars! javascript
Fixing TypeScript Performance Problems - A Case Study typescript
Don’t Outsource Your Thinking - and other observations on Code Generation Tools ai, engineering
Why Most Websites Don’t Actually Need Cookie Consent Banners - Most small business websites don't actually need those annoying cookie consent banners that interrupt the user experience. consent

Code and Tools

taws - A terminal-based AWS resource viewer and manager tools, aws
Awesome Agentic Patterns - A curated catalogue of awesome agentic AI patterns ai, directory
Its Hover - Icons that move with intent icons
Markwhen - Make a cascading timeline from markdown-like text. Supports simple American/European date styles, ISO8601, images, links, locations, and more. markdown, editor
Dexter - An autonomous agent for deep financial research ai, finance
oyo - A different viewer diffs
repogrep - Repogrep is an AI coding agent that can search across any public GitHub repository ai, search, github
Mantic - A structural code search engine for Al agents. ai, search
Prism.Tools - Every Dev Tool You Need tools
Design Tokens Visualizer - Explore and understand the relationships between design tokens and components across your design system design, tokens

All about Design

10 UX design shifts you can’t ignore in 2026 - Another year, another wave of “What to expect in 2026” guides. I’m sure you’ve already scrolled through a few. trends

Tutorials

Scroll percent - Scrolling is a fundamental UI interaction on a webpage, on any device. javascript, scrolling
Build a dinosaur runner game with Deno - pt. 1 deno, game
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Published on 2026-01-12, last updated on 2026-01-07 by Adam

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