urban weekly #102
weekly tech news so you don't have to read all the internet
Good to know
Why Local-First Software Is the Future and what are its Limitations - Imagine a web app that behaves seamlessly even with zero internet access, provides sub-millisecond response times, and keeps most of the user's data on their device. This is the local-first or offline-first approach. local-first
Unspoken git secrets that save you mountains of time as an engineer - And no, it's NOT status, add, and commit. git
Fully In-Browser Graph RAG with Kuzu-Wasm - In this post, we’ll showcase the potential of Kuzu-Wasm by building a fully in-browser chatbot that answers questions over LinkedIn data using an advanced retrieval technique. llms, wasm
The 5 Most Difficult Employees (And How To Actually Handle Them) - What to say and do as a leader, without losing your mind leadership
1.5KB Single-File Wiki - Imagine having a personal wiki that fits in a single HTML file — no databases, no servers, just a self-contained knowledge base you can store in Dropbox, email to yourself, or even host on a static file server. wiki
7 Best Practices of File Upload With JavaScript - I love number five: Send Before Pressing Send javascript, best-practices
A 10x Faster TypeScript - Today I’m excited to announce the next steps we’re taking to radically improve TypeScript performance. typescript, performance 🔥
AI fakers exposed in tech dev recruitment: postmortem - A full-remote security startup nearly hired a backend engineer who doesn’t exist, after a candidate used an AI filter as an on-screen disguise in video interviews. Learnings for tech companies recruitment, ai, security 🔥
Design by Decision Fatigue - With the constant decision-making that we have to do while building a greenfield project, at some point, decision fatigue will kick in. engineering
The URL is a great place to store state in React - Sometimes, the best place to store state is right in the URL. It’s simple, practical, and often overlooked. Let’s explore why it’s worth considering. state 🔥
Prompt Engineering for Web Development - Everyone should know how to prompt. prompt, engineering
The DuckDB Local UI - The DuckDB team and MotherDuck are excited to announce the release of a local UI for DuckDB shipped as part of the ui extension. duckdb
The 10 Biggest Leadership Blindspots Based on 10 Years of Research - How to identify these blindspots for yourself, and most importantly, how to avoid them leadership
Learn Zod So You Can Trust Your Data and Your Types - Zod is a convenient TypeScript validation library that lets you define how data should look, validate some data, and then enjoy the confidence of validated data with accurate types. zod, typescript
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My sales pitch for TypeScript - If you're still not convinced about TypeScript. Dr. Axel Rauschmayer has a great sales pitch for TypeScript. typescript 🔥
Code and Tools
Mesh Gradient Generator - This tool is the quickest way to create & tinker with mesh gradients on the web gradients
Helper.ai - Helper is an open-source AI-powered customer support automation platform. It helps you manage customer support across email and chat with powerful AI assistance. ai
systeminformation - System and OS information library for node.js nodejs
Node Modules Inspector - Interactive UI for local node modules inspection nodejs 🔥
MotifyX - Transform Your Web Designs with Stunning Background Patterns css, backgrounds 🔥
React Complex Tree - Unopinionated Accessible Tree Component with Multi-Select and Drag-And-Drop react, tree
UVCanvas - An React.js component library for beautifully shaded canvas react, canvas 🔥
Filter - Web-based Image Editor image, editor
I18N Code - Use our code translator easily achieve language localization i18n
Chrome Extension Boilerplate React Vite - Boilerplate for creating Chrome extensions using React and Vite chrome, extension, react, vite
Presenterm - A simple presentation tool for your terminal terminal, presentation 🔥
File Pizza - Peer-to-peer file transfers in your browser peer-to-peer, file-transfer
same - Clone any website with ease website, clone
Refractor - Lightweight, robust, elegant virtual syntax highlighting using Prism syntax, highlighting 🔥
svg2pdf.js - A javascript-only SVG to PDF conversion utility that runs in the browser. svg, pdf, conversion, utility, browser
cmdk - Fast, unstyled command menu React component. menu, react 🔥
All about Design
13 lessons creatives wished they'd known earlier in their career - We've gathered essential tips from seasoned creatives to help you navigate your career with confidence, clarity and long-term success. career
Published on 2025-03-17, last updated on 2025-09-14 by Adam
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Adam Urban is fullstack engineer, loves serverless and generative art, and is building side projects like weeklyfoo.com, flethy.com and diypunks.xyz in his free time.
