Category: Webmasters Chat
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What’s the fastest instance you’ve observed a coworker being dismissed?
What’s the Quickest You’ve Seen a Co-Worker Get Fired? I stumbled upon this topic on another subreddit and thought it would be interesting to explore here! The First Story That Comes to Mind: At my company, we hired a senior developer who was genuinely nice and eager to dive into work. He jumped into several…
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Frequent Exaggerations Told by Web Developers
The Most Common Lies Told by Web Developers I recently had an interesting conversation with my brother, who works as a web developer. He confessed that he often bends the truth during job interviews and while discussing projects. Here’s a common scenario: Interviewer: “Can you do this?” Him: “Yes.” He then dedicates the next two…
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Why do we require front-end development if a Figma is already designed?
The Necessity of Front-End Development Despite Having a Figma Design Today’s Experience I recently provided a client with a quote for a comprehensive Website Development project, which included both front-end and back-end work. It’s all par for the course with full-stack development! The client was puzzled about the need for any additional front-end work, as…
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Why is there a decline in UI/UX standards today?
“`markdown The Decline of UI/UX: What’s Happening? I come from a background in backend development, having started in the industry 25 years ago. Back then, we adhered strictly to fundamental UI practices, which now seem to have been completely tossed aside. While I try to avoid being the stereotypical older person complaining about “today’s developers,”…
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does this contrive scheme hold type a name? (blurred layout on-duty load)
Exploring Design Strategies for Improved Loading States Introduction In recent observations of apps like Reddit and American Express, a unique design strategy has caught my attention. This approach involves displaying a blurred or empty layout during the loading state, effectively concealing loading data. I’m curious to know if there’s a specific name for this technique…
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Why hasn’t the promising .webp format seen widespread use?
“`markdown The Underappreciated Potential of .webp: Why Isn’t It More Popular? I’ve recently discovered the incredible advantages of using .webp for images, and I’m perplexed as to why it hasn’t seen more widespread adoption yet. Initially, I stuck with compressed JPGs out of habit. But once I switched my default to .webp, I was shocked…
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What is a random domain you possess?
What Random Website Do You Own? I have a quirky one: Pleaseheart.com.
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Tips for a Calmer, More Positive Online Experience
Can We All Just Be Chill Online? As any developer knows, the most tiresome aspect of programming often revolves around security. Dealing with tokens, OAuth, sessions, hashes, cookies, validation, CORS, authentication, API keys, passwords, 2FA, encoding, decoding, and so on, can become an exhaustive routine. This tedious grind got me thinking—what if we shifted our…
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Preserving Design Integrity: What to Know Before Updating Your Theme”
How to Maintain 8 Hours of Coding Daily Understanding the Challenge As a new developer starting a role at an agency, I’m acutely aware of the current challenges in the job market, especially for juniors. Although I’m thankful for the opportunity, I’ve encountered a significant hurdle: the requirement to track time spent on coding tasks,…