Animations should serve a clear purpose rather than being added for decoration. Key considerations include frequency of use (high-frequency interactions should avoid animations), speed (UI animations should stay under 300ms), and user goals. Examples demonstrate how purposeful animations can explain features, provide feedback, or improve perceived performance, while unnecessary animations can slow down workflows and frustrate users.

Smooothy is a configurable JavaScript slider/carousel library that emphasizes smooth animations and extensibility. It offers CSS-based styling, infinite looping, drag gestures, conditional activation, and customizable lerp/damp speeds for consistent performance across different refresh rates. The library provides an event API for reading animation state parameters like speed, current position, target, and progress. It includes WebGL utilities and claims compatibility with major frameworks through custom hooks.

AI coding tools like GitHub Copilot are creating a phenomenon called 'vibe coding' where developers become overly dependent on AI-generated code, leading to skill degradation and loss of fundamental programming abilities. This dependency results in security vulnerabilities, debugging difficulties, and architectural blindness as developers stop understanding the code they ship. The article argues for using AI as a co-pilot rather than autopilot, maintaining human oversight and continuing to practice core coding skills to avoid becoming liabilities when AI fails.

Zorin OS is a Linux distribution designed as an alternative to Windows and macOS, emphasizing ease of use for newcomers with familiar desktop layouts. Built on Ubuntu, it offers enhanced performance, security, and privacy while supporting older hardware up to 15 years old. Key features include Windows app compatibility, gaming support, mobile device integration through Zorin Connect, and dual-boot capabilities. The Core edition is free, with a Pro version available for advanced features.

A developer created a standalone web application for visualizing tree data structures, originally used for teaching React component hierarchies and concepts like prop drilling and context. The tool features keyboard shortcuts for node manipulation, visual effects like pulsing and drilling arrows, and the ability to save tree diagrams as images for sharing.

Anthropic's internal teams across 10 departments share how they use Claude Code to transform their development workflows. Teams report significant productivity gains through automated code generation, debugging assistance, and cross-functional collaboration. Key use cases include infrastructure debugging, test generation, codebase navigation, and enabling non-technical staff to build complex applications. Teams emphasize the importance of detailed documentation, iterative workflows, and treating Claude Code as a collaborative partner rather than a one-shot solution.

Software engineers should avoid endless prompt refinement when working with AI and instead actively write code themselves. Rather than trying to perfect prompts to get AI to generate complete solutions, developers should engage with the code directly by refactoring AI-generated code, writing initial versions for AI review, handling critical parts manually, or creating code outlines for AI to complete. This hands-on approach produces better results than attempting to 'program in English' through prompt iteration.

Docusaurus 3.9 drops Node.js 18 support and requires Node.js 20+, adds Algolia DocSearch v4 with AI-powered search assistant, improves internationalization with new locale configuration options, introduces Mermaid ELK layout support for complex diagrams, and includes various performance improvements and bug fixes.

Modal launches Notebooks, a collaborative cloud-based computing environment that provides instant GPU-enabled Python kernels starting in under 5 seconds. The platform offers real-time collaborative editing, automatic resource scaling from 0.125 CPUs to 8 H100/B200 GPUs, and seamless integration with Modal's existing infrastructure including Volumes and Functions. Key features include fast cold-start times, automatic idle shutdown to reduce costs, shared environments across teams, and modern development tools like LSP support and AI completions.

Thatgamecompany successfully created an animated film based on their game Sky: Children of the Light after major streaming platforms rejected their project. CEO Jenova Chen explains how they overcame transmedia challenges by self-publishing through their game platform, using in-game movie theaters and regional events. The film topped indie theater rankings in Japan, demonstrating how game studios can expand their IP through careful regional strategies and leveraging existing player bases rather than relying on traditional distribution channels.

Daniel Stenberg shares his experience with a new crowd-funded Framework laptop called 'Sprout', featuring AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370, 96GB RAM, and 4TB storage. The laptop was funded by donations exceeding $7,000 USD. He details the assembly process, Debian installation, initial software glitches with X11/Wayland, and performance benchmarks showing significant improvements in curl build times compared to his old ThinkPad. The modular Framework design allows interchangeable ports and upgradeable components.

PostgreSQL 18 introduces significant performance improvements including asynchronous I/O for faster reads, UUID v7 support for better indexing, B-tree skip scans for multi-column indexes, virtual generated columns as the default, and OAuth 2.0 authentication support. The async I/O feature allows workers to batch reads and optimize idle time, while UUID v7 provides better locality through timestamp-based prefixes. Skip scans enable using multi-column indexes even when leading columns aren't in query conditions, and virtual generated columns compute values on-the-fly without storage overhead.

Microsoft announces Visual Studio 2026 Insiders, featuring deeply integrated AI capabilities, significant performance improvements for enterprise-scale development, and a modern UI redesign using Fluent UI. The release introduces the new Insiders Channel replacing the Preview Channel, includes GitHub Copilot Free integration, and promises faster solution loading, building, and debugging across both x64 and Arm64 architectures. The IDE now offers enhanced code understanding, automated testing suggestions, performance profiling with AI-powered fixes, and 11 new color themes.

GPT-5's launch caused widespread AI application failures when OpenAI deprecated older APIs without warning. The incident highlights the brittleness of AI systems that depend on single providers or models. Modern AI applications are complex stacks involving prompts, embeddings, and retrieval logic that break when underlying models change. To build resilient AI systems, developers should implement AI High Availability (AIHA) architectures with multi-provider support, automated fallback mechanisms, behavioral monitoring, and contract testing. Key strategies include abstracting API layers, maintaining separate prompt libraries for different models, implementing graceful degradation, and treating model deprecation as an expected lifecycle event rather than an emergency.

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Logoipsum offers free SVG placeholder logos for use in design mockups and prototypes, providing designers and developers with ready-to-use logo placeholders for their projects.

Lens.js is a new open-source , framework-agnostic monitoring tool for Node.js applications that tracks requests and queries through a modern UI. Inspired by Laravel Telescope, it currently supports Express and Adonis.js with adapters, while the core package works with any Node.js framework. The tool aims to fill the monitoring gap in the Node.js ecosystem and plans to add features like email tracking, exception monitoring, and cache insights.

Software engineers often get caught in productive flow at the end of the workday, leading to overwork and wasted evenings. Instead of pushing through to completion, write down your next steps and action plan before leaving work. This practice clears your mind, maintains work-life balance, and allows you to return refreshed with a clear plan the next day.

37signals is transitioning their Ops and Ruby programming teams to Omarchy, their own Arch-derived Linux distribution, over the next three years. DHH argues that Linux provides superior control over your computing destiny compared to closed-source operating systems like macOS or Windows. While acknowledging some efficiency gaps, particularly in battery life with Framework laptops, he views this as a worthwhile trade-off similar to the sacrifices made during Mac's pre-Apple Silicon era. The move represents an exciting adventure for the company, with Omarchy already becoming DHH's favorite computing environment.

Noxionite is a free, open-source engine that transforms Notion pages into fast, beautiful blogs. It features graph view, automatic social images, multi-language support, and glassmorphism design, making it easy to create professional blogs directly from Notion content.

Kiro is AWS's new AI-powered IDE that introduces a spec-driven development workflow, requiring developers to define requirements and designs before code generation. Unlike traditional AI coding tools that rely on vague prompts, Kiro structures the development process through three phases: requirements, design, and implementation planning. The author tested Kiro by building a retro Tetris game and adding multiplayer functionality, finding that the structured approach produces more reliable results than typical 'vibe coding' sessions. Kiro also features agent hooks for automating repetitive tasks and positions itself more as an engineering assistant than a simple coding copilot.