Hello fellow developer, this time we see what that big sports thing in the US did to internet traffic, we introduce a person you will see a lot more here in the near future, give lots of Git tips and explain how to make your Node apps much faster!

News and Articles

• Cloudflare analysed the Internet traffic trends during Super Bowl LVIII.
• Alex Russel dives deep into the performance inequality gap of web products.
• The State of React Native just before it is available on Apple Vision Pro and why wearing that one in public makes no sense.
• JoshWComeau's "How to center a DIV" is detailed and, sadly, needed…
• Do you know how Text to Speech and Screen Readers work?
• All things Git: Engineering Fundamentals program by Github, 

  The ideal PR is 50 lines long, Git has an autocorrect flag and 

  Why you should write small diffs.
• Did you know that you can make a PDF that’s larger than Germany?

Code and Tools

CODE100 is coming live to Amsterdam 29/02 and we want you to come and compete! To get started we asked you to solve an Amsterdam XXX puzzle. 

Here is how to solve this challenge.

• The YouTube GIF Maker is not only useful but also comes with source code and a series of articles how it was built.
• Snyk has a free JavaScript code security & vulnerability checker.
• Learn how to get 3x Faster Stream Processing in Node.js.

Videos and talks

WeAreDevelopers is growing! The newest addition is Daniel Cranney, former teacher, then coder and now Developer Advocate! Get to know Daniel (11m).

Other videos and talks you might enjoy:

• Did you know that people write games in CSS (18m)?
• Raz Cohen explains how to navigate the AI Wave in DevOps (~1h)
• Adrian Schmitt has an Overview of Machine Learning in Python (~1h) 

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Events

CODE100 is coming to Amsterdam and we’re partnering with the DEVWorld Conference 🇳🇱

Before you join CODE100 Amsterdam in the evening of 29th
February, come and meet us at DEVWorld Conference.

Use code "wearedevs30" at check-out for a 30% discount.

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• 20/02 Shall we play a game? An online session by Raymond Camden of Adobe creating a text based web game from scratch - no, not that Scratch.

Work and Jobs

On the layoffs Hitting Riot, Epic, and More tries to explain the sorry state of the game developer market. The performance improvement plan is cruel talks about issues with the PIP process. And we have the most demanded frameworks in job ads.

Are you looking for opportunities or fancy a change? How about these?

• Senior Backend Developer PHP at shopware AG in Schöppingen, Remote
• Softwareentwickler Python at Rohde & Schwarz in Stuttgart
• Backend Software Engineer at Sipwise GmbH in Vienna, Remote
• Soft­ware­ent­wickler Java at Techniker Krankenkasse in Hamburg
• Full Stack Developer at Golem Media in Berlin, Remote

And some companies to check out are:

momox SE - UNIQA Insurance Group - Rohde & Schwarz

SMG Swiss Marketplace Group - Veeam Software

More jobs here:  Remote positions     Germany    Austria 

Procrastination Corner / Wonderful Weird Web

• 93% of Paint Splatters are Valid Perl Programs - see, it wasn't my code style

• Squeezy is a game you play by adding letters to words to make others

What's happening at WeAreDevelopers…

CODE100 is coming to Amsterdam!

On the 29th of February we will have another edition of CODE100 in Amsterdam! We also need local challengers, are you up for it?

WeAreDevelopers LIVE, our online event series.

Next is Python Day and 21st of February.

We are always looking for presenters, apply for LIVE days here.

WeAreDevelopers World Congress 17-19 July 2024 · Berlin

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Want to be on stage? Send us your talk proposal!