Links since last time - 21 December 2019

Here are some of the interesting resources I came across in the past few weeks.

GitHub Archive Program

https://archiveprogram.github.com/
A code preservation program to preserve our code for future generations.

Rebase vs Merge

https://dev.to/molly_struve/there-is-no-right-way-git-rebase-vs-merge-2hc5
Molly Struve talks about the rebase or merge strategy.

NodeGUI

https://docs.nodegui.org/
ElectronJS is great, but you know the trade-offs. NodeGUI also allows you to write desktop apps with JavaScript, but instead of packaging to a chromium and NodeJS instance, it packages to Qt framework(C++). The result is performance and responsiveness unlike ElectronJS.

Visual Studio on the Mac

https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/vs/mac/
If you look at the comparison table, Visual Studio on the Mac allows mainly only for .NET development, but still better than nothing.

Microservice Architecture at Medium

https://medium.engineering/microservice-architecture-at-medium-9c33805eb74f
Just as the title says, this blog post talks microservice strategies, how to build them well and the problems Medium faced with a monolithic solution. You can refer to my Jargon Busting post for more background knowledge.

The problem with Floating Point Numbers

Tom Scott explains how floating point arithmetic works and it's problem with accuracy.

JavaScript Style Guide TL;DR

https://medium.com/free-code-camp/google-publishes-a-javascript-style-guide-here-are-some-key-lessons-1810b8ad050b
If you are new to JavaScript and want a place to start on good practices, here you go.

Check out my Telegram Channel

https://t.me/devstuff
Whenever I come across an interesting resource, I will post it on this Telegram channel, so check it out.