The Dev Times #94
Halfway through each month, our newsletter for developers: The Dev Times, brings three reads that our own developers found interesting on the web, and two Transloadit updates that may interest you.
is-a.dev – free subdomains for developers
Need a clean, memorable domain for your personal projects? is-a.dev lets developers register a free .is-a.dev subdomain and connect it to their projects or profiles. It’s backed by Cloudflare for speed and SSL, and contributions are handled via pull requests on GitHub, making it fully community-driven. Whether you want yourname.is-a.dev or something quirky, this project has become a go-to for indie hackers and open source tinkerers alike.
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Broaden your horizons with Making Software
Making Software is a growing collection of essays about the art and practice of building software. Topics range from the absolute fundamentals of computing, including how screens work, all the way to the highest levels of abstraction with explanations of machine learning and LLMs. The essays are beautifully illustrated, with in-depth technical graphics helping to illustrate complex topics. If you’re interested in deepening your understanding of computing, this is a great rabbit hole to dive into. Find out more ›
RippleJS – the best of all worlds
RippleJS is a new TypeScript UI framework aiming to combine the best parts of React, Solid and Svelte into a single package. Currently, it's in an early alpha stage, but it already shows promise with a clean component-based syntax and reactive state management. RippleJS only supports SPA at this point in time, but there are plans to support both SSR and hydration in the future. Read more ›
Node SDK v4: TypeScript-first with comprehensive Robot support
We're releasing version 4 of our Node.js SDK, the biggest rethink of the package since its initial launch. You can now rely on comprehensive TypeScript coverage, full Robot definitions with autocomplete, structured error handling, and modern tooling – all while respecting the fifteen-year journey of an API that has grown alongside the Node ecosystem. See what’s new ›
Introducing Turbo Mode for /document/thumbs
We added a new Turbo Mode for our /document/thumbs Robot. It emits page thumbnails as soon as they are ready, instead of batching them at the end, so downstream Steps can start work earlier. This can reduce end-to-end time for multi‑page PDFs by up to ten times, depending on your workflow. Learn more ›