Peter Jang

Excited to announce Actualize First Class, the new video course platform from Actualize! firstclass.actualize.co Courses for all skill levels, with video course versions of the popular Modern JavaScript Explained For Dinosaurs and Modern CSS Explained For Dinosaurs articles!

@Arlieth According to this article, it's because the Thai government sponsors the restaurants to increase tourism to Thailand vice.com/en/article/pax…

We are eating at a Thai restaurant now that is literally across the street from two other Thai restaurants There has to be some story behind this istg. I'm looking at one of the restaurants out of the window right now

@quazirfan @Actualize All the code in each lesson is linked under each video, you may need to scroll down to see the links!

@peterxjang @Actualize I could not find the index.html and index.css file that the Javascript and jQuery start with when developing the notes app.

@actualize @peterxjang I really liked the Modern JavaScript Explained For Dinosaurs course. Is there any student/new year discount available? I'd like to purchase Frontend Applications with JavaScript and jQuery.

@quazirfan @Actualize That's exactly the goal - each course will be designed around building the same application, to directly compare/contrast how to build the same type of features using these different approaches!

@peterxjang @Actualize Thank you for the quick response! I hope the React and Vue.js would be a continuation of Javascript and jQuery course to illustrate the gain obtained by using these newer frameworks!

@quazirfan @Actualize actualize.teachable.com/p/frontend-app…

@quazirfan @Actualize Sure thing! Just made a new years discount for 50% off using the coupon code NEWYEARS2022, it expires at the end of February. We'll also be releasing similar courses for Vue.js and React in the coming months, so stay tuned for that!

@fitzgerald1337 You're welcome, hope you have fun with it!

@peterxjang Hi Peter, just wanted to say thanks for your four-week plan for learning Vim blog post. Seeing your sentence, "the best reason to learn Vim is because you enjoy spending time learning and mastering a complex skill" resonates with me like none other!

@vponamariov Autonomy is a good lens for this - a junior dev needs guidance to complete tasks, a middle dev can complete tasks on their own, a senior dev can identify which tasks should or should not be completed

What's the difference between junior, middle and senior? In any area (development, design, anything else) In your opinion

@rsms mkultra.click/pancake-2/ was released relatively recently, basically a naked PCB with low profile switches so it can't get much thinner. Requires soldering though, I don't know of any pre-built keyboards that meet your requirements...

Keyboard friends, have you seen a columnar or ortholinear keyboard that’s thin and light like the Apple keyboards? A layout like this [picture 1 of my Preonic] with a construction like this [picture 2 of Apple keyboard]

@vponamariov @JasonSwett I think by this definition, a senior dev is someone who can decide what are the right tasks to work on in the first place

@vponamariov Agreed, although I just heard an interesting definition on @JasonSwett 's podcast - a middle dev should be able to complete a task without a lot of hand holding. Not a perfect definition but way more clear than most codewithjason.com/rails-with-jas…

I don't like the junior/middle/senior separation - Is there any written law of what Middle should know? - If I code for 5 years in VueJS, am I a senior frontend developer? - If so, will a company that uses react hire me? This is just useless division.

we think about debugging as a technical skill (and it absolutely is!!) but a huge amount of it is managing your feelings so you don't get discouraged and being self-aware so you can recognize your incorrect assumptions

Listen to radio stations from around the world with radio.garden from @StudioPuckey - it's a beautiful app where you can spend hours exploring the globe. Give it a shot, I guarantee it'll put a smile on your face!

Why do we teach history forwards? The beginning is boring until you connect it to now. Start from now: From BLM to the civil rights movement. Why? Jim Crow. Why? The Civil War. why? ...

Just published a new blog post, going deeper into the rabbit hole of weird custom keyboards... peterxjang.com/blog/designing…

@meganmorrone If you think that's crazy, you should check out the keyboards at reddit.com/r/ergomechkeyb…!

I just learned that some people type on keyboards with all the keys lined up instead of staggered. WHO ARE THESE PEOPLE? 🤯 @peterxjang link.medium.com/uQvRZMWLIdb

Just published an article on how to get started in the world of ortholinear keyboards! peterxjang.com/blog/your-firs…

I can't stop singing "Curbside lover, curbside lover" @brittlestar with another banger. #CurbSideLover #ShopLocal

Throwback music player by @panic with user-designed skins, a nostalgic reminder that computers used to be a lot more whimsical and fun, at least from a customization standpoint!

Also, in a time where every website uses the same blandly minimal aesthetic, @css's website design is refreshingly whimsical. It's difficult to do well, but here's to hoping we see more design diversity like this in 2021!

Perfect end-of-year reflection from @css: "We asked web builders that we admire the same question: What is one thing you learned about building websites this year?" css-tricks.com/category/2020-…