Web Development Reading List #182: IPFS Wikipedia, New Webpack CLI, And CSS Grid Breakout

When did you take your last vacation? For many of us, it was probably a long time ago. However, since quite a while, I stumble across more and more stories about companies that take unusual steps vacation-wise. Companies giving their employees a day off each week in summer or going on vacation together as a team building event instead of traveling somewhere just to work.

But while there’s a new generation building their dream work environments, a lot of people still suffer from very bad working conditions. They work long hours and are discriminated or harassed by colleagues or their managers. And just this week, I heard that many company owners are desperate because “Generation Y” doesn’t want to work long hours anymore.

As with every major break in generations, I think it’s good to have people standing up for their rights, enjoying their life and their work. But we also need to talk with executives who are under pressure to match deadlines. Because only if we show them evidence that working less can be beneficial for their employees’ health and productiveness, we can convince them to let us work more freely.

Further Reading on SmashingMag: Link

• Webpack: A Detailed Introduction¹
• CSS Grid, Flexbox And Box Alignment: Our New System For Web Layout²
• Getting Work Done Without Working More Hours³
• On Creative Leadership⁴

News Link

• Git 2.13 was released⁵ and comes with SHA-1 collision detection, more convenient path specs, and conditional configuration which is especially nice if you work for several teams or on several projects.
• The IPFS team currently works hard to provide an uncensorable version of Wikipedia via IPFS⁶, and, following news of Turkey blocking access to Wikipedia, the Turkish version is already available⁷.

Concept & Design Link

• Nick Babich gives an overview of patterns to provide a well-working mobile navigation interface¹⁰, so you can decide which one works best for your current project.

Tools & Workflow Link

• Even Stensberg announced the new Webpack CLI¹¹ which features an init and migrate command to help ease the setup of Webpack.

CSS/Sass Link

• Tyler Sticka shares a technique that uses CSS Grid to break out of a fixed width container¹². This simplifies the markup and styling of layouts that mix full width and limited width containers.
• Ana Tudor explores various ways to use new CSS techniques to contrast text against backgrounds¹³.

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Work & Life Link

• Laïla von Alvensleben shares why the company she works at decided to do a different kind of team trip for a change¹⁷. When traveling to Sri Lanka, the Hanno team chose to not bring their laptops or plan work-related meetings or activities but focus on Yoga and surfing instead to bond as a team.

Thanks for reading this. If you like it, consider supporting my work¹⁸.

—Anselm

Footnotes Link

1. 1 https://www.smashingmagazine.com/2017/02/a-detailed-introduction-to-webpack/
2. 2 https://www.smashingmagazine.com/2016/11/css-grids-flexbox-and-box-alignment-our-new-system-for-web-layout/
3. 3 https://www.smashingmagazine.com/2015/12/getting-work-done-without-simply-working-hours/
4. 4 https://www.smashingmagazine.com/2013/08/on-creative-leadership/
5. 5 https://github.com/blog/2360-git-2-13-has-been-released
6. 6 https://ipfs.io/blog/24-uncensorable-wikipedia/
7. 7 https://ipfs.io/ipfs/QmT5NvUtoM5nWFfrQdVrFtvGfKFmG7AHE8P34isapyhCxX/wiki/Anasayfa.html
8. 8 https://ipfs.io/blog/24-uncensorable-wikipedia/
9. 9 https://ipfs.io/blog/24-uncensorable-wikipedia/
10. 10 https://www.smashingmagazine.com/2017/05/basic-patterns-mobile-navigation/
11. 11 https://medium.com/webpack/announcing-the-new-webpack-cli-75ce1d9b8663
12. 12 https://cloudfour.com/thinks/breaking-out-with-css-grid-layout/
13. 13 https://css-tricks.com/methods-contrasting-text-backgrounds/
14. 14 https://cloudfour.com/thinks/breaking-out-with-css-grid-layout/
15. 15 https://cloudfour.com/thinks/breaking-out-with-css-grid-layout/
16. 16 https://cloudfour.com/thinks/breaking-out-with-css-grid-layout/
17. 17 https://logbook.hanno.co/shipmates-in-srilanka/
18. 18 https://wdrl.info/donate

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