Welcome to another Codú Weekly!
Discover cool tools, articles, free resources, and a book recommendation to fuel your entrepreneurial spirit.
Lets dive right in.
My picks from Codú
This is a fun article on how one of our members built their own applicant track system extension to keep themselves motivated during the job hunt.
This simple guide will show you why and how to derive your application state from URLs in React.js.
inset is simply shorthand for top, left, right, and bottom to position your elements.
JSON Web Token (JWT) is an open standard based on JSON for creating a token used to send data between applications or services.
Other Articles/Resources
Ive got the paperback of the 2nd edition, and its one of those books every JS developer should read. I just realized that the book is entirely free to read online.
Passkeys are a new way to log in that does not use old-style passwords. They are made to be safe from scams and easy to use.
Make sense of modern frontend meta-frameworks. Connect the dots between fundamental concepts, old and new.
A widely covered topic, but I think if this guide does not give you a complete understanding, nothing will. Check out this fantastic guide on rendering in React!
Cool tools
Elon Musk open-sourced the Grok model, which is their ChatGPT competitor. Its great to have a look around and see how something like this works.
This one is a little silly, but some CLI tools you can install to look like a hacker. Its a bit of fun for sure.
Astro, one of JS developers favorite frameworks has just released an easy way to get started with a SQL database.
Something Ive been enjoying
Fancy yourself as an entrepreneur? Noah Kagan has several multimillion-dollar companies and a philosophy of testing (and failing fast). This book guides you through creating and validating a business over a weekend.
And thats it for this week!
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Thanks, and stay awesome,
Niall Maher
Founder @ Codú