Caffeinated If you’re still unsure why CoffeeScript is worth using, here’s a great introductory presentation. Also,
Why I’m (Finally) Switching to CoffeeScript.
Why combinator Even if you never use it, this post will make you a better JavaScript developer. Tough it out. Fixed-point combinators in JavaScript: Memoizing recursive functions.
Beauty at scale Yes, you can build beautiful apps from ugly code:
Small, elegant building blocks are used to construct imperfect, even ugly, programs. And yet those imperfect, ugly programs may actually be beautiful applications.
Cross tested Reliable Cross-Browser Testing. And check out BrowserStack. Beats managing your own VMs.
Moar data Everything you need to know about the jQuery data API and data- attributes.
Not dead yet An introduction to modern Fortran programming. Yes, Fortran.
I suck Best method name ever: i_suck_and_my_tests_are_order_dependent!()
QotD Via steveklabnik:
“if generalizing from anecdotal experience bothers you, I think you will find blogs extremely tiresome” - @raganwald