§ Function Declarations vs. Function Expressions.
§ In-depth: Cleaning bad code. A good writeup on dealing with that steaming pile of messy old code.
§ Just because it can be done: JavaScript code using only six different characters.
§ Why developers can’t say no to Node. There’s an infographic, so it must be true!
Occupied time (walking to baggage claim) feels shorter than unoccupied time (standing at the carousel). Research on queuing has shown that, on average, people overestimate how long they’ve waited in a line by about 36 percent.
§ Violet:
“Vertically and horizontally centering a <div> with CSS is the hardest problem in computer science.”
§ No bullshit policy for dealing with trolls in the node community. Love it.
tl;dr If you’re a dick, you get kicked out. This is not negotiable.
§ The Anternet:
A collaboration between a Stanford ant biologist and a computer scientist has revealed that the behavior of harvester ants as they forage for food mirrors the protocols that control traffic on the Internet.